Central Macedonia: New jobs in 4 out of 10 companies

41% of the companies in Central Macedonia are optimistic about the creation of new jobs in the next period, due to the expansion of their activities. Especially in the Agri-Food and Tourism sectors, the certainty is expressed that there will be new positions, something that is due to the seasonality of the sectors.

On the other hand, the prohibitory factor of creating more jobs is the rise in prices of raw materials and products. The agri-food sector in particular is further affected by the high non-wage costs and the reduction of the profit margin due to the continuous increase in prices of raw materials.

The above results from a research conducted by the Mechanism for Diagnosis of the Labor Market Needs of the Region of Central Macedonia and was presented at a conference held at the offices of the Association of Greek Industries, in Thessaloniki.

Businesses do not intend to proceed to redundancies

More specifically, according to the survey, which was conducted from February 8 to February 22, through telephone interviews with a representative sample of 424 companies, and from the seven prefectures of Central Macedonia, 85% of the companies surveyed stated that they do not intend to to proceed with redundancies in the next six months while 6% answered "probably not" to the possibility of redundancies.

Regarding the intention to fill the available vacancies in companies, the vast majority of employers, 83%, stated that they intend to fill these positions. More specifically, the construction materials sector intends to completely (100%) fill its vacancies and the transport and supply chain sectors by 93%.

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