
According to him, in February 2023, the employment balance was positive. Information system “Ergani”. However, the negative results in January led to a negative balance in the first two months of the year. February announcements recruitment their number was 183,236, and the number of departures reached 160,050, of which 97,373 were terminated on indefinite contracts or the expiration of fixed-term contracts and 62,677 voluntarily left. Thus, the balance of February employment flows was positive by 23,186 jobs.
But also on an annualized basis, February this year was better than February 2022 as 7,997 more jobs were created in February 2023 (surplus of 23,186 jobs compared to surplus of 15,189 in February 2022) .
However, in the two months from January to February 2023, the number of job advertisements reached 369,549 and the number of layoffs reached 373,974 (229,685 terminations of indefinite contracts or expiration of fixed-term contracts and 144,289 voluntary layoffs). Thus, the balance of paid employment flows in the first half of the year was negative by 4,425 jobs.
Of course, the data of the system also shows that the majority of new hires were for flexible forms of employment, in particular, 40.13% of contracts were part-time, and 11.32% of contracts were rotational. Thus, only 48.59% of new hires were on a full-time contract.
Source: Kathimerini

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