Things are improving in the Greek employment sector. Thirty-one per cent of employers in the country believe the need for more help will rise within the next three months, as per the results of a financial research conducted by the ManPowerGroup regarding the potential of employment for the second semester of 2019. The total percentage comes to 21, the highest recorded in the past 11 years.
Hiring potentials have improved by three per cent compared to the previous semester and appear to have risen by a total of six per cent in comparison to the same time period of the previous year.
Employers in all nine fields of financial activity are expected to increase personnel from April until June of 2019. The greatest hiring prospects are recorded in the construction field, with the employment potential being recorded at 26 per cent.
There is also a rise expected in the number of people who are occupied in the electricity, natural gas and plumbing industries, by a potential 24 per cent, while another three fields are tied at seeing a possible 23 per cent increase in personnel: manufacturing, transfers and communications and trading.
The employers of the tourism industry should continue to observe a steady rise in activity at around 21 per cent.
The hiring potentials have improved in six out of nine fields of financial activity compared to the previous three months.
The employers of the electricity, natural gas and plumbing fields have recorded the most significant improvements by 18 per cent, followed by the construction and manufacturing fields that recorded a nine and six percent rise respectively.
However, prospects appear to be getting weaker by two per cent in three areas; those of insurances, real estate and provision of services towards businesses.
In regards to the corresponding amount of time of the previous year, employment prospects are seeing significant improvement by 11 per cent for large businesses and 10 per cent in medium-sized businesses.
Employers of smaller companies are recording a rise of six per cent while local businesses are seeing no change.
