According to the latest Pracuj.pl study “Work in Times of Change,” 38% of participants are actively looking for a new job. Wages remain the primary motivator for job changes in times of high inflation, according to the study.
In the third quarter of 2022, 269,000 jobs were posted on Pracuj.pl. job offers. The past three months confirm that the scale of recruitment in Poland has stabilized and remains at a high level. Employers were looking for 2% more employees than in the corresponding period a year earlier. At the same time, there was an increase of 76% compared to the third quarter of 2020, in which employers thawed recruitment after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it said.
As many as 4 out of 10 Poles surveyed by Pracuj.pl declare that they are currently actively looking for a new place of employment. The youngest participants of the Generation Z labor market are clearly the most active. 52% of the 18-24 age group declare browsing job offers. Poles aged 25-34 (46%) and 35-44 (45%) are also declaring employers to change. Poles over 45 proactively look for jobs (25%), it was announced..
Regardless of their age, Poles remain open to receiving a new, attractive job offer. Readiness for such a proposal is declared by over 8 out of 10 Poles. Despite the complicated economic situation that has lasted for many months, employees are ready to try their chances in another place, offering new career opportunities.
“Both employees and employers are strongly active on the labor market despite the constantly changing situation. Certain concerns may be fueled by high inflation, economic turmoil and geopolitical circumstances. It has increased significantly during the last two quarters, and has stabilized at a high level in the last two quarters. The coming months, although difficult for companies, may paradoxically be a good time to look for talents, because many talented Poles want to leave their current jobs. conditions and prospects in the future. Companies that attract them can gain a lot,” said Agnieszka Bieniak, HR director in Grupa Pracuj.
An important element of the aforementioned economic changes in Poland is, of course, the persistently high inflation. The fall in the value of money undoubtedly contributes to the fact that higher earnings remain the most important motivation to change jobs. Among people actively looking for a new job, as much as 57% indicate the willingness to increase their salary as the key reason. As in recent years, in the forefront of motivation are also better development opportunities and the willingness to be appreciated by the employer.
An interesting tendency can be observed in the context of people who motivate plans to change their employer by the desire to change the industry or specialization. The reclassification from a survey to a survey seems to be an increasingly frequently quoted reason for looking for a job. As late as October 2021, it was indicated by 16% of respondents browsing job offers. Currently, it is more than every fifth respondent (21%), according to the report.
Another factor of increasing importance cited by jobseekers is the willingness to perform duties in the remote model. In March 2022, 9% of respondents from this group drew attention to this aspect. Currently, it is already 14% of respondents.
“People looking for a new employer more and more often do it in response to dynamic events on the labor market, often changing the situation from quarter to quarter. The falling value of money additionally increases the importance of earnings as the main factor motivating changes. Returning to the office in recent months was met with dissatisfaction. some employees who liked flexible working models, while the increasingly better employment conditions, not only in the new technology industry, but also, for example, in specialist manual jobs, make people reflect on retraining. research,” added Konstancja Zyzik at Grupa Pracuj.
The study “Work in times of change” was conducted in September 2022 by ARC Rynek i Opinia, commissioned by Pracuj.pl. The measurement made using the CAWI method was carried out on a sample of 2,110 Poles, representative of the population of economically active people aged 18-65 in terms of sex, age and size of the place of residence.
Source: Grupa Pracuj and ISBnews
