More job vacancies in the second quarter than one year earlier

Corrected on 12 August 2010. The correction is indicated in red. Was previously 3,400.

According to the Job Vacancy Survey of Statistics Finland there were 48,600 job vacancies in the second quarter of 2010, which was 29 per cent more than one year earlier (37,800). The measurement for the second quarter was taken on 1 June.

Job vacancies 2010/II – 2009/II

	Year/Quarter
	2010/II	2009/II
Job vacancies	48 600	37 800
Part-time	32 %	21%
Fixed term	63 %	64%
Hard-to-fill vacancies	41 %	33%

In the second quarter, 26,400 or 54 per cent of the job vacancies were in private enterprises. Compared with the quarter one year ago, job vacancies increased throughout the country. By industry job vacancies increased in trade (3,400), professional, scientific and technical activities ( 3,300 ), public administration, education and human health and social work activities (2,200) and manufacturing (1,700).

The relative share of part-time vacancies increased by 11 percentage points from one year ago. Employers had fewer recruitment problems than one year ago. The share of hard-to-fill vacancies of all job vacancies increased by eight percentage points to 41 per cent.

Statistics Finland has been collecting data on job vacancies quarterly since the beginning of 2002. The statistics are based on a sample of establishments of enterprises and general government. The data are collected with telephone interviews and web questionnaires. The statistics are decreed by a regulation of the European Union. The objective is to produce up-to-date and comparable information about the number and structure of job openings on the labour markets of EU Member States.

Source: Job vacancy survey 2010, 2nd quarter 2009. Statistics Finland.

Inquiries: Juha Martikainen (09) 1734 3225

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

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Tables

Appendix tables

Appendix table 1. Job vacancies by the quarters 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 2. Job vacancies by size of the local kind of activity unit 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 3. Job vacancies by employer sector of the local kind of activity unit 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 4. Job vacancies by major region 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 5. Job vacancies by industry 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 6. Part-time vacancies by major region 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 7. Part-time vacancies by industry 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 8. Fixed-term vacancies by major region 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 9. Fixed-term vacancies by industry 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 10. Hard-to-fill vacancies by major region 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)
Appendix table 11. Hard-to-fill vacancies by industry 2010/II - 2009/II (11.8.2010)

Figures

Appendix figure 1. Job vacancies by the quarters (11.8.2010)
Appendix figure 2. Job vacancies by type of employment relationship (11.8.2010)
Appendix figure 3. Job vacancies by employer sector (11.8.2010)
Appendix figure 4. Job vacancies by size of the local kind of activity unit (11.8.2010)
Appendix figure 5. Job vacancies by major region (11.8.2010)
Appendix figure 6. Job vacancies by industry (11.8.2010)

Updated 11.08.2010

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Job vacancy survey [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-2278. 2nd quarter 2010. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 14.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/atp/2010/02/atp_2010_02_2010-08-11_tie_001_en.html.

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