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Executives are "more and more" worried about their jobs, according to Apec

2021-02-03T09:52:36.033Z


This study is based on an online survey carried out in December among a representative sample of 2000 executives from the private sector.


Private sector executives "

feel more and more threatened by the risk of dismissal

", nearly a quarter of them (24%) harboring this concern in December, when they were only 19% to fear a dismissal in September, according to an Apec study published Wednesday.

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And nearly six out of ten executives (57%) now consider it “

risky

” to change companies.

Among executives, "there

is growing concern about the risk of losing one's job and the consequences in this climate of crisis of a loss of employment

", underlined Gilles Gateau, general manager of the Association for the employment of frames (Apec).

The fear of being made redundant is stronger among young executives (under 35), of whom nearly three in ten (28% in December, against 16% in September) feel threatened.

A concern shared by a quarter of older executives (55 years and over; 25% worried in December, against 19% in September).

Among unemployed executives, concern is also increasing about their job search (76%, against 70%), due in particular to "

successive confinements

" and "

uncertainty

" on "

the evolution of the health crisis

», Notes the Apec.

Executives "

are also more and more numerous

" (23%, against 19%) "

to work in a company having laid off employees or announced future layoffs since the start of the pandemic

", according to the study.

A "

case of figure more frequent in the sector of industry

", notes the Apec.

Despite the crisis, “

recruitment projects have all the same materialized

” at the end of 2020 in companies: 10% of them “

recruited at least one executive in the fourth quarter

”, according to the study.

But 40% of companies that intended to recruit an executive in 2020 have "

canceled this project

" or "

postponed to 2021

".

The number of executive job offers published on the Apec site fell by 29% in 2020 compared to the previous year, "

with very strong disparities depending on the sector of activity

", for example. a “

much more pronounced

drop

in the automotive and aeronautics industry (-50%) than “

in the pharmaceutical industry

” (-17%).

This study is based on an online survey carried out in December with a representative sample of 2,000 private sector executives (with or without a job), on a telephone survey carried out in December with a representative sample of 1,000 private sector companies employing at least one executive, as well as on executive vacancies published on apec.fr in 2019 and 2020.

Source: lefigaro

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