New routes of Italian occupation are drawn on a constantly changing map. According to the report “Forecast of employment and professional needs in Italy in the medium term (2024-2028)” prepared by Excelsior-Unioncamere, the labor market can be welcomed. 770 thousand new places. By the end of 2025.
What’s brewing on the recruiting front?
Italian companies move with the caution of those who know that every move counts. Some sectors, e.gAutomotiveare experiencing a slowdown (or rather, a real crisis), but the energy elsewhere is palpable. There Logistics Shining like a beacon, by which one moves.E-commerce and internal operational efficiency. i Food and beveragesSpecialist worker is among the most sought-after profiles, signifying a sector that is teeming with opportunities.
The building And construction is no exception: Pnrr has highlighted a sector that looks to the future. Meanwhile, Catering and hotel servicesAnd, after difficult years, the protagonists return with an unparalleled appetite for talent. And Trade It is always on the front line, especially during holidays and seasonal peaks.
Technology: The New El Dorado of Skills
In today’s world of work, the watchword is “specialization.” There is no company that is not looking for professionals. Specific skills i Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Sustainability. We are witnessing the birth of characters that did not exist until a few years ago. An evolution that knows no sectoral boundaries and turns every sector into an innovation laboratory.
New demographic balance
If one has been dominant for a long time. Work with fixed wages, devaluation of working timeA new equilibrium in the future may create conditions that cause wages to rise again after 30 years. This is stated in the second report of the Enpaia Observatory (National Social Security Institute for Workers and Employs in Agriculture), which was created in collaboration with Censis.
The new balance in question will be determined by demographic decline, which will gradually reduce the number of candidates. Different values that people attribute to time.. An increase in labor demand that exceeds supply may, in the future, increase wages and, in turn, have positive effects on social security.
“In Italy we have an important theme which is Wages are very low“, Roberto Diacetti, General Director of Enpaia, tells Sole24Ore about a very complicated phase of the labor market, in which, among other things, it is a tough idea for companies to give up at least part of the profits. There will be no increase in wages.”
This would certainly not be a bad idea, but it is difficult to implement in a system that has shown and continues to show the limitations of the formal, bureaucratic and, it should be said, corporate mentality that in many cases under such circumstances. remain trapped which reminds of Fantozzi.
North and South: Two sides of the same coin
Work in Italy is a A mosaic of regional differences Piedmont, Lombardy and Veneto saw a slight decrease, while the South and the islands started to grow faster. But there is still a long way to go: the gap in employment rates is extremely small, and opportunities in the South are often concentrated in sectors with lower wages and more uncertainty.
Measures implemented, such as cuts in the tax wage, attempt to provide oxygen to wages and job mobility. However, the market is still complex, with a gap of about 49 percent between supply and demand. Who knows that in this 2025 which has just started we will be able to find the right alchemy.
