An important tool in the hands of both young people and professionals is offered by the HRC through the publication of a study, with the forecasts of needs for the next decade.
As pointed out, this has a substantial contribution to the planning and implementation of education and training activities.
The study provides forecasts for employment needs in the sectors of economic activity (3 broad sectors, 21 main sectors and 52 sectors) and in 309 occupations (173 upper level occupations, 130 intermediate occupations and 6 lower level occupations) covering the whole of Cyprus. economy for the period 2017-2027.
According to the study, total employment in the period 2017-2027 is estimated to show an upward trend recovering from the effects of the recent economic crisis. Within this decade, it is estimated that the number of employees will increase by 77.952 people and a percentage increase of 21,0%.
It is noted that the total employment from 2011 (398.214 people) until 2015 (358.202 people) had a significant decline due to the economic crisis (numerical decrease -40.012 people and percentage reduction -10,0%) while in 2016, for the first time after financial crisis, showed a recovery reaching 363.060 people (numerical increase of 4.858 people and percentage increase of 1,4% compared to 2015).
The sectors with the highest employment needs
- Retail (1.797 people or 4,1% per year)
- Restaurants (1.588 people or 6,5% per year) Education (1.224 people or 3,9% per year)
- Health and social care (1.131 people or 4,9% per year)
- Constructions (1.084 people or 3,3% per year)
- Legal and accounting activities (934 people or 5,2% per year)
- Hotels (882 people or 5,6% per year)
- Wholesale (858 people or 4,1% per year)
- Public administration and defense (820 people or 2,7% per year)
- Arts, entertainment and recreation (477 people or 6,1% per year)
- Other service activities1 (453 people or 3,6% per year)
- Agriculture, forestry and fisheries (435 people or 3,1% per year)
- Food, beverage and tobacco industry (334 people or 3,3% per year)
Higher level occupations with the greatest employment needs
- Assistant accountants (461 people or 4,7% per year)
- Lawyers (254 people or 4,5% per year)
- Nurses and midwives (230 people or 3,7% per year)
- Accountants (157 people or 3,1% per year)
- Secondary school teachers (141 people or 1,7% per year)
- Other teachers not located elsewhere (136 people or 6,0% per year)
- Loan and credit managers (118 people or 2,6% per year)
- Commercial agents (112 people or 2,0% per year)
- Journalists (101 people or 7,1% per year)
- Trade managers (100 people or 4,8% per year)
- Application developers (97 people or 3,4% per year)
- Teachers (96 people or 2,0% per year)
- Construction supervisors and supervisors (89 people or 3,4% per year)
- Doctors (88 people or 3,2% per year)
- Managers of financial and insurance services (87 people or 5,2% per year)
- Foreign language teachers (excluding educational institutions) (81 people or 6,1% per
time) - Military (75 people or 1,6% per year)
- Sales and marketing managers (73 people or 3,9% per year)
- Teachers of universities and higher education institutions (73 people or 3,4% per
time) - Administrative secretaries (71 people or 1,9% per year)
- Technical assistants to civil engineers (70 people or 4,0% per year)
- Pharmacists (62 people or 5,5% per year)
- Economists (58 people or 6,8% per year)
- Dentists (56 people or 5,0% per year)
Medium-level occupations with the highest employment needs
- Store and ticket cashiers (617 people or 6,6% per year)
- General clerks (595 people or 4,1% per year)
- Bankers (567 people or 5,8% per year)
- Salesmen in stores (535 people or 3,4% per year)
- Car, taxi, van and motorcycle drivers (288 people or 3,8% per year)
- Warehousing and transport and production clerks (268 people or 5,1% per year)
- Residential builders (251 people or 3,7% per year)
- Cooks (244 people or 4,7% per year)
- Private secretaries (234 people or 4,1% per year)
- Truck and bus drivers (228 people or 4,0% per year)
- Shopkeepers (203 people or 3,6% per year)
- Hairdressers (189 people or 4,3% per year)
- Police officers (excluding police officers and detectives) (172 people or 3,4% per year)
- Beauticians (146 people or 4,3% per year)
- Building caretakers (142 people or 7,4% per year)
- Car engineers (138 people or 3,5% per year)
- Information and communication technology equipment installation and repair technicians (134 people or 6,3% per year)
- Bartender (114 people or 5,1% per year)
- Nurses (111 people or 5,5% per year) Pelicans and carpenters (110 people or 3,9% per year)
- Growers of plantations and vegetables (104 people or 2,2% per year)
- Bakers, confectioners and makers of confectionery and chocolate (103 people or 4,1% per year)
Source: SigmaLive