12.02.2024

WHAT WILL BE THE MOST IN-DEMAND PROFESSIONS IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS

Construction installer, operational accountant, beautician, hairdresser and dental assistant will be among the most sought-after professions in Sofia-city in the next 12 months. This is according to the data from the latest survey of the Employment Agency on the needs of the workforce.

As in previous surveys, employers in almost all areas of the country are having difficulty finding cooks, sales consultants, drivers and machine operators.

In the list of the most sought-after occupations by region for the next one year, those serving the processing industry prevail - tailors, machine operators in the textile industry, welders, machine technicians.

Employers in many areas will also need operational accountants, cashiers, construction workers, occupations specific to the hotel and restaurant sector, such as waiter-bartender, cook, food service worker.

In the inquiry about the specialists with higher education or professions requiring legal capacity, the largest number of professions were claimed by employers in large industrial areas.

More than half of employers in 22 out of all 28 regions are having trouble finding the staff they say they will need in the next 12 months. The situation is worst in the Vratsa region, where 87% of employers report difficulties, the most frequently mentioned being the lack of sufficient qualification and education of the candidates.

Employers from 18 regions indicate in the first place precisely this reason for difficulty in finding staff. Employers from the Gabrovo, Shumen, Pernik and Vidin regions point out, first of all, the lack of motivation for work among candidates as the main reason for the difficult selection, and those from the Blagoevgrad, Kardzhali, Sliven, Silistra and Ruse regions - the lack of staff in general.