Demand for employees in the second quarter is expected to increase by 59,483 jobs over the first quarter of this year, the highest second-quarter increase in three years, according to the results of a survey released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Labor.
The ministry survey showed that businesses with 30 or more employees will have opened 65,308 new positions by the end of the three-month period, with 5,825 jobs cut.
The same period in 2012 saw an increase of 49,077 new positions, while last year there were 40,768 new jobs.
The ministry said in an analysis that companies are more willing to hire additional employees because of the economic recovery both domestically and globally.
In terms of individual sectors, the survey found that the expected increase is largest in manufacturing, with 32,462 new jobs, followed by the wholesale and retail industry with 7,796 new openings.
Divided by occupation category, the survey concluded that the greatest net increase in jobs will be for craftspeople, machinists and assemblers, constituting 21,551 of the expected new jobs. Service industry and sales workers were in second place.
According to the ministry’s survey, 48.21 percent of the companies polled said the increase is due to expanding demand, while 39.74 percent attributed the rise to filling vacancies.
The ministry conducted the survey between April 21 and May 9 and received 3,011 valid responses, with a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of about 2 percentage points.
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