Jobpilot Index: Job vacancies on the Internet continue to fall
The number of job openings posted online in this area has continued to decline. The number of job openings has fallen particularly sharply in the fields of marketing, advertising, and media.
The economic crisis is hitting the Swiss job market harder and harder. The number of jobs on offer on the internet in Switzerland has continued to fall. The number of jobs on offer in the marketing, advertising and media sectors has fallen in particular (-29 points). Swiss online sites are offering around 16 percent fewer jobs than three months ago, according to the Jobpilot Index published on Thursday by job placement company Monster Switzerland. Overall, the index stood at 168 points in January, 33 points lower than three months previously. For the first time, the number of vacancies on job boards also fell sharply, after previously only companies' own websites had fewer job offers.
However, job vacancies are not shrinking in all occupations: in the medical sector, for example, more jobs are being offered (+24 points), as well as in the hospitality and tourism sector (+22 points) and in the personal care, cleaning and housekeeping sector (+15 points).
The Jobpilot Index is compiled by Monster Switzerland in collaboration with the University of Zurich and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. It takes into account the most important Swiss job exchanges and the job offers on the websites of around 1,000 Swiss companies and organizations.
However, job vacancies are not shrinking in all occupations: in the medical sector, for example, more jobs are being offered (+24 points), as well as in the hospitality and tourism sector (+22 points) and in the personal care, cleaning and housekeeping sector (+15 points).
The Jobpilot Index is compiled by Monster Switzerland in collaboration with the University of Zurich and the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. It takes into account the most important Swiss job exchanges and the job offers on the websites of around 1,000 Swiss companies and organizations.
