STA, 13 May 2021 - There were some 16,100 job vacancies available in Slovenia in the first quarter of the year, up around 3,500 from the last quarter of 2020. Employers were looking for new workers in 13 out of a total of 18 sectors monitored, but the strongest demand was in manufacturing and retail, the Statistics Office (SURS) said on Thursday.
Employers in manufacturing had some 1,200 vacancies more available in January-March than in October-December, while the figure for retail was 1,100.
Demand for new workers meanwhile dropped in healthcare, where there were almost 180 fewer vacancies available, and in water supply (-100).
However, the number of vacancies in the first quarter was still by 920 lower compared to the first quarter last year, when the Covid pandemic hit in mid-March.
"No recovery was detected in hospitality, where the drop was the sharpest, that of 41% in available jobs," SURS sad.
The bulk of vacancies available in January-March were advertised by employers with ten or more employees - around 10,200 or almost 64% of all vacancies in the country.
The number of occupied posts in the first three months remained at around 771,000 over the last three months last year.
The drop in the number of occupied posts at the annual level was sharpest in hospitality, by 18%, or around 5,700.
In comparison, the drop in manufacturing was around 4,900, or 2.5%.
