09.06.2023

JOB POSTINGS ROSE IN MAY

Job advertisements in May increased by 3 percent compared to April, and their number at the end of the month was just over 50,000.

On an annual basis, they are 12 percent less or by nearly 6,600 offers compared to May 2022. This is shown by the monthly analysis of the HR company and career site "JobTiger". The company states that it was May 2022 that recorded a record high number of job advertisements since the beginning of the pandemic until now.

Growth or maintenance of job offer levels was reported in most sectors with the exception of "Trade and Sales", where offers were 320 fewer than the previous month (-3 percent). An almost imperceptible decline is reported in the "IT" sector, where offers decreased by only 20 in May (-2 percent). On an annual basis, the offers in this sector have almost doubled (-47 percent, 3,600 offers less).

In the other sectors, the dynamics of job advertisements is as follows: "Logistics and transport" (460 offers more, 10 percent growth), "Manufacturing" (270 offers more, 4 percent growth), "Construction" (250 offers more , 11 percent growth), "Accounting, auditing, finance" (100 offers more, 5 percent growth) and "Marketing and advertising" (60 offers more, 4 percent growth).

The number of offers in the "Administrative and service activities", "Hospitality and catering" and "Health care and pharmacy" sectors remained unchanged from the previous month.

The share distribution of listings by sector remains similar to that of April. Leading are "Trade and sales" (23 percent), "Hotel and restaurant industry" (21 percent) and "Manufacturing" (14 percent), followed by "Administrative and service activities" (9.8 percent), " Logistics and transport" (9.6 percent), "IT" (8 percent), "Construction" (5 percent), "Accounting, audit, finance" (4.3 percent), "Health care and pharmacy" (4.2 percent), "Marketing and Advertising" (3 percent) and "Art" (1 percent).

Offers to work from home or telecommute continue to decline. The company's analysis shows that they were nearly 130 fewer in May, down 3 percent and making up about 3,780 of all offers. According to the distribution of these announcements by sector, "IT" leads with 59 percent, followed by "Administrative and service activities" (14 percent), the sectors of the outsourcing industry (14 percent) and "Trade and sales" (6 percent).

The total number of advertisements in the leading regional cities increased by 4 percent. The dynamics in each of them is as follows: Sofia (4 percent), Plovdiv (8 percent), Varna (6 percent), Burgas (1 percent), Ruse (-2 percent) and Stara Zagora (2 percent). In terms of share, the largest share are ads for Sofia (41 percent), and in the other cities Plovdiv and Varna (with 10 percent), Burgas (5 percent), Ruse and Stara Zagora (with 3 percent).

The number of job postings suitable for refugees continued to increase in May, increasing by 9 percent. The total number of this type of ads is over 3,300, which is 8 percent of all ads.