Commerce is also one of the main economic activities in which young employees have found more opportunities.
Referential image of the seller of a clothing store in Quito, in 2023.
43 % of job offers are related to commercial or sales profiles, according to the Labor Market Index Report, made by the Multitrabajos portal.
Instead, there are fewer job postings for human resources and technology.
One of the reasons why companies are looking for fewer workers in the technology area is the lack of professional profiles with digital skills.
The lack of these skills means that the country has an annual deficit of 9,000 programmers, warns the Ecuadorian Chamber of Innovation and Technology (Citec).
In the first quarter of 2023, 34.9% of the country’s Economically Active Population (EAP) had an adequate or full job, with which they work the legal day and obtain at least the basic salary (USD 450 per month). month). Says the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC).
The services and commerce sectors are the ones that generate the greatest adequate employment, with 52% and 18%, respectively.
This taking into account that they are among the economic activities with the highest sales.
For this reason, commerce is also one of the activities where more young people begin their professional experience.
The economic activity in which young employees have found more opportunities to start their working life is commerce, with 22%, says Multitrabajos.
Finances follow, with 11%; manufacturing, with 8% and customer service, with 7%.
