Job vacancies and occupied posts, Slovenia, 3rd quarter 2020
In the 3rd quarter of 2020, between the two periods of the covid-19 crisis, labor demand increased
In the third quarter of 2020, there were 22.5% more job vacancies, which is around 2,500 more than in the previous quarter. The number of occupied posts also increased by 3,000. However, no indicator reached the same level as in the same period last year.
Supply of job vacancies was 22.5% higher than in the second quarter of 2020
In the Job Vacancy Survey, data are collected on the reference day in each quarter, which for the 3rd quarter is 31 August 2020. The collected data are representative for each quarter. This quarter somehow falls into the period between the two waves of the covid-19 crisis, when companies were able to resume their activities again.
In the third quarter of 2020 employers advertised slightly more than 13,600 job vacancies, which is 2,500 more than in the previous quarter. An overview by activities shows that compared to the previous quarter, the demand for a new labour force increased in most fields of activity, while a slight decrease in demand was recorded in six fields of activity (of eighteen fields of activity). In the 3rd quarter of 2020, the most job vacancies were advertised in construction and manufacturing (almost 2,900 in each activity), followed by trade where almost 1,800 vacancies were advertised.
The number of occupied posts is slowly growing after a significant drop in the previous quarter
In the third quarter of 2020 seasonally adjusted data shows that in Slovenia slightly more than 766,000 posts were occupied, that is around 3,000 more than in the previous quarter. In the previous quarter when companies were unable to carry out their activities for almost two months due to the covid-19 epidemic or their production was reduced, the number of occupied jobs decreased by almost 30,000.
In the 3rd quarter of 2020 the number of occupied posts started to increase again, except in three fields of activities; in manufacturing, finance and insurance and in other service activities.
A comparison of data at the annual level, i.e. with the data from the 3rd quarter of 2019, shows that the number of occupied posts in Slovenia decreased by almost 8,000.
Job vacancy rate is three tenths of a percentage point higher than in the previous quarter
In the third quarter of 2020 the job vacancy rate was 1.7% which is three tenths of a percentage point higher as in the previous quarter. Compared to the same quarter of 2019 it decreased by 0.5 of a percentage point. In this quarter the job vacancy rate was the highest in construction (4.7%) in food service activities and in other service activities (in both was 3.1%).
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