Labor demand grew 12% in January 2022 compared to December 2021 and increased 105% compared to the same month of the previous year with a marked search for profiles with English.
According to him last labor monitor of the consulting firm Advicein January se registered 501 proposals more than in December (+12%), while compared to the same month last year the increase was 2,328 opportunities (+105%).
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At the same time, The technology sector led the generation of opportunities during January of this year, reaching a historical record of 1,026 job offerswhich meant a 23% of the total. They were 273 different companies that published technology callsof which 148 are companies in the sector and the rest belong to other activities.
The The commerce sector is the second that most demanded work, generating 523 job proposals in January 2022, which represented 12% of the demand for the month. Beyond the fact that it increased by 217 opportunities compared to the same month of the previous year, its participation in the total demand decreased since in January 2021 it represented 14%depending on the monitor.
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All activities increased with respect to the previous month except for education what registered 21 fewer opportunities, health, decreasing 6% and engineering that reduced the proposals 3%.
Compared to the same month of the previous year all activities showed improvement. The ones with the best relative performance were Human Resources and tourism, with year-on-year growth of 261% and 208%respectively.
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English as the main language
The English It is the most demanded language by companies, according to Advice’s labor monitor. In January 2022, 996 were the proposals that requested to have knowledge of this language, which represented 22% of the total calls.
Regarding the level of command of English, 66% requested an advanced level and the 34% intermediate. Technology is the one that demanded more talents with knowledge of English and one of every two opportunities generated in this activity required language management. Human Resources and communication-marketing were the other activities that most handled the language as a requirement.
The second language most required by companies was Portuguese, with 129 opportunities, accumulating 3% of the total.
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Where the opportunities were generated
In terms of geographical distribution, in the month of January, of calls with data, 73% corresponds to calls in Montevideo, 19% to the interior of the country and 8% to Uruguay, without specifying department.
From a monthly perspective Montevideo increased the number of job opportunities by 14% and increased in the rest of the country 55%. From the year-on-year perspective Montevideo increased the number of opportunities by 1,297, which represents a 111% increase. The rest of the country as a whole increased 208% in January 2022with 447 calls more than the same month of the previous year.
Of the departments, without considering Montevideo, Canelones is the one that demanded the most charges in January 2022with the 6% of opportunities generated in Uruguay, followed by Jump and Maldonado with 5% each.
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Work from home
On January 2021, 12% of job proposals handled the remote work modality; in January 2022 the share reached 22%.
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