There are just under 494 thousand hiring contracts (lasting more than one month or for an indefinite period) planned by companies in May and almost 1.6 million for the May-July quarter, with an increase in job demand of around 27 thousand units compared to in May 2023 (+5.8%) and by almost 35 thousand units in the corresponding quarter (+2.2%). The industry as a whole plans more than 136 thousand hirings in the month and over 410 thousand in the quarter, with growth of 3.5% and 2.4% respectively compared to a year ago. Service companies are looking for 357 thousand workers in the month and around 1.2 million in the quarter, with increases of 6.7% and 2.2% respectively compared to the same period of 2023. The South and Islands the territorial area more dynamic with 140 thousand contracts expected (+11.9% on May 2023). In May, 48.2% of the professional profiles sought were difficult to find, equal to approximately 238 thousand job positions that companies are struggling to fill.

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There are more than 446 thousand hiring contracts (lasting more than one month or permanent) planned by companies in April and over 1.5 million for the April-June quarter, with a slight increase of around 3 thousand units compared to April 2023 (+0.7%) and a decline of over 46 thousand units on the corresponding quarter (-3.0%). Small businesses with fewer than 50 employees plan 64.5% of the total hirings expected for the month of April, while medium-sized businesses in the 50-250 employee class plan 18.9% and medium-large businesses with over 250 employees the remaining 16.6%. In April, 47.8% of the staff sought by companies were difficult to find (in line with the values of the first months of 2024 and +2.6 p.p. compared to a year ago). The demand for immigrant workers is significant, amounting to around 88 thousand hirings scheduled in the month (19.8% of the total). 

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There are over 447 thousand contracts planned by companies in March 2024 and around 1.4 million are expected for the March-May quarter, with an increase of almost 30 thousand units compared to March 2023 (+7.1%) and around 112 thousand units on the same quarter 2023 (+8.7%). In particular, The forecasts in the service sectors (+16% in the month and +14.3% in the quarter) and commerce (+14.6% in the month and +17.2% in the quarter) are growing. The trend was also positive for flows planned by construction companies (+2.7% compared to March 2023 and +7.4% compared to the corresponding quarter), while the signals coming from manufacturing companies were more uncertain, reporting a contraction in March of hirings compared to the same month of 2023 (-1.6%). The difficulty in recruiting it stands at 47.8%, close to the levels reached in March 2023.

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Over 5.5 million hirings planned by companies in 2023, 330 thousand more than in 2022 (+6.4%) and almost 894 thousand more than in 2019 (+19.4%). The positive trend in employment in the private sector this year is due in particular to the driving effect of the tourism sector, which exceeds the 1.1 million expected hires (+160 thousand compared to 2022 and +291 thousand compared to 2019), trade, almost 749 thousand contracts (+77 thousand and +59 thousand respectively), construction (+40 thousand and +177 thousand, for a total of 549 thousand hires) and manufacturing industries (with 957 thousand entries, +22 thousand in 2022 and +103 thousand in 2019). The mismatch continues to increase for all profiles sought, standing at 45.1% of hires, up by 4.6 percentage points over 2022 and by 18.7 p.p. on 2019. For more than 8 out of 10 hires, candidates must have at least a secondary qualification: over 800 thousand contracts for profiles with tertiary education (degree or ITS Academy) and more than 3.5 million positions offered for professions with a technical-professional qualification and professional education and training.

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There are approximately 408 thousand hirings expected by companies for the month of February and 1.3 million for the February-April quarter, +22 thousand compared to February 2023 (+5.7%) and +114 thousand with reference to the entire quarter (+9.5%). In February the manufacturing industry is looking for 82 thousand workers and in the February-April quarter the expected hirings will be 245 thousand, declining compared to last year (-1.8% on the month and -0.4% on the quarter). However, construction continues to have a positive sign, with 50 thousand entries planned for the month (+3.5%) and 145 thousand in the quarter (+6.2%). But it is above all the services that determine the positive trend in hiring for February with around 276 thousand in the month (+8.6%) and 923 thousand in the quarter (+13.1%). The difficulty in finding it stands at 49.3% (+3.1 percentage points compared to a year ago).

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More than 508 thousand workers were sought by companies in January and around 1.4 million for the first quarter of the year. Over 4 thousand more hirings compared to January 2023 (+0.9%) and +69 thousand hirings (+5.3%) taking the entire quarter as a reference. Driving the demand for work are human services which plan 70 thousand hires in January (+10.0% compared to January 2023). This is followed by trade (68 thousand units; +13.7% on an annual basis) and construction (51 thousand units; +1.8%). The expected trend for tourism and manufacturing industries in January is negative (-12.1% and -2.3% respectively compared to the previous year). In January the mismatch between job supply and demand affected 250 thousand hirings of the 508 thousand planned (49.2%) mainly due to the lack of candidates (31.1%).

There are 352 thousand hirings planned by companies for the month of December and those expected for the entire December-February quarter rise to almost 1.3 million. Compared to a year ago, there was an increase of +7.0% (+23 thousand hires) in the month and +6.9% (+84 thousand hires) in the quarter. Tourism and trade companies are keeping the demand for work high, planning 70 thousand and 56 thousand entries respectively in the month, due to the approach of the Christmas holidays (+6.7% and +13.1% compared to the same period of 2022). There remains a high difficulty in finding which concerns 171 thousand profiles sought, equal to 48.5% of the total hirings, a value 3.3 percentage points higher than a year ago. The demand for immigrant workers increased by 18.2%, going from the 62 thousand profiles sought in December 2022 to the current 72 thousand (+11 thousand). 

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There are 430 thousand hirings scheduled by companies for the month of November and 1,3 million for the November-January quarter, with an increase compared to last year of +12.6% (+48 thousand hirings) in the month and +8, 4% (+101 thousand hires) in the quarter. The dynamics of tourism were especially positive with 66 thousand entries in the month (+14 thousand compared to 12 months ago; +28.3%) and of trade, with 68 thousand hirings in November (+8 thousand; +13.2%). The mismatch between job supply and demand affected 48.5% of hirings in November, a slightly lower level than the previous month, but up 2 percentage points compared to a year ago. The demand for immigrant workers increases more than the average (+21.1%) and concerns 88 thousand contracts scheduled in the month, equal to 20.5% of total revenue. 

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There are approximately 472 thousand entries scheduled by companies for the month of October and 1.2 million for the October-December quarter, with a slight decrease compared to the previous year of 1.2% in the month and 1.4% in the quarter, confirming the slowdown affecting the global and European economy. The difficulty in finding staff reported by companies, now of a structural nature, concerns 51.0% of planned hirings. Recriuting difficulty, which overall concerns 51.0% of personnel searches, reaches a peak of 66.3% for specialized workers and 53% for technical professions and for those qualified in commercial activities. The demand for foreign workers is also increasing with 99 thousand entries scheduled in the month (+11 thousand compared to the same period in 2022), equal to 21.0% of the total contracts. 

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There are 531 thousand workers sought by companies (with a fixed-term contract of more than one month or permanent) for the month of September, 7 thousand more (+1.3%) than planned a year ago. For the entire September-November 2023 quarter, expected hires slightly exceed 1.4 million, up 1.9% compared to the same period in 2022. It is large enterprises (with over 250 employees) and small companies (10-49 employees) that fully cover the overall increase in planned hires compared to 2022 (respectively, with +4.4 thousand and +4.3 thousand in the month and + 11 thousand and +12 thousand in the quarter); while smaller companies (1-9 employees) expect a decline in recruiting for September (-3 thousand).

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