Job Vacancies, 1st Quarter 2021

HELLENIC REPUBLIC

HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY

Piraeus, 16 June 2021

PRESS RELEASE

JOB VACANCIES: 1st quarter 2021

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces the quarterly Press Release aiming at presenting data on job vacancies1 for the whole economy excluding Primary Sector and Activities of Households, referring to the 1st quarter 2021.

The number of job vacancies in the 1st quarter 2021 recorded a decrease of 30.5% in comparison with the 1st quarter 2020 (6,685 and 9,617 respectively), while the corresponding number of job vacancies in the 1st quarter 2020 had recorded a decrease of 23.5% in comparison with the 1st quarter 2019 (Table 1, Graph 2).

Table 1 that follows depicts analytically the evolution of the number of job vacancies from the 1st quarter 2009 to the 1st quarter 2021.

Also, in Graph 1 that follows, the number of job vacancies and the annual change for each quarter of the period 2009-2021 are presented, while in Graph 2 the number of Job Vacancies and the annual change of the 1st quarter of the same period are depicted.

	Graph 1: Evolution of Job Vacancies1 : 1st quarter 2009 - 1st quarter 2021
	60,000
													180
	50,000												150
													120
	40,000												90	changeof rate Annual
Job Vacancies													60
30,000												30
20,000												0
													(%)
													-30
	10,000												-60
													-90
	0												-120
	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021

Job Vacancies	Annual rate of change (%)
Information on methodological issues	Information for data provision:
Population, Employment and Cost of Living Statistics Division	Τηλ. 213 135 2022
Section of Labour Statistics	e-mail:[e-mail]
Dimitris Vatikiotis
Tel: [phone]
E-mail :[e-mail]

1 The number of Job Vacancies refers to the Job Vacancies to be filled in immediately, that is job vacancies, which are to be filled in within a period not longerthan three months and also refers to sections B-S of statistical classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2. Job Vacancies are recorded on the first day of the third month of each calendar quarter.

Table 1: Evolution of job vacancies1, 1st quarter 2009 - 1st quarter 2021

Not seasonally adjusted data and not adjusted for the number of the working days

	Year			Quarter			Job Vacancies to be filled			Quarterly rate of			Annual rate of
					in immediately			change (%)			change (%)
				Q1	51,613
	2009			Q2			45,886			-11.1
			Q3	36,356	-20.8
				Q4			48,897			34.5
				Q1	43,242	-11.6		-16.2
	2010			Q2			24,700			-42.9			-46.2
			Q3	20,638	-16.4		-43.2
				Q4			12,561			-39.1			-74.3
				Q1	36,935	194.0		-14.6
	2011			Q2			18,159			-50.8			-26.5
			Q3	15,043	-17.2		-27.1
				Q4			9,775			-35.0			-22.2
				Q1	21,753	122.5		-41.1
	2012			Q2			17,124			-21.3			-5.7
			Q3	5,325	-68.9		-64.6
				Q4			7,520			41.2			-23.1
				Q1	41,545	452.5		91.0
	2013			Q2			12,747			-69.3			-25.6
			Q3	14,852	16.5		178.9
				Q4			13,007			-12.4			73.0
				Q1	15,921	22.4		-61.7
	2014			Q2			18,596			16.8			45.9
			Q3	17,541	-5.7		18.1
				Q4			14,930			-14.9			14.8
				Q1	15,694	5.1		-1.4
	2015			Q2			17,000			8.3			-8.6
			Q3	12,626	-25.7		-28.0
				Q4			3,119			-75.3			-79.1
				Q1	15,367	392.7		-2.1
	2016			Q2			15,178			-1.2			-10.7
			Q3	15,689	3.4		24.3
				Q4			6,315			-59.7			102.5
				Q1	18,666	195.6		21.5
	2017			Q2			14,630			-21.6			-3.6
			Q3	11,188	-23.5		-28.7
				Q4			2,825			-74.7			-55.3
				Q1	14,351	408.0		-23.1
	2018			Q2			14,466			0.8			-1.1
			Q3	13,584	-6.1		21.4
				Q4			8,288			-39.0			193.4

1 The number of Job Vacancies refers to the Job Vacancies to be filled in immediately, that is job vacancies, which are to be filled in within a period not longerthan three months and also refers to sections B-S of statistical classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2. Job vacancies are recorded on the first day of the third month of each calendar quarter.

