Over 2 million jobs available in the EU
More than 2 million jobs are vacant in the European Union, according to EURES data - the European cooperation network for employment services, designed to facilitate the free movement of workers. Although there is a demand for workforce, just over 800,000 applications were submitted in April, according to the same data, which indicates a surplus of jobs during this period.
Most vacancies are available in countries such as Germany - over 628,000, France - over 600,000 and Belgium, about 200,000 jobs.
In terms of professions, the most looked up after are those that have direct interaction with people, especially in-store salespeople, sales agents and sales and marketing leaders.
The same statistics at EU level indicate that most job applications are from micro-enterprises (<10 employees), followed by small enterprises and far away from them are the large enterprises. If we take into consideration the studies, the most requested level of education is the high school or equivalent for the jobs mentioned above.
However, most applicants are people with a higher level of education, from countries such as France, Greece and Italy, with mostly technical and engineering training.
The SARS-COV2 pandemic had a major impact on the labor market and forced employers to rethink their recruitment and selection processes. The activity has suddenly moved into the online environment in a very large proportion, the importance of soft skills (creativity, empathy, emotional intelligence, stress management) has increased, and employers are starting to pay more attention to artificial intelligence. This is the reason why more and more companies are currently looking for people willing to interact directly, but the reluctance of those looking for a job is also increased. This is indicated by the surplus of labor at EU level in April 2021, which is almost three times higher than the demand for labor.
Constant changes
Anyone who gives his head to a business is aware that he has to face constant challenges, as the market is proving to be saturated in quite a few professions and disciplines. Professional development cannot be neglected, which can bring a serious advantage to those who consciously pay attention to it and sacrifice time and energy for it.
In recent times, however, it is not enough to endure the daily trials, the epidemic puts the female entrepreneurs under multiple ordeals:
- As entrepreneurs and employers, they have to deal with the restrictions associated with epidemiological measures and the accompanying economic effects, and at the same time they have to fulfill the tasks assigned to them as women and mothers, including learning with children, dealing with small children and household.
It is very difficult to manage these things with the same enthusiasm and energy from day to day.
Where possible, many are open to the online world – as many research finds. Some are forced to act this way if they want to keep up with the world and does not want to pull the blinds down immediately.
Flexibility - adaptability - creativity - openness
Essential skills in today's world in order to keep a business afloat (which often provides the livelihood for families).
Difficulty or challenge?!
It depends… a coin always has two sides. However, we can definitely say , that the development, the desire to study are key factors to be succesfull in the world of work,to take the difficulties as challenges and use them for our advatages - and stand as a woman, as a mother upheld duffciently in our family.
Selfless support ?!
Perhaps the Wingate project * was launched at the best possible time (both economically and otherwise) to create an e-knowledge base for its target entrepreneurs (and business angel investors) with training courses to support personality development and to develop professional competencies. During the project trainings, courses, events will be available for FREE for interested entrepreneurs.
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