Job offers down by 13% in Flanders

Job offers down by 13% in Flanders
Credit: Belga

The Flemish employment service, VDAB, has recorded 242,554 job vacancies over the past 12 months, down 13% on the previous 12-month period, it said on Tuesday.

The decline was even steeper in some sectors.

Vacancies in hospitality fell by 20%, while job offers in machinery and equipment manufacturing dropped by 21%.

In financial services, the number of vacancies decreased by 27%.

VDAB also reported an 18% fall in job offers for temporary agency work.


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