Thinking of a career change? Well, then the graphs below might be useful if you’re unsure what career it is you’re looking at going into.

The latest career index report bases its information on careers listed on job portal sites, and showed a few interesting trends in the hiring/job search activities of South Africans.

Published by Business Tech, sectors including the building & construction, architecture, and manufacturing & assembly saw a significant uptake in jobs in recent months.

Admin, sales, marketing and finance sectors saw a notable decrease in job postings:

Looking at changes in demand over the last 12 months, the ICT, medical & health and business & management sectors took a knock as vacancy volumes decreased significantly year-on-year.

Of the two graphs seen below, the demand graph “provides a good indication of where the majority of employment takes place”, while the supply graph correlates closely to areas in high demand by active job seekers.

Check it:

Looking at the South African workforce through the Total Workforce Index released by the ManpowerGroup – the go-to international workforce company for businesses and job seekers alike – South Africa ranked “24th out of the total ranking of 75 countries internationally:

It ranked highly for cost efficiency and regulation, but lost points due to poor market maturity and availability of skilled labour.

You can see a further breakdown of South Africa’s workforce here.

Think you have what it takes to get into the sales game? How about IT? Well then, keep an eye on the ManpowerGroup’s listings as it’s kind of what they do.

With 23 successive years on the Fortune 500 list, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the seventh consecutive year, ManpowerGroup has connected more than 600 000 people to meaningful work across a wide range of skills and industries every day.

That’s a lot of jobs – but with a vision and values that serve to inspire how they interact, create and deliver on their promise to clients, job seekers and themselves, it shouldn’t be a surprise.

Across their portfolio – Manpower®, Experis®, Right Management® and ManpowerGroup® Solutions – they have assisted more than 400 000 clients in 80 countries and territories in an effort to address their critical talent needs.

And South Africa is one of them.

It won’t hurt to have a look, hey? Just don’t tell your boss.

[source:businesstech]