Demand for personnel grew in four sectors of the labor market

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Although in 2019 adequate or full employment fell 3.2% nationwide, four of the 15 labor market sectors report an increase in hiring. This is the case of oil and mining, financial services, mail and communications, and education and social services, which incorporated 17,121 workers between March 2018 and the same month of 2019, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, INEC.

Mail and communications grew the most, mainly in the private sector. In contrast, the National Telecommunications Corporation (CNT) separated 672 workers between December and March, as part of the personnel optimization policy in public companies.

The private company maintains positive hiring expectations for this year. The multinational Claro told this newspaper that it will add 300 people to the areas of customer service, mass commercial, corporate commercial, technical area and data intelligence office.

Meanwhile, Movistar foresees 200 additions for the Telecommunications, Big Data, Information and Commercial Security departments. “We are looking for talented people, regardless of age and promoting gender diversity.

However, we believe in young people, 64% of people who were hired in 2018 are 30 years old or younger, “the telephone said. Precisely, a study by the consulting firm Deloitte reveals that this year, as a result of new trends in the labor market, companies are creating positions aimed at digitization, innovation and business transformation.

Banco Guayaquil manages an internal policy of worker rotation. Photo: Misael Morales / EL COMERCIO There is, for example, business intelligence, which consists of developing commercial strategies for the growth and technological development of the business; innovation areas; customer experience, focused on improving the experience and customer satisfaction, and the data architecture.

Another second industry that increased personnel was mining and petroleum. The evolution of mining activity has been decisive for the country’s income. Currently, this activity as a whole generates 32,200 jobs, according to the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Resources.

Financial services occupy the third place as a driver of employment, where the vacancies rose from 44 859 to 47 285 until March of this year. Lorena Pazmiño, manager of Human Talent of Mutualista Pichincha, assured that the business is in constant process of hiring.

In the last months, 50 workers were integrated into the payroll, for the replacement of vacancies and for the creation of new structures. Banco Guayaquil executes an internal policy of personnel turnover on a frequent basis. Ernesto Weisson, spokesman for the firm, mentioned that they will employ 250 new workers for areas related to customer service: tellers, business advisors and financial executives.

Finally, in the field of education and social services, the work places have grown by 258. At the time of hiring, the general characteristics that companies observe in a potential worker are emotional intelligence (stability), generation of good relations in the company, management of languages, technologies and office automation (techniques and skills for the office), according to the firm Adecco, specialist in human resources.

New shopping center In Quito, the city where unemployment grew the most, 1,000 places will be created with the next opening of the shopping mall Portal Shopping, scheduled for October 23.

The new shopping center, located in the sector of Carapungo, in the north of the city, will have an area of ​​160,000 square meters of construction. It will have more than 150 stores, 40 islands and 2,500 parking spaces, informed the firm DK Management Services SA, responsible for the construction and operations. Companies such as Claro, Supermaxi, Megamaxi, Juguetón, Etafashion, De Prati, MNG, Todo Hogar, Pycca, Marathon, Cooperativa Andalucía and Banco del Pacífico will be part of the project. (I)

Source:  https://www.elcomercio.com/actualidad/demanda-personal-empresas-contrataciones.html