477 thousand new hires forecast by companies in October, -27 thousand compared to a year ago. The negative trend has intensified for the end of the year: -141 thousand new hires expected in the October-December trimester (-10.4%)

An inflow of 477 thousand is planned by companies for October and 1.2 million for the October-December trimester, with a decrease compared to the previous year of 5.4% during the month and 10.4% in the trimester. The less favourable prospects, due to the slowing down of the global and European economy mainly linked to the increase in energy prices, inflation and the geopolitical situation, weigh mainly on the recruitment programmes of manufacturing (-28.0% during the month and -26.5% in the trimester), commerce (-5.8% during the month and -11.2% in the trimester) and business services companies (-8.6% during the month and -15.1% in the trimester). Despite the decline in recruitment forecasts, the share of new hires that companies consider difficult to achieve reaches 45.5%, a figure 9 per cent higher than a year ago.