Job opportunities grew 24% last quarter and a survey on labour flexibility had a support of 55%

Author: Americaeconomia.com

According to a quarter balance from Laborum.com, job opportunities grew 24% compared the same period in 2012. However, it did not show a significant difference with the previous quarter.

According to the Statistics National Institute, the national unemployment rate was 5.7% in the period, which meant a fall of 0.1% compared the previous period and of 0.5% in 12 months

The figures were slightly below the expectations of analysts, who had predicted an unemployment rate of 5.8 for the period.

Regarding the previous term, the workforce and the employees registered positive variations (0.4% and 0.5% respectively), congruent with the seasonality of the period.

According to the report of the employment site, the economic sectors which show more dynamism in the production of jobs, were Electricity, Tourism and Hospitality, Commercial, Laboratories and Bank/Finance.

Applications, on the other hand, showed an important increase especially in the age segment of 18-30, with 12.34%

When it comes to the movements of antecedents in the job board, there were about 200.000 new and up-dated CVs during the term, achieving a significant increase compared to the same months in 2012.

More and more companies are offering a higher flexibility of the labour day, allowing their employee to organize their timetable according to the amount of work and time they have. But, what is the workers ´opinion in this aspect?. The research Chilescopio, carried out by the consultancy company Vision Humana, researched the opinion of workers in this important issue. Specifically, they were asked if they preferred a flexible timetable or a fixed one during the week. The results show that there is not a clear preference for any of two options. 55% choose to have a flexible timetable. 40% choose a fixed timetable during the week.

Among those who voted for flexible timetable, most of them have high positions and those who work in the primary sector preferred a fixed timetable.