The amount of job postings on pole-emploi.fr, which covers the major recruiting sites, has never been greater, with some days seeing over one million.
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The amount of job postings on pole-emploi.fr, which comprises the major job boards, has never been greater, with some days reaching one million. What fuels the argument over union-driven pay hikes.
The unions are united in their opposition to a fresh pension consultation and in their demand for salary hikes. This will also be one of the watchwords of the October 5 strike, which will be called by the inter-union CGT-FO. The government attributes this need to companies, who face having to give up ballast if they have not already done so: with a recovery on the hats of wheels, they have never wanted so much to hire.
The quantity of job openings on the Pôle Emploi website, whether through its own channels or those of its hundreds of partners, demonstrates this. The number changes from day to day, but the trend is clear: over 975,000 on Wednesday, 916,000 on Thursday, 952,000 in the middle of the morning on Friday and on Sunday 1,014,976... Several times in June, the million-dollar mark was broken! We are informed inside the public operator that 700,000 during the summer months is already regarded a "important" level, which is unheard of.
During the four weeks between July 26 and August 22, the number of new offerings placed on the site surpassed that of the same time in 2019, before the crisis, by about 11%. (the labor market was then very good. oriented). Certain businesses, such as hotels and restaurants (+ 12.7 percent ), food trade and catering (+ 27.7 percent ), transportation and logistics (+ 18.8 percent ), and health (+ 44.4 percent ), have seen much greater increases.
Although Pôle emploi does not publish a daily historical series, a simple look back reveals just how far it has progressed. Its portal only has 512,000 offerings on April 6, 2020, down 143,000 in two weeks. As the counter plummeted to 380,000 three weeks later, the dip associated with the economy's first significant halt had only just begun.
When contacted, the public operator explained that the growth in the number of offers placed on its site is due to both relatively strong demand in various industries and the rising number of offers provided by its partners. At this rate, the second quarter began to catch up to the first, which saw 2.14 million offers issued. 60 percent of the total were on long-term contracts, a ratio that has stayed relatively constant since then.
Following those of unemployment or hiring statements, these statistics indicate that the labor market has escaped unharmed from the crisis, at least for the time being, "whatever the cost" with partial activity averting a wave of layoffs. To the point that the issue about skills shortages has been reignited. Already prominent prior to the crisis, the issue prompted the government to release funds from Pôle emploi's budget to hire a thousand more business counselors.
While the number of job searchers remains high, the problem is genuine and has to be addressed. However, businesses that quit recruiting due to a lack of candidates - the leading reason provided by employers when they give up in the face of poor working conditions - remain in the minority, accounting for only 5% of all cases in 2018, according to the most recent data available. Nine out of 10 hires, on the other hand, were completed that year.
Compared to the testimony of professionals who complain about not being able to locate a candidate, the average time taken to satisfy offers made on the Pôle Emploi site was 34 days between the end of July and the middle of August, compared to 42 days during the same period in 2019. Even if the average masks the fact that particular industries are having difficulty recruiting, this should be regarded as another evidence of job dynamism.