2024-09-20 21:14:49
The metropolitan economy needs 93,000 specialists with secondary and 120,000 specialists with higher education, the most sought after are those in the IT sphere, engineering, energy
In Sofia, unemployment is the lowest, wages are the highest, and the battle for talent is fiercest. Only three people apply for one job, while in the country at least six participate in the competition. Businesses resort to various additional packages and salary bonuses to attract quality and capable staff.
One of the most desired benefits for employees is additional vacation days. Some employers also offer the option of reimbursing them for a certain percentage of the cost of annual leave. Others even directly
they give up to BGN 2,000 per employee if he has chosen to rest outside of Europe
And to retain their most valuable talent, companies are becoming increasingly inventive.
Some companies offer their people low-interest or interest-free loans to buy a car, home, equipment, for repairs. Still others create play areas and gardens in the office for the children of workers. In addition, they also give
annual scholarship to the talented children of its employees.
It is now common practice for the employer to provide various discount cards – for sports, glasses, clothes. Food vouchers are not an additional benefit, but part of the monthly remuneration, but the number of companies that take advantage of this option is increasing.
And in order to take care of the health of their employees, in addition to additional health insurance, bosses often also provide examinations by specialists. Additional extras are the provision of a free massage – directly at the workplace, or a hairdresser.
In the office, more and more often, free drinks and food are given, and to recharge, colleagues let loose in a game room. Team building has long been popular among companies in our country, as business here is becoming more and more resourceful in selecting destinations and ways to bring the team together through attractive vacations and entertainment together.
However
64% of employers say they are having difficulty finding staff.
And their biggest problem is the lack of sufficient qualifications. This is the reason why 40% of employers declared their readiness to organize trainings in the workplace.
Businesses will need more than 213 thousand workers and specialists in Sofia in the next 3 to 5 years, according to the data of the Employment Agency from the latest survey of employers’ labor needs.
Over 119,782 of the places will be for people with higher education.
The trend in Sofia has not changed in the last few years and the most sought after personnel will be in the IT field, economics and engineering. It is noteworthy that out of 13,500 requests for personnel in the “Informatics and computer sciences” sector, 8,400 are in the capital. The announced needs for the “Energy” sector are almost the same.
Throughout the country, teachers are most in demand, and in Sofia, employers have stated that
in the next 3 to 5 years, they will need about 3,941 teachers
In all the proposed 20 specialties in the field of medicine and health care, the stated needs are for 40,048 trained specialists. This is 16.5% of all stated needs of graduates. Specialists in medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine and health care are registered in all 28 regions, but again in Sofia their deficit is the largest – 13,110. Second is Varna, but with only 3,781 people, Ruse with 2,973 and Plovdiv with 2,510.
93,230 will be the necessary personnel with secondary education. The most sought-after profession in this group is computer science (nearly 6,400 people). Next is marketing and advertising with about 5,700 places. Healthcare is also in the top 3 with 5,000 stated needs.
And while the hunger for salespeople is the most acute in the country, in Sofia only every 20th announced position is for such a staff (4,580 people.
In the next 12 months in the capital
construction workers, accountants, dental assistants, electricians,
office managers, cashiers, secretaries, beauticians, hairdressers and sales representatives.
According to employers in Sofia, the most important skill is discipline and self-control. The second is to be able to solve problems, and the third is to have communication skills. The most sought-after competence among them is initiative and entrepreneurship.