09.09.2022

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN PRODUCTION AND TRADE

After two months in a row of seeing a decline in the number of job postings, there was a smooth recovery in August with growth of 1.1%. This is what the monthly analysis of a job search and supply platform shows. The total number of offers is 47,000, and on an annual basis it remains at the same level (47,100 in August 2021).

Active dynamics are observed in the various sectors, with the largest number of offers increased in the sectors "Manufacturing" (550 offers more or 8% growth) and "Trade and sales" (530 offers more, 5% growth).

Growth is also observed in the sectors "Healthcare and Pharmacy" with 10% (170 offers more), "Hospitality and Restaurant" (2% or 130 offers more) and "Construction" (1.7%, 40 offers more).

Contrary to the previous trend, in August we observed the biggest drop in offers in the "IT" sector. Advertisements in this sector are nearly 600 fewer than in July, or a drop of 11%. As in previous months, this decline is mainly due to the weak working season.

We also report a decrease in advertisements in August in the following sectors: "Accounting, audit, finance" (-9%), "Administrative and service activities" (-4%), "Marketing and advertising" (-3%) and "Logistics and transport " (-2.6%).

Share distribution

The distribution of ads by sector remains the same as in the previous month of July.

With the largest share of offers is the "Trade and Sales" sector with 23%, followed by the "Manufacturing" (16%) and "Hospitality and Restaurant" sectors (15%). They are followed by the sectors "IT" (12%), "Logistics and transport" (10%), "Administrative and service activities" (10%), "Construction" (5%), "Accounting, audit, finance" ( 4.4%), "Healthcare and Pharmacy" (3.9%), "Marketing and Advertising" (3%) and "Art" (1%).

Work from home

Offers to work from home and/or telecommute are down 8% (400 offers less). This is mainly due to the lower number of vacancies in the IT sector, as it offers half of this type of job opportunities. Advertisements for work from home and/or remote work are about 4,800 for the country or 12% of the total number of advertisements.

As a breakdown by sector, 53% of offers are in the IT sector, followed by Administrative and Service Activities (15%), Outsourcing Industry (15%) and Trade and Sales (5%).

Offer by city

The total number of advertisements in the leading regional cities increased by 2%. The dynamics in each of them is as follows: Sofia (3%), Plovdiv (2%), Varna (-7%), Burgas (-3%), Ruse (4%) and Stara Zagora (4%). As a share, the number of proposals in them is 73% of all advertisements, and the distribution in each of the cities is: Sofia (45%), 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 around 2,200 (6% share of all postings), down 8% from the previous month.