50,900 job vacancies remain open in Q2

The number of open job vacancies was 50,900 in the second quarter of 2019, while the figure was 49,500 one year before, according to Statistics Finland.

The shares of fixed-term and part-time vacancies of all open vacancies decreased compared to the previous year.

In the second quarter of 2019, in all, 37,700 or 74 per cent of the job vacancies were in establishments owned by private enterprises, which is almost the same share as one year earlier.

Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, the number of open job vacancies increased in establishments with fewer than five employees (+ 4,500).

When examined by the industry of the establishment, job vacancies increased most in the industry group of public administration, education, human health and social work activities (O-Q) and decreased in construction (F).

In the second quarter of the year, 13 per cent of all open job vacancies were part-time positions and 33 per cent were fixed-term. Both shares decreased by six percentage points compared with the corresponding period of the year before.

Of all job vacancies, employers estimated that 60 per cent were hard to fill, while the corresponding share one year earlier was 52 per cent. For example, establishments in wholesale and retail trade (G), manufacturing (C) and human health and social work (Q) had plenty of jobs considered hard to fill.