Labor demand grew 19% and there was a record in technology, according to monitor

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At the beginning of April, the INE presented the labor market data for February 2022, registering a decrease in the unemployment rate —which measures unemployed people over the Economically Active Population (PEA) —which stood at 7.3%, reflecting a slight improvement compared to unemployment in January 2022, which was 7.4%. On the other hand, the employment rate —which measures the people employed in relation to the Working Age Population (WAP)— also showed an improvement, reaching 57.2%, compared to the January estimate of 57.1%. . The activity rate —which measures the proportion of people who are active, working or looking for work— remained unchanged at 61.7%.

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The increase registered in March is mainly explained by the growth in demand in commerce, finance, technology and communication-
marketing, which together generated 491 proposals more than the previous month, which explains 57% of the increase in demand. The rest of the
activities increased, compared to February 2022, except for Human Resources, which fell 26%, according to Advice.

Technology led the generation of job opportunities in Uruguay in the month of analysis with 20% of the total, reaching 1,036 opportunitieswhat exceeds the record of calls registered in January this year. The second activity with more proposals was trade with 13% of the total and in third place was finance with 10%.

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Compared to the same month of the previous year, all activities showed an improvement. Those with the best relative performance were finance and communication-marketing, with year-on-year growth of 144% and 130%, respectively. The activities that presented the least variation were education, which increased 7%, and health, with an increase of 5%.

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For its part, for the public sector, 294 calls were registered in March 2022, compared to 227 the previous month, which represents an increase in the generation of job opportunities in the State of 30%. In the year-on-year comparison, demand increased 1%. The share of the public sector with respect to total demand fell in the period, reaching 6% compared to 9% in March 2021.

In terms of geographic distribution, in March, of calls with data, 74% correspond to calls in Montevideo, 17% to the interior of the country and 9% to Uruguay, without specifying department. For the exterior, 19 opportunities were observed.

On the other hand, In March, 926 were job proposals that handled the remote work modality, which represented 17% of the total.

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