Employers in South Africa are looking to fill these positions

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GUEST – Paul Byrne’s - Head of Insights and Customer Success at Pnet.

Hiring activity has seen a year-on-year decline, but there are still jobs that are in high demand.

According to Pnet’s latest Job Market Trends Report, hiring activity increased from January to February 2024.

That said, hiring activity decreased by -4% compared to February 2023.

Hiring activity was also down 1% from February 2022.

Despite the year-on-drop, there are still jobs that are trending and in high demand.

Pnet said that jobs in Payroll and Wages (finance sector) are the most in-demand in the country.

This is followed by Personal assistants and Client/Customer Support, both in the Admin, Office, and Support sectors.

Nursing/Professional Care Giving (Medical and Health) and Representative/Sales Consulting (Sales) completed the top five.

Notably, besides Nursing/Professional caregiving, all of these jobs are found in sectors that have seen an uptick in remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic.
10 Apr 2024 4PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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