In August companies plan to activate 293 thousand employment contracts (fixed-term of more than one month or permanent contracts). Compared to August 2022, forecasts highlight 8 thousand more contracts, equal to +3.0%, while for the August-October quarter the forecast stands at 1.3 million hires, recording a decrease compared to last year (-0.7% with -9 thousand contracts). Difficulty in recruiting regards 47.5% of expected hires (around 6 points more than in August 2022). Corporate areas for which companies declare the greatest difficulty in finding personnel are those of installation and maintenance (64.2% of the profiles are difficult to find), design and Research & Development (61.2%) and information systems (52.9%). 

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Companies have planned around 585 thousand new hires in July (on fixed-term contracts lasting more than one month or on permanent contracts), reaching almost 1.5 million in the entire July-September trimester. The overall forecasts show a positive trend both compared to the month of July 2022 (+80 thousand hires) and to the quarter July-September 2022 (+197 thousand). In July, the difficulty encountered by companies in recruiting staff increased, involving 47.9% of the profiles sought, around 8 points more than in July 2022. The company area that has the greatest difficulty in finding personnel is "Installation and maintenance" area (63.3%), followed by "Design, research and development" area (61.6%) and "IT systems" area (55.3%). 

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Companies have planned around 568 thousand new hires in June (on fixed-term contracts lasting more than one month or on permanent contracts), reaching almost 1.4 million in the entire June-August trimester, with an increase of over 9 thousand units compared to June 2022 (+1.5%) and approximately 37 thousand units over the same quarter (+2.8%). In the month, tourism and manufacturing (respectively with over 7 thousand and 4 thousand hires more than a year ago) support the demand for labour. The forecast for permanent contracts is increasing (compared to June 2022 +12 thousand units; +14.8%), also as a result of the high difficulty in finding personnel, that stands at 46% (+6.8 pps on June 2022). 

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Around 467 thousand employment contracts (lasting more than one month or permanent contracts) are planned by companies in May and over 1.5 million for the May-July trimester, with an increase of 22 thousand compared to May 2022 (+5.1%) and of 16 thousand on the corresponding quarter (+1.1%). Industry plans 132 thousand entries in May, with a growth of 33.1% (+33 thousand contracts), while services are looking for around 335 thousand workers in May, with a decrease of -3.0% (-10 thousand entries), but the contribution of tourism is positive (+2.5%, +2,600 hires). In May 46.1% of personnel sought by companies is difficult to find (+7.8 p.p. compared to a year ago), mainly due to the lack of candidates. 

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443 thousand hires are planned by companies in April and over 1.5 million for the April-June trimester, with an increase in the demand for labour of around 76 thousand units compared to April 2022 (+20.6%) and 186 thousand units on the corresponding quarter (+13.5%). The greatest job opportunities are offered by the tourism with 108 thousand workers wanted in concomitance with the Easter holidays. At the territorial level, a higher growth in hiring is observed for the South and Islands (+36 thousand in April) and for the Central regions (+27 thousand in the month), thanks to the very favorable forecasts of tourism, personal services and transport and logistics in Toscana, Lazio, Campania and Sicilia. 

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Over 417 thousand hires are forecast by companies for the month of March and around 1.3 million for the entire March-May quarter, with an increase in the demand for labor of almost 59 thousand compared to March 2022 (+16.3%) and +143 thousand compared to the same trimester of 2022 (+12.6%). The demand for young workers is growing, passing from 101 thousand hires planned in March 2022 to 132 thousand expected for the current month. The demand for immigrant personnel is also increasing, reaching almost 79 thousand hires compared to just over 60 thousand in March 2022.

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There are 386 thousand hires expected by companies in the month of February and 1.2 million for the February-April quarter, +68 thousand compared to February 2022 (+21.5%) and +175 thousand compared to the quarter (+17.1%). The positive dynamics of the demand for labour of companies in the first months of the year is also confirmed by the comparison with pre-Covid levels (February 2019), with a growth of 15.6%.
The mismatch between demand and supply of labor is increasing, covering 46.2% of the profiles sought, a value about 6 percentage points higher than a year ago.

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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.

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At the end of 2022, the share of companies with employees operating in industry and services that have planned hiring remained steady at the 60%, similar to last year. On the other hand, new hires has grown significantly, reaching 5.2 millions in the year, up by 11.6% compared to 2021 and by 12.2% compared to 2019; the difficulty of recruiting is increasing for all professional profiles: there are almost two million recruitments for which companies in 2022 encountered difficulties, around 600 thousand more than last year, but almost twice (1 million) of what was recorded before the pandemic. Also the level of qualification required is rising, with 1.5 million graduates sought by companies (almost 29% of total hires) and 783,000 graduates (15%), both higher than the previous year.

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329 thousand new hires are forecast by companies for the month of December and increasing to 1.2 million for the entire December-February trimester. Compared to a year ago, there was a decrease of over -24 thousand, as a result of the slowdown in the economy caused by the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis, growth of inflation and the cost of money. Nonetheless, the levels of demand for labour by companies remain higher than those recorded in the same period pre-Covid (+28 thousand compared to December 2019, +115 thousand compared to the trimester).

The difficulty in recruiting that regards 45.3% of personnel remains high, a value approximately 7 per cent higher than a year ago.

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