504 thousand new hires forecast by companies in January 2023: +46 thousand compared to a year ago. 230 thousand new hires difficult to recruit

504 thousand is the number of workers sought by companies in January and 1.3 million for the first trimester of the year. 46 thousand more new hires compared to January 2022 (+10.1%) and +149 thousand new hires (+12.9%) taking the entire trimester as a reference. The demand for labour forecast at the beginning of the year is above pre-Covid levels and shows a +14.0% increase (+62 thousand new hires) compared to January 2019.

Difficulty in recruiting rises to 45.6% (+7 per cent compared to a year ago), which reaches 66% for managerial figures and is close to 62% for skilled labourers.