{"id":767115,"date":"2024-04-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=767115"},"modified":"2024-04-09T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:31:20","slug":"employers-in-south-africa-are-looking-to-fill-these-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/767115\/employers-in-south-africa-are-looking-to-fill-these-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Employers in South Africa are looking to fill these positions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hiring activity has seen a year-on-year decline, but there are still jobs that are in high demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Pnet’s latest Job Market Trends Report, hiring activity increased from January to February 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, hiring activity decreased by -4% compared to February 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiring activity was also down 1% from February 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Despite the year-on-drop, there are still jobs that are trending and in high demand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pnet said that jobs in Payroll and Wages (finance sector) are the most in-demand in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is followed by Personal assistants and Client\/Customer Support, both in the Admin, Office, and Support sectors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nursing\/Professional Care Giving (Medical and Health) and Representative\/Sales Consulting (Sales) completed the top five. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Notably, besides Nursing\/Professional caregiving, all of these jobs are found in sectors that have seen an uptick in remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Work-from-home under pressure in South Africa- but these jobs are still holding out<\/a><\/blockquote>