Manual workers urgently needed in the labor market

The most sought-after professions are primarily production, renovation, and construction workers. According to Poles, manual workers are in demand even more than doctors in the labor market, according to a study by SW Research. This is also confirmed by the statistics of OLX, a website with job advertisements in Poland. In July this year, the number of vacancies for production workers exceeded 28,000, while in January it was by about 8,500 lower. The number of vacancies waiting for employees in the construction and renovation industry increased even more at that time. Research shows that Poles' perception of them is changing more and more clearly. Almost every second claims that blue-collar workers can earn well today. A similar percentage consider their work as important as white-collar workers.

"Looking at the data from the Central Statistical Office of Poland from 2021, it can be seen that the most sought-after occupations are dominated by manual workers – salespersons, construction workers, and drivers. These data are also reflected in the OLX Praca statistics, where we can see a large increase in the number of job advertisements in industries related to manual work. We have record results in the case of drivers, construction, production, and warehouse workers. The sector related to gastronomy, hospitality, and customer service is also growing in popularity. If we compare the number of active job offers this year to the previous one, the increase is over 30 percent," Paweł Świderski, director of the Work category at OLX, said.

According to the OLX expert, such a large increase in demand for these groups of employees is largely the result of changes that took place in the economy during subsequent lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Newseria)