ERGANI – MARCH
The best performance historically was recorded by the employment balance both in March 2023 and during the January-March quarter, according to the data of the “ERGANI” Information System.
More specifically, in March recruitment announcements reached 250,239, while resignations reached 188,327 (102,377 terminations of open-ended contracts or expiration of fixed-term contracts and 85,950 voluntary resignations). Thus, March’s balance of employment flows was positive by 61,912 jobs, the best performance since 2001 for which data are available.
In the January-March quarter, job announcements reached 619,788 and departures reached 562,301 (332,062 terminations of open-ended contracts or terminations of fixed-term contracts and 230,239 voluntary departures). Thus, the balance of first-quarter wage employment flows was positive by 57,487 jobs, also the highest level since 2001.
The industries with the best hiring/leaving balance are: accommodation (+24,150), catering (+5,630), education (+4,716), retail (+2,993), public administration/defence/social security (+2,730). Creative activities (-151), post/courier (-150), broadcasting (-82), financial (-39) and insurance (-35) sectors had negative performances.
In Epirus
The picture in Epirus shows that there were 5,758 recruitments, against 5,299 departures (+459) and in more detail, by P.E. we had the following:
Arta, 735 hires, 819 departures (-84), Thesprotia, 608 hires, 484 departures (+124), Ioannina, 3,388 hires, 3,050 departures, (+338) and Preveza 1,027 hires, 946 departures (+81).
