The number of vacancies in the labor market in Israel has returned to the levels during the COVID-19 pandemic

The job vacancy rate stood at 4.59% of total jobs in the economy last month, the highest since October 2022.

The most acute personnel shortage is observed among sales workers: there is a shortage of almost 14,000 such specialists – about a tenth of all vacancies in the country. At the same time, the shortage is only getting worse: according to the current monthly report, the demand for sellers and sales agents has increased by about a thousand positions.

The restaurant sector, which has been struggling to recruit staff since the pandemic, is showing some improvement, with the number of waiters and bartenders missing falling by 11%, but the shortfall remains significant at about 8,700 workers.

In high-tech, a decrease in the number of vacancies for software developers was recorded by 1% – to approximately 6,800 positions in November. Among engineers (including software engineers), the number of unfilled positions fell by 3% to approximately 10,600 positions.