Employment slump in telecoms sector
CareerJunction released its November 2012 CareerJunction Index (CJI) recently, revealing a big drop in employment within the telecommunication industry since the middle of the year.
The CJI monitors the online labour market in South Africa by examining supply and demand trends.
“A weakening trend in employment is notable for 2012. Comparing 2011 findings to those of 2012, hiring activity was much lower this year,” the job firm said. “Weakening employment within the telecommunication; mining and motor industries during 2012 is undoubtedly linked to these findings.”
According to CareerJunction, following a healthy trend in employment within the IT industry during 2012, November brought a slight decrease in job vacancies. “However, this trend is expected as the year draws to a close. The IT industry remains one of the top three most sought after industries on CareerJunction,” it said.
Employment within the telecommunication industry however, has continuously weakened since June 2012. Year-on-year employment has weakened by 47%, the employment firm said.
For potential career seekers per job advert in the IT sector, CareerJunction noted 14.8 applicants, while telecoms gathered 16.3, and Science & Technology accumulated 44.53 applicants.
Media related jobs saw 40.8 applications, while the jobs that received the most applicants were those within the sport & fitness sector. Building & Construction attracted the least interest, at 8.9 applicants per job, followed by sales posts with nine applicants.
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