October - December 2018 Jobs Report

Job Advertisement Report
October – December
2018
Job Advertisement Report – October 2018 to December 2018 – Barbados Development Foundation 1
Summary
The job advertisements used to compile this report were found on social media
and in newspapers from October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. Data was entered into
a spreadsheet to show the date the job was advertised, job title, industry, organization
advertising the job, management level of employment, educational requirements,
previous experience required and type of employment.
The data gathered shows 325 jobs advertised between October 1, 2018 and
December 31, 2018 with an average of 108 jobs advertised per month. There was a 6.1%
reduction in jobs advertised from the July 2018 to September 2018 period. Futhermore,
there was a 11.7% reduction in the amount of jobs advertised between November 2018
and December 2018. There was a shift in the sector in which the majority of jobs were
advertised. For the three-month period, the majority of vacancies were found in the
hospitality (restaurant) industry and entry level positions remained the most popular types
of jobs available at 79.1%. Data further revealed that the majority of jobs advertised can
be placed in the category of Chef/Cook with 27 jobs compared to Sales/Customer Service
holding the majority in the pervious period with 36 jobs.
A Bacehlor’s Degree remained the most popular educational requirement
accounting for 46.25% of advertisements which identified educational requirements
overall. Bachelor’s Degrees also account for the educational requirement for 29.1% of
entry level positions advertised which identified an educational requirement. Although
Bachelor’s Degrees account for the majority of jobs overall, the Caribbean Secondary
Education Certificate (CSEC) remains the most popular educational requirement for entry
level positions at 38.2%.
160
140
138
120
116
100 111
106
102
98
80
60
40
20
0
July August September October November December
Number of Jobs
Chart 1: Chart showing number of jobs advertised by month compared to the previous period.
Industries
The most popular industry was the hospitality (restaurant) industry. Compared to
the period July 2018 – September 2018 there has been a 156.5% increase in jobs
advertised for this sector. While it was expected that the hospitality (hotel) industry would
have a significant increase in advertisements for the October 2018 – December 2018
period, the idustry saw a 28.9% reduction in jobs advertised, allowing for the hospitality
(restaurant) industry to emerge having the majority of advertised vacancies.
70
60
59 59
50
40
42
30
26 26
20 23 22
19
17
10
8
0
Hospitality Hospitality (Hotel) Food/Beverage Distribution (Retail) International
(Restaurant) Relations/Foreign
July - September October - December
Govt
Chart 2: Chart showing the top 5 industries jobs which were advertised for compared to the
previous period.
25
20 21
20
15
10 11
5 6
5 5
0
Hospitality Hospitality Distribution Education Food/Beverage Financial
(Restaurant) (Hotel) (Retail) Services
(Banking)
Number of Jobs
Chart 3: Chart showing the top 6 industries jobs were advertised for October 2018.
25
20 21
15
12
10 11
7
5 6
0
Hospitality Hospitality (Hotel) Food/Beverage Beauty Distribution (Retail)
(Restaurant)
Number of Jobs
Chart 4: Chart showing the top 5 industries jobs were advertised for November 2018.
18
16 17
14
12
10
10 10
8 9
2 3
0
Hospitality Hospitality (Hotel) Food/Beverage Distribution (Retail) International
(Restaurant) Relations/Foreign
Govt
Number of Jobs
Chart 5: Chart showing the top 8 industries jobs were advertised for December 2018.
30
25
24
20 22
21
15
15
14
10 12 12
11
8
5
6
1 0 3 4 3
0
Restaurant Hospitality Food/Beverage Distribution International
Relations/Foreign
Govt
October November December
Chart 6: Chart showing the top 5 industries’ jobs advertised compared for each month.
Type of Employment
The most popular level of employment was entry level positions and full-time
positions remained the majority of jobs advertised. There was very little change in the
amount of jobs advertised for each level of employment. Entry-level positions account for
80.92% of jobs advertised while low-level is 12%, middle-level is 13.23% and top-level
management is 1.53%. Full-time positions account for 87.69% of jobs advertised while
part-time is 3.69%, temporary is 5.53% and contract is 3.08%. The majority of jobs can
be places in the category of Chef/Cook.
300
250 261 263
200
150
100
50
39 43 43
36 4 5
0
Entry level Low level Middle level Top level
July-September October-December
Chart 7: Chart showing the number of jobs advertised by management level compared to the
previous period.
350
300
309
285
250
200
150
100
50
7 12 17 18 9 10
0
Full-time Part-time Temporary Contract
Chart 8: Chart showing the type of employment advertised compared to the previous period.
30
25 27
25
20
19
15
14
13
10
0
Chef/Cook Sales/Customer Accounting/Finance Administartive Staff Waiter/Waitress
Service (Assistants,
Officers and
Managers)
Number of Jobs
Chart 9: Chart showing jobