(Finance) – They are 285 thousand the workers sought after by businesses for the month of August and about 1.3 million for the entire August-October quarter. Compared to a year ago the forecasts of companies are growing with + 27 thousand scheduled hires in the month (+ 10.8%) and + 70 thousand in the quarter (+ 5.7%). The comparison with the previous month records a decline in demand of work due to natural seasonality (-221 thousand admissions). The forecasts of companies appear, in any case, also conditioned by the growing uncertainties for the continuation of the war in Ukraine, for the increase in inflation and for the changed conditions of access to credit defined with the rise in interest rates in the area. EUR.
At the same time, the difficulty of finding is still growing, concerning 41.6% of hiring scheduled, up by almost 9 percentage points compared to August 2021 when the mismatch between supply and demand of work concerned 32.7% of the profiles sought. Outlining this scenario is the Excelsior Information System Bulletin, produced by Unioncamere And Anpal.
The industry as a whole is looking for 81 thousand professional profiles – up 11.3% compared to a year ago – of which 55 thousand to be employed in manufacturing (+ 3.4% on an annual basis) and 26 thousand in buildings (+ 32.9% over the year). The major ones job opportunities in manufacturing, they are offered by agri-food companies (13 thousand expected hires; + 16.7% over the year) and by companies in the mechatronics (also with 13 thousand hires; + 6.4% on the year), followed by metallurgical and metal products companies (10 thousand hires; -20.3% on the year) and finally by chemical-pharmaceutical, plastic and rubber (5 thousand scheduled hires; + 33.3% over the year).
The macro-sector of services program 204 thousand entries, up 10.6% compared to last year. It is the sector of accommodation, catering and food services services tourist to express the highest demand with about 59 thousand scheduled hires, although down compared to a year ago (-6.2%). They follow the business (37 thousand receipts; + 19.5% on the year), services to people (36 thousand; + 17.0% on the year) and services operational to support businesses and people (27 thousand; + 21.6% over the year).
The fixed term the contractual form most proposed is confirmed with 156 thousand units, equal to 54.9% of the total. Contracts follow a indefinite period (45 thousand), administration contracts (38 thousand), other non-employee contracts (16 thousand), apprenticeship contracts and other employee contracts (both with 13 thousand) and collaboration contracts (3 thousand).
In August, the difficulty of recruitment reported by the companies concerns a total of 41.6% of scheduled hires (8.9 percentage points more than last year). There motivation mainly indicated by companies is the “lack of candidates” which in August 2022 was expressed for 26.8% of the profiles sought (a value higher by 8.2 percentage points compared to last year). The motivation linked to the “inadequate preparation of candidates“(Valid for 10.9% of the profiles sought) and other reasons (4.0%). Having to face the highest mismatch are the metallurgical and metal products industries with 55.6% of the sought-after professional profiles difficult to find, followed by the industries of wood he was born in mobile (53.7%), construction companies (52.7%), IT and telecommunications services companies (48.9%) and finally the mechanical and electronic industries (47.9%).
The figures with a higher incidence of difficulty in finding, reported in Borsino of the Excelsior professions of the month of August, are: Artisans and skilled workers in charge of finishing the buildings (71.7% are difficult to find), Aesthetic care operators (71.1%), Blacksmiths and tool makers (65.1%), Artisan mechanics, fitters, repairers and maintenance technicians (64.8%), Founders, welders, tinsmiths, coppersmiths, metal carpentry fitters (60.5%); among the high skills figures are the IT, telematic and telecommunications technicians (57.5%), the technicians of the management of the production processes of goods and services (57.1%) and the health technicians (55.1%) and the technicians in engineering (54.9%).
In value absolute it should also be noted that it is difficult to find over 22,000 employees in catering activities, 9,000 unskilled personnel in cleaning services, 8,000 motor vehicle drivers, 6,000 sales employees and 5,000 craftsmen and specialized construction and maintenance workers. of building structures.
TO level territorial, the regions that are planning higher revenues in August are Lombardy (54 thousand units), Veneto (29 thousand), Emilia-Romagna (27 thousand), Lazio (26 thousand) and Campania (22 thousand). Among the regions with greater difficulties in finding the profiles sought, Trentino-Alto Adige with 52.5%, Veneto with 49.5% and Friuli-Venezia Giulia with 48.9% are worth mentioning.