The first lockdown in Germany began a year ago.
While many companies refrained from hiring new employees at the beginning, the tide now seems to have turned.
Since March 16, 2020, there has been a state of emergency in Germany - also on the labor market.
Many companies were hesitant to hire new employees at the beginning of the pandemic.
A year later the situation is different.
As a study by the
Stepstone
job portal
shows, the
labor market
has
picked
up significantly again compared to the previous year
.
For its analysis, the portal evaluated the number of new job advertisements placed on StepStone.de from January 2020 to mid-March 2021, and compared the number of new memberships and applications * on StepStone.de.
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Advertised positions back to pre-Corona level
The result: The
number of newly advertised positions
on the job portal
is currently slightly above the level at the beginning of March 2020
- the period in which no measures were taken to contain the corona pandemic.
Compared to the beginning of the lockdown in mid-March 2020, the
number of open jobs has increased by 71 percent
.
"We are clearly noticing that the topic of recruiting employees is high on the agenda for companies," says Dr.
Tobias Zimmermann, job market expert at StepStone.
"For people looking for a job, this means that they have a good chance of finding a new job that really suits them."
Open jobs in the craft, social sector and administration
If you compare the number of newly published jobs on StepStone.de with those from a year ago, it becomes clear that there has been a particularly strong increase in demand for
craftsmen,
for example
(plus 132 percent)
and for employees in the
social and educational sectors (plus 126
percent) Percent)
.
But employees in
administration (plus 102 percent)
and
logistics (plus 82 percent)
are also in demand.
“
In addition to skilled workers with technical know-how, people who work in nursing currently have good cards on the job market.
Because nurses are still immensely important for our society - the corona pandemic has shown that more than ever, "says Zimmermann.
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Significantly more applications than in spring 2020
And how did job searches develop?
An analysis of the online job platform shows: The
number of applications
via StepStone.de has increased
by more than a third
since April 2020
.
“There is great interest in jobs,” says Zimmermann.
“Many people are currently questioning their job situation - also triggered by the corona pandemic.
Is your job crisis-proof?
Or: is the industry the right one in the long run?
The current situation can therefore also
offer opportunities to think outside
the box and look around for a job that really suits the current living conditions. ”
* Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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