The month of July shows an important recovery of jobs: hiring above July 2019 levelseven before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. A positive result above all thanks to the growth of fixed-term contracts which were able to benefit from the recovery of activities throughout the country. According to the monthly bulletin of the Excelsior information system, produced by Unioncamere and Anpal, over 534 job opportunities are offered from businesses in July and rise to around 1,3 million with a forecast horizon for the entire July-September quarter.
According to the latest monthly survey of the Excelsior system, firms in 30,2% of cases expect an increase in production for the next quarter, while in 12,8% of cases they instead have negative prospects. Against this backdrop of economic recovery, there has been a strong growth in hiring flows for the month of July. The positive performance of the manufacturing with 97 thousand revenues expected, in particular, from food industries (24 thousand), from mechatronic industries (23 thousand), from metallurgical industries and metal products (16 thousand) and from pharmaceutical chemical (9 thousand). On the other hand, the textile-clothing-footwear sector is still below the pre-Covid levels, albeit in a clear recovery compared to July 2020. The demand for construction work is also doing well, which stands at 40 thousand units.
On the other hand, service companies are planning 397 hirings also thanks to the recovery of tourism which exceeds pre-Covid levels with 155 thousand entries. These are followed by personal services (with 57 planned entries) and operational services (46). On the other hand, trade shows timid signs of recovery (with 54 thousand entries) although it is still below the levels of July 2019 (-8,3%).
Among the professional figures, compared to 2019, companies are looking more for Engineers, Specialists in management sciences, IT technicians, Technicians for the management of the production processes of goods and services, as well as figures related to construction and industrial production. There is also a clear recovery in the demand for profiles required for the restart of the tourism sector, such as information and reception services workers and catering workers.
In slight increase also there application for graduates, while that of workers without a specific educational qualification is growing, with a further polarization of the labor market. Among the most sought-after degrees, companies report the engineering and economics majors (over 16 entries for each), while among the secondary diplomas, the administration, finance and marketing major (41 entries expected) is followed in the indications of tourism, food and wine and hospitality (38 thousand). Among the professional training qualifications, the catering sector excels with 33 entries, while the mechanical one has just 16.
Great opportunities for young people who come to represent 33% of business demand. Among the professions most offered to young people, even if there is a high difficulty of finding them, are the STEAM specialists (62% difficult to find), workers specialized in construction (6 thousand admissions; 58% difficult to find) ei IT, engineering and production technicians (10 thousand opportunities of which 65% are difficult to find).
As regards contracts, on the podium i fixed-term contracts with 55% of the expected income, followed by those a indefinitely (20%), those of administration (9%) and di apprenticeship (6%). Other types of contracts will cover the remaining 10% of planned revenues and among these we note a marked growth in collaboration contracts which, compared to 2019, recorded a significant increase (+98%).
Even if the demand for work has unblocked, according to the survey the companies have difficulty in finding 31% of professional profiles. Metallurgy and metal product companies encounter the greatest difficulties (48,2%, a difficulty that rises to 61,2% for blacksmiths and tool makers and 55,2% for smelters and welders, as reported from the Excelsior exchange), followed by information and telecommunications services companies (45,8%, difficulty which rises to 52,9% for computer, telematic and telecommunications technicians) and by construction companies (43,4%, difficulty which rises to 52,3% for finishing workers).
