The following list of job titles is from the National Occupational Classification (NOC) which provides generalized summaries of occupations from across Canada.
We also recommend attending a speaker series, speaking with organizations at a career fair or employer information session, and finding job shadow or mentorship opportunities to get many more ideas.
The list below is not exhaustive and there are more possibilities that you can pursue with your degree. Some of the positions mentioned in the list (*) may require additional training and/or certification to join the occupation.
We also recommend attending a speaker series, speaking with organizations at a career fair or employer information session, and finding job shadow or mentorship opportunities to get many more ideas.
You can find out about career fairs, mixers, job shadowing, and mentoring programs the Career Centre offers on our website and on campusBRIDGE.
Do you need additional training or education in this field to pursue a specific position? Determine if there are additional requirements in Alberta by looking for an occupation on Certifications in Alberta.
List of NOC Occupational Choices
Business, finance and administration occupations
- Communications specialist (11202)
- Human resources and recruitment officers (12101)
Health occupations
- Audiologists and speech-language pathologists* (31112)
Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
- Border services, customs, and immigration officers (43203)
- Business development officers and market researchers and analysts (41402)
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) investigator (41310)
- Education policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41405)
- Educational counsellors* (41320)
- Elementary school and kindergarten teachers* (41221)
- Foreign service officers (41407)
- Historian (41409)
- Immigration settlement practitioners (41403)
- Intelligence officers (41407)
- Lawyers and Quebec notaries* (41101)
- Market intelligence analyst (41402)
- Protocol officer (41407)
- Secondary school teachers* (41220)
- Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers (41403)
Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport
- Archivists* (51102)
- Editors (51110)
- Heritage interpreters (53100)
- Journalists* (51113)
- Librarians* (51100)
- Localizer (51114)
- Museum curator* (51101)
- Poet (51111)
- Translators, terminologists and interpreters (51114)
- Writer (51111)
Sales and service occupations
- Importer (64101)
NOC numbers are also searchable in a variety of career-related databases such as the Job Bank, and the Alberta Learning and Information Service’s (ALIS) OCCInfo (occupational profiles for Alberta) and Wages and Salaries (Alberta salary information).
Updated December 2025