This is shown by the evaluations of Novalytica AG and the HR tech company x28, which analyzed the recruitment behavior of Swiss employers over the past year.
Since mid-March 2020, 18% or 90,800 fewer job advertisements have been posted compared to the previous year. After a significant drop in spring 2020, the situation recovered towards the end of 2020. January 2021 was also positive. Compared to the previous year, more new jobs were advertised, but according to Novalytica and x28, this is likely to be due to the working weeks and shorter vacations due to the limited leisure and vacation activities available.
Developments in February and March 2021 show a different picture. There is still no recovery in sight. At -19.8% and -15.7% respectively, the figures here are significantly lower than in the previous year.
Recruitment behavior: Major differences in the sectors
The catering industry in particular has been hit hard by months of closures. Compared to the previous year, 46% fewer jobs were advertised here.
The retail, wholesale and financial services sectors also recorded losses of over 20% in newly advertised jobs. Retail and wholesale recovered in the second half of 2020, but the figures at the start of 2021 were again significantly lower than in the previous year. Financial service providers hired less throughout 2020. Since the beginning of 2021, however, they have been more willing to hire again.
The healthcare, public administration, IT, construction, social services and education sectors recorded a decline of just over 12%. The downward trend here is primarily due to the spring of 2020, when there was great uncertainty about the extent of the economic consequences of the pandemic and companies were primarily preoccupied with shifting business activities to working from home. Recruitment behaviour has stabilized again since summer 2020.
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