Nach der Ausbildung: Stellenangebot für Berufseinsteiger sinkt rasant
Bei den Ausbildungsplätzen in Deutschland sieht es noch recht gut aus. Danach aber gelingt es jungen Leute oft nicht, eine Stelle zu finden. Weniger Branchen bieten Chancen.
Recently, entry-level job opportunities have become significantly harder to secure, according to an analysis of online job platform Indeed. The number of entry-level job postings has dropped by two-thirds since the record year of 2022, while the total number of job postings has only declined by around a third (39 percent). The decline in entry-level jobs affects almost all industries, with 26 out of 28 sectors seeing a decrease since 2022, 23 of which have seen a steeper decline than the overall market.
The sectors hit the hardest are knowledge-based professions and office jobs. For instance, marketing jobs have plummeted by 75 percent, IT applications and solutions by 77 percent, and project management by 60 percent. Only two groups have seen an increase: healthcare, medicine, and pharmacy (+18 percent) and food, hospitality, and tourism (+10 percent).
Virginia Sondergeld, an expert at Indeed, attributes the primary cause to a weak economy, warning that young people face the risk of starting their careers with a period of unemployment, potentially becoming a generation of disadvantage. While the impact of artificial intelligence on this trend is a valid question, current data suggests it may not be a significant factor.
The decline in entry-level jobs started as early as summer 2022, before ChatGPT even existed, according to Sondergeld. Young professionals are being hit first because companies tend to cut budgets in areas where they need new talent the most during uncertain times.
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