Collaborators and support staff: the most requested job profile

The document indicated that in July of this year there was a decrease in the labor demand of 5% compared to June and was the second consecutive month to fall.

Maintaining the trend of recent times, the sector of technology It was the one that continued to lead the labor demand with more than 1,200 applications and 25% of the total for the month. In the year-on-year comparison, the increase in requests was 87%. In second and third place were commerce and finance, with 12% and 10%, respectively.

The rest of the activities, except health, verified a drop in labor demand. Those with the worst performance in the month were administration, human resources and communication and marketingwith a decrease in calls from people of 20%, 20% and 13%, respectively.

Advice dedicated a chapter to the functional profiles of the most sought-after job positions. He indicated that in the analysis of the demand, according to technical and functional requirements, the positions found in the operational lines of the organizations prevailed, categorized as collaborators and support personnel. He pointed out that these positions do not require an educational level higher than high school to perform and do not imply the responsibility of having personnel in charge.

The monitor revealed that in July the demand for these positions stood at 37% of the total, with an increase of 4% compared to the previous month and 34% in the year-on-year comparison. The activities that had the most job applications were trade, logistics and administration. In the breakdown of the most required profiles, technicians, professionals, intermediate leaders and senior management were located.

Regarding geographical areas, except for Montevideo, Canelones was the department that demanded the most jobs in July, followed by Maldonado and Salto in third place.