12.01.2021

Record drop in job postings

According to the latest data, new job offers are 19% less than in November and almost 45% less than in December 2019.

Job ads reached the lowest levels since the first lockdown last spring. In December, a double-digit decline in proposals was reported, according to data from the leading job sites in Bulgaria, BNR reports.

The negative trend in the number of published job advertisements, which started in October last year, reached drastic levels in December.

According to the latest data, the new job offers are 19% less than in November and almost 45% less than in December 2019.

Thus, the level of published job offers again reached the low values ​​of last spring in the period shortly after the onset of the coronary crisis.

Fewer workers are already in demand in all sectors of the economy, including high-tech industries.

The largest decline in job postings was observed in construction, healthcare and manufacturing.