In the year that has just ended, there has been a 15% decrease in the number of resumes submitted, and for each position, an average of only 23 candidates competed, compared to 41 candidates in the previous year - according to a report by the AllJobs website for 2021, the Corona crisis and its effects In Israel.
According to the report, job seekers were primarily interested in job-saturated areas such as administration and sales, for which 1,738,485 resumes were submitted. Immediately, at the end of the payments.
The number of searches for sales and administration was 35,000 and 32,000 (respectively), the drivers and couriers had 11,000 searches, and the guard had slightly less than 9,000 searches.
On the other hand, despite the corona crisis, wages in 2021 increased by 2% compared to 2020, and the average wage in Israel was NIS 11,675 gross.
The monthly salary in the software field was NIS 17,915 on average, and in information systems analysis it was NIS 17,140.
However, there was a wage gap of more than NIS 2,000 between the center and the periphery: in the center of the country it averaged NIS 12,500, compared with NIS 10,795 in the north and NIS 10,135 in the south.
Gender-wise, the average wage gap between women and men, which can also be explained by the type of work and the hours worked, was maintained at 36%.
Men earned NIS 13,295, compared to women's wages of NIS 9,740.
Trying to get back in the groove
On the business side, there was horizontal growth in almost all sectors of the economy, and businesses longed for working hands.
Thus, the supply of jobs increased by 50% and recorded a record of more than 40,000 jobs at AllJobs.
A survey conducted by the site among employers found that 50% were optimistic about their economic status in 2022, 30% of them indicated their intention to increase the total recruitment but 72% understand that they will have a hard time doing so this year.
The largest supply was for inexperienced jobs - and there were more than 58,000 on the site.
They were followed by customer service and administration positions with about 44,000 jobs in each field, sales and software with 41,000 jobs each, teaching and education with 24,000 vacancies, and storekeepers still in demand with 19,000 vacancies.
Einav Boimfeld, director of research and content at AllJobs, said: "Job seekers are trying to get back into the groove but are not storming the market, mainly due to the lack of attractive jobs in their eyes.
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