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The employment market across Europe and Poland has rapidly changed due to the impact COVID-19, or Coronavirus, had on the economy when the lockdown to control the virus took effect.
Michael Page’s propriety survey data gives you a snapshot of the employment market across Europe and Poland, with our data collection running from 20th March, 2020 until 20th May, 2020, with a total of 5,075 returned surveys from 13 countries*.
Over 29 % of Polish people we surveyed said they were currently unemployed, a rise compared to Q1 2019 where this percentage was at 24,5%. Of these respondents, 75 % explained they had been searching for work for between 0-3 months, highlighting the immediate impact the lockdown had on employment.
However, there are bright spots. Over 54.7 % said they were looking for a job to develop new skills, compared to the 24.4 % who said they were looking due to unemployment.
37.8 % of people searching are looking for a better salary, whereas better work / life balance dropped to just 10.4 % of people.
Supporting the idea that people are changing jobs for reasons outside of benefits packages, over 32.8 % of people said they wanted to change due to a lack of professional growth.
According to our survey, employers can look towards great relationships 96.7 %, work / life balance 95.7 %, access to training 92.8 %, and being socially responsible 82.3 % as key areas to focus on when searching for new talent.
In terms of discipline, the lockdown has noticeably affected professionals in the General Management sector with over 13 % of respondents. Other disciplines affected are Finance / Accounting with 13.4 % and Engineering / Technical with 11.5 %.
*Countries participating in the survey: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Turkey, Sweden and Luxembourg.