La job application is expected to beginning of the year up 14%, returning to pre-covid levels, with the manufacturing sector which acts as a driving force with a +17,8%, a sign that also bodes well for the prospects for economic recovery in general. The data is provided by Bulletin of the Excelsior information system, created by Unioncamere and Anpal, which however still signals the difficulty of companies in the finding the workforce.
Especially businesses are looking for 504.000 workers for January and as many as 1,3 million for the first quarter of the year. This is 46.000 more hires than in January 2022 (+10,1%) and +149.000 hires (+12,9%) taking the entire quarter as a reference.
Leading the demand for labor is manufacturing with an increase on an annual basis of 17,8% (+19.000 hirings). They follow (+10 thousand units; +21,0%), operational support services to businesses and individuals (+7 thousand; +17,7%) e services to people (+7 thousand; +12,9%).
The difficulty of finding personnel continues to grow, especially managers and skilled workers
On the other hand, the finding difficulty (+7 percentage points compared to a year ago) which stands at 66% for managerial figures and is close to 62% for skilled workers.
In January the industry is planning 174.000 hires. In particular, companies are looking for staff construction (51 thousand admissions), followed by the companies of mechatronics with 34 thousand income and from those metallurgical and metal products which plan 27 admissions. THE services they plan to hire 330 workers: the services to people looking for 64 profiles offer the greatest job opportunities, followed by commerce (60) and tourism (58).
It gets worse the mismatch between supply and demand of work which passes from 38,6% last year to 45,6% (equal to around 230 hires).
The lack of candidates is the reason most indicated by companies (27,8%), followed by inadequate preparation (13,5%) and other reasons (4,3%).
From Purse of professions it is more difficult to find executives (66,1%), skilled workers (61,9%), technicians (51,6%), plant operators (49,0%), intellectual, scientific and highly specialized professions (47,5 .41,0%), qualified professions in commercial activities and services (4%). The average search time required to fill positions evaluated by companies that are difficult to find exceeds 4,3 months (XNUMX).
Scheduled hiring aimed mostly at young people
There are 153 thousand le scheduled hiring addressed preferentially to young people under 30 and for which there is an average finding difficulty of 48%. Approximately 20% of personnel searches are aimed at university graduates (96) and 30% at diploma holders (150). For 18,1% of hirings (over 91), companies think of turning to immigrant workers, especially in the logistics, operational services and metallurgy sectors.
Fixed-term contracts are offered for almost half
Il fixed-term contract is the form of recruitment most proposed with 208 thousand units, equal to 41,3% of the total. Contracts follow a indefinitely (122 thousand units, 24,3%), those in administration (74 thousand, 14,7%) and the others non-employee contracts (44 thousand, 8,8%). The apprenticeship is proposed for 25 hires (5,0%), while contracts for collaboration and the other types of employment contracts are indicated respectively for 19 thousand hires (3,7%) and 10 thousand hires (2,1%).
The North remains in the lead. The South of the Center is better
At the territorial level, these are the macro-divisions of the Northwest and Northeast to signal the highest recruitment forecasts (respectively over 171 thousand and around 123 thousand), followed by the regions of the South (over 109 thousand) and the center (about 101 thousand). The regional hiring ranking sees, in order, Lombardy (121 thousand), Veneto (51 thousand), Lazio (50 thousand), Emilia-Romagna (49 thousand), Piedmont (37 thousand) and Campania (32 thousand).
