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BOX 5.1 Labour shortages in social jobs

Future of Jobs Survey concerns regarding talent availability in social jobs are reinforced by a new

study, partnership with Indeed, of external data on job-board postings. A new labour-market indicator

measures the median time required to fill jobs in a cross-sectoral range of occupation groups,

revealing that employers operating in Medical and Healthcare Services; Care, Personal Services

and Wellbeing; and Education and Training have greater difficulty than average in securing staff for

open roles (Figure B5.1).

Time to fill vacancies, relative to country averages (%)

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400

FIGURE B5.1 Time to fill vacancies in social jobs

SourceIndeed.

Health and Healthcare Care, Personal Services and Wellbeing Education and Training

Canada Japan Germany Australia

Japan

Italy

Ireland United Arab Emirates Mexico Germany

Italy

India

Canada Australia

Brazil France

United Arab Emirates Australia

United Arab Emirates Germany

Germany

IndiaItaly Brazil Japan

India France

Australia

IrelandIndia

Median time taken to fill vacancies in social jobs on Indeed from July to December 2022 as a proportion of the median time for all jobs in a country

Education & Instruction

Community & Social Service

Physicians & Surgeons

Medical Technician

Medical Information

Childcare

Pharmacy

Personal Care & Home Health

Nursing

In collaboration with Indeed

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