(Table 1 - Continued)

	Year			Quarter			Job Vacancies to be filled in			Quarterly rate of			Annual rate of
					immediately			change (%)			change (%)
				Q1	12,570	51.7		-12.4
	2019			Q2			14,343			14.1			-0.9
			Q3	12,897	-10.1		-5.1
				Q4			10,767			-16.5			29.9
				Q1	9,617	-10.7		-23.5
	2020			Q2			5,594			-41.8			-61.0
			Q3	9,685		73.1		-24.9
				Q4			7,382			-23.8			-31.4
	2021			Q1	6,685	-9.4		-30.5

	Graph 2: Evolution of Job Vacancies1 of 1st quarter 2009 -2021
	60,000													120
					91.0									100
	50,000	51,613
													80
	43,242				41,545								60	change of rate Annual
	40,000													40
Job Vacancies		36,935
									21.5				20
30,000						-1.4	-2.1
									-12.4			0
		-14.6
	-16.2							-23.1	-23.5
				21,753					-30.5	-20
	20,000												(%)
					15,921			18,666				-40
					15,694
				-41.1
							15,367		14,351				-60
	10,000
										12,570
						-61.7
											9,617
													-80
													6,685
	0													-100
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021

Job Vacancies

Annual rate of change (%)

1 The number of Job Vacancies refers to the Job Vacancies to be filled in immediately, that is job vacancies, which are to be filled in within a period not longerthan three months and also refers to sections B-S of statistical classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2. Job vacancies are recorded on the first day of the third month of each calendar quarter

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Survey on Job Vacancies The Survey on Job Vacancies is conducted on a quarterly basis in a sample of enterprises, aiming at recording the number of job vacancies in the whole economy excluding Primary Sector and Activities of Households, of NACE Rev. 2.

Purpose of the survey The purpose of the survey is to record on a quarterly basis the job vacancies to be filled in immediately, that is job vacancies, which are to be filled in within a period not longerthan three months.

Methodology

Legal Framework

Reference date

Data collection during the pandemic period of COVID-19

Definitions

Data for the number of job vacancies are collected with the Labour Cost and Job Vacancies survey which is conducted on a quarterly basis.

The statistical population is the total number of enterprises employing at least three (3) employees and belongs to sections B-S of Nace Rev.2. The survey covers the entire Country.

The one-stage stratified sampling method is applied, using the enterprise as a surveyed unit. The strata are derived from the combinations of the 2-digit code of economic activity (NACE Rev.2) and the enterprise size class.

The sampling frame is the current Business Register of ELSTAT.

The survey is conducted by visits on enterprise premises by means of printed questionnaires (PAPI).

Regulations (EC) 453/2008, (EC) 1062/2008 and (EC) 19/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Job vacancies are recorded on the 1st day of the 3rd month of each calendar quarter.

Data were collected during April and May 2021 and the response rate of the enterprises was lower compared to the corresponding period of the previous year due to the special circumstances resulting from the restrictive measures imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The statistical unit is the enterprise employing at least three (3) employees.

Job vacancy is considered a paid post that is newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant, for which the employer is taking active steps and is prepared to take further steps to find a suitable candidate from outside the enterprise concerned and which the employer intends to fill either immediately or in the near future. It should be noted that job vacancies refer only to employees.

A vacant post which is going to be filled by the following categories is not considered as Job Vacancy:

• an apprentice without remuneration coming either by the employer or through the Social Security Funds
• contractors which are not on the payroll list,
• personnel who is re-hired or returns to the enterprise after a holiday, paid or not, leave
• internal movement of a member of personnel inside the enterprise

Job Vacancies to be filled in immediately are job vacancies for full or part-timeemployment, which are to be filled in within a period not longer than three months.

Statistical classifications

Coverage of NACE Rev. 2 sections

The European statistical classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2 is used.

1. Mining and quarrying
2. Manufacturing
3. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
4. Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
5. Construction
6. Wholesale and Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles
7. Transportation and Storage

1. Accommodation and Food Services Activities
2. Information and Communication

1. Financial and insurance activities
2. Real Estate activities

1. Professional, scientific and technical activities N Administrative and support service activities
   O Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security P Education
   Q Human Health and Social Work Activities R Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
   S Other Service Activities