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Swiss Staffingindex - Coronavirus Summary 2020: Staff Leasing Sector Slumps 14.3%
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The staff leasing sector slumped 14.3% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. After recording a drop of 22.8% during the first lockdown, the sector's deficit steadily reduced throughout the year to 9.6% in the fourth quarter, an impressive feat shown by the Swiss Staffingindex. The slight upward trend seen over the year can be linked back to peaks in assignments in the logistics industry and to the increased uncertainty faced by companies, which opted to take on temporary workers instead of offering fixed positions. Nevertheless, the number of working hours rendered by temporary employees still fell to its lowest level since records began back in 2012.
The most challenging labor market environment since the financial crisis
"The coronavirus pandemic is posing the greatest challenge to job seekers and staffing service providers in the labor market since the financial crisis of 2008," swissstaffing economist Marius Osterfeld explains. "Our members are telling us that even the usually sought-after profiles of those in industry, the service sector and paradoxically even the healthcare sector are proving difficult to place. And when they do find assignments, these are mostly only short-term, temporary vacancies." A gfs-zürich survey of the CEOs of swissstaffing members showed that the CEOs of staffing service providers are cautious about the future, with 24% expecting the situation on the labor market to get worse, 41% expecting it to remain in the same difficult state it is now, and only 33% expecting it to improve.
More statistics can be found at this link.
https://www.swissstaffing.ch/en/Sector-Politics/Statistics-of-the-sector/Introduction.php
Contact:
Marius Osterfeld, Economist
Tel: 044 388 95 70 / 079 930 45 25
marius.osterfeld@swissstaffing.ch
Blandina Werren, Head of Communications
Tel: 044 388 95 35 blandina.werren@swissstaffing.ch
www.swissstaffing.ch