Employment opportunities fell compared to 2022, although they remain stable, according to a report by the consultancy Advice.
In a context of economic slowdown, labor demand fell a 9.5% year-on-year in the first semester and had a fall of 23.5% if compared to the last semester of 2022, although it remained stable so far this year, according to the latest monthly monitor prepared by the consultancy Advice.
In this regard, the survey showed that employment opportunities were in the order of 5,500 per month throughout 2023, with the exception of April, where there was a decrease of seasonal factors. In total, the consultant accounted for 32,770 calls between January and June, counting websites, consultancies and classifieds.
The record confirmed the Change of trend that began to be glimpsed in the start of 2023, After two years of growth, the peak of which occurred between the third and fourth quarters of 2022, where close to 43,000 job opportunities.
According to the breakdown of Advice, the 22% of the orders were for the area commercial and marketing, while the twenty% required employees to information technology. A little further back they appeared administration and finance (16%), logistics and transport (9%) and engineering and trades (6%).
Which items fell and which improved?
Surprisingly, the Information Technology sector was one of those that experienced a drop in labor demand. After four years of frank expansion of the area in Uruguay, the situation worldwide of technology companies contributed to an adjustment in the sector.
Meanwhile, in the group Tourism, Gastronomy and Hospitality, which experienced its lowest demand in recent years from 2020 to 2021, showed a downward trend after the post-pandemic recovery. To that is added the exchange difference with Brazil and, mainly, Argentina, two countries where most tourists come from.
On the other hand, they were Logistics and Transport and Health the two groups of activities that had the highest growth in employment opportunities in the first semester (10% and 10.1%, respectively. From Advice they specified that “it is not an exceptional event, but a brief lag with respect to the global trend of labor demand.”
Source: Ambito
