08.09.2023

COMPANIES STEPPED UP THEIR SEARCH FOR WORKERS

In recent months, we have observed a downward trend in online job offers, citing the summer and holiday season as the main reason, during which employers and job seekers are less active. The monthly JobTiger analysis shows that as the end of this period approaches the supply is clearly visible.

Job advertisements at the end of August increased by 4% compared to the previous month, and on an annual basis they were 5% (2,300 offers) less. This annual decline is mainly due to the reduced offer in the IT sector in 2023, and in this sector alone the offers are 2000 less than last year. Excluding this factor, the job offer in August is at the same level as in 2022.

In contrast to the previous months, in August we observed an increase in offers in almost all sectors. Advertisements have increased the most in the sectors "Trade and Sales" (800 offers more, 8% growth), "Manufacturing" (650 offers less, 10% growth) and "Hospitality and Restaurant" (420 offers more, 7 % height). We also report an increase in advertisements in the sectors "Administrative and service activities" (200 offers more, 5% growth), "Logistics and transport" (200 offers more, 4% growth), "Marketing and advertising" (30 offers more, 2% growth) and "Construction" (30 offers more, 1% growth).

We report fewer offers in the sectors "Accounting, Auditing, Finance" (75 offers less, 4% drop) and "Healthcare and Pharmacy" (80 offers less, 4% drop). The "IT" sector has the biggest drop in ads, where in August there were 120 offers less than the previous month (2% drop).

Share distribution

A distinct leader in terms of the share of offers in August continues to be the "Trade and Sales" sector with 24%. The second and third places also remain unchanged and are occupied by the sectors "Manufacturing" (16%) and "Hospitality and catering" (15%).

Followed by the sectors "Logistics and transport" (11%), "Administrative and service activities" (10%), "IT" (8%) "Construction" (6%), "Healthcare and pharmacy" (5%), "Accounting" , Audit, Finance' (4%), 'Marketing and Advertising' (3%) and 'Art' (1%).

Work from home

According to the analysis, offers for working from home and/or telecommuting saw a 3% drop. The number of this type of offers in August was 3,600, which is a 9% share of all listings.

The distribution of this type of offer by sector is: 56% in the "IT" sector, followed by "Administrative and service activities" (17%), the outsourcing (BPO) industry sectors (16%) and "Trade and sales" (6% ).

Offer by city

The total number of advertisements in the leading regional cities increased by 5%. The increase in each of them is as follows: Sofia (5%), Plovdiv (3%), Varna (1%), Burgas (7%), Ruse (8%) and Stara Zagora (16%). As for share distribution in the city of Sofia, the ads are 42%, and in the other cities they are: Plovdiv (10%), Varna (9%), Burgas (4%), Ruse (3%) and Stara Zagora (3%).

Ads suitable for refugees

The number of refugee-friendly job postings in August was 50 more than in July. The total number of this type of ads is about 2,550 (2% growth), which is a 6% share of all ads.