285 thousand is the number of workers sought by companies for the month of August and it increases to about 1.3 million for the entire August-October trimester. Compared to a year ago, there is growth in company forecasts with +27 thousand new hires planned in the month (+10.8%) and +70 thousand units in the trimester (+5.7%). The economic comparison with respect to the previous month shows a decline in the demand for work due to the natural seasonality (-221 thousand inflow).

The industry as a whole is seeking 81 thousand professional profiles, of which 55 thousand to be employed in manufacturing and 26 thousand in construction. Services as a whole plan an inflow of 204 thousand. The difficulty in recruiting declared by the companies regards a total of 41.6% of planned new hires (8.9 percentage points more than last year). Emerging among the sectors that encounter the greatest criticalities are the metallurgical and metal products industries (55.6% of the profiles difficult to recruit), the wood and furniture industries (53.7%) and construction (52.7%).

Job opportunities offered by companies in July amount to about 505 thousand: industry is planning an inflow of about 130 thousand (-1,390 new hires compared to June, about -7 thousand compared to July 2021), while in the services sector companies plan to activate about 375 thousand employment contracts (down by 52 thousand units compared to a month ago). 41 thousand new hires are expected in the construction sector, down compared to June (-10.5%), but up compared to twelve months ago (+4.2%). Growth can be seen in recruiting difficulty, at 40.3%, about 10 points higher compared to July 2021, a difficulty mainly attributable to the lack of candidates. Encountering the greatest challenges on the market are the metallurgy and metal products companies (about 56% of the profiles sought are difficult to recruit) followed by the wood-furniture industries (55%) and ICT services and construction companies (both 54%).