This figure increases “very sharply” compared to the situation prevailing before the health crisis: “+72% compared to the 4th quarter of 2019”.
In the second quarter of 2022, France had 362,800 vacant jobs, according to data from the Statistics Department of the Ministry of Labor (Dares) published on Friday and illustrating recruitment tensions.
The so-called jobsvacant“, Where “vacancies”, are defined as “vacancies, newly created or unoccupied or still occupied and about to become vacant, for which active steps are taken to find the suitable candidate“. The number of 362,800 vacant jobs in the 2nd quarter of 2022 is stable compared to the previous quarter, indicates Dares.
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But it increasesVery strongly“compared to the situation before the health crisis:”+72% compared to the 4th quarter of 2019“. The increase is generalized to all sectors: +99% in industry, +76% in the non-market tertiary sector, +66% in the market tertiary sector and +54% in construction. The job vacancy rate in companies with 10 or more employees in the private sector is 2.41%. In the 4th quarter of 2019, this rate was 1.45%.