They are looking for even unskilled workers, but they are not found by Greek companies, or at least by those who participated in Association of Exporters (SEBE) surveywhich simultaneously fixes the extremely pessimistic attitude of the vast majority (91.5%) towards the current situation in labor market Greece.

The number of companies that participated was 118, and the results showed that the results human resources is a serious problem and a concern in Greek companies, whether very small, with up to 10 employees (8.5%), or slightly larger, with 11 to 50 employees (34.7%), or larger (33.1% of medium enterprises, with between 51 to 250 people, and large, with more than 251 employees, at a rate of 23.7%). Although this is a pioneering study in which the Institute for Export Research and Research does not qualitatively analyze the results, SEVE notes that, on the one hand, better and more effective communication between educational institutions and business is required. as strengthening technical education and focusing on the professions of the future, and on the other hand limiting non-payroll labor costs, with a peak in the reduction insurance premiums.

In addition, wage costs in Greece are found to be low compared to most other European Union member states, even in dynamic and developing sectors. The data included in the assessment report of his current statutory minimum wage is indicative. I LOVE (in the context of the scientific consultation before this year’s increase), according to which the majority of employees (about 700,000 or 29.6% of the total) were employed in 2022 in small enterprises with less than 10 employees, of which 35 % paid the minimum wage. Respectively, average salary for those employed in small enterprises with up to 10 employees in 2022, it was about 962 euros. ) and 1,500 euros (in companies with more than 251 employees).

However, in the SEVE study, which captures the positions of Greek enterprises and maps their needs in order to plan actions to create new quality jobs, train and educate human resources, etc., the problem of finding human resources is rated as very important or very important for almost everyone participants.

The problem of finding human resources is now assessed as very important.

In particular, none of the participating companies rated the problem of finding human resources as “not important at all”, and 2.5% rated it as “little important”. On the contrary, 47.5% rate it as “very important”, and half of the companies that participated in the survey, i.e. 50.0%, rate it as “very, very important”.

And this despite the fact that 90.7% of the sample are currently looking for human resources compared to 9.3% of the sample that is not looking. About half of the companies in the sample, namely 49.2%, are looking for skilled craftsmen, machine operators and drivers, and 48.3% of the sample are looking for unskilled workers. Accordingly, 42.4% are looking for specialists (engineers, economists, IT specialists, accountants, lawyers, etc.), 40.7% of technicians and assistants, 27.1% of salespeople and office workers (secretaries, customer service, clerks at the reception, cashiers, etc.) respectively. and 21.2% of senior management and administrative staff. 6.8% are looking for other categories of human resources that are not included in the above. In terms of the educational level of the executives they are looking for, 29.7% of the sample are looking for masters and PhDs, and the majority (ie 63.6%) are looking for university graduates. The percentage of companies looking for TEI graduates is 60.2% and the percentage of high school graduates is 61.9%, while the percentage of high school graduates (22.0%) and primary school graduates (17.8%) is lower.

As for, finally, Description of work companies are looking for, they cover a wide range of specialties. A significant percentage concerns workers, operators and drivers. earthworkers, production line workers, truck drivers, carpenters, machine operators, fishermen. There is also a high concentration of engineers, especially mechanical engineers, sales engineers, chemical and computer engineers, and technicians and craftsmen. Finally, a large percentage of the companies that responded to the survey said they are looking for people in the export department, project managers, logistics department employees, management and quality control managers.

Despite the difficulties in finding staff, Greek companies do not implement training programs. Speaking with Delphi Economic Forum BSE President Dimitris Papaleksopoulos noted that only 20% of Greek companies have organized training programs for their employees, compared to 67% on average in the EU, as they do not have a culture of lifelong learning, and obstacles are also created by the structure of the Greek economy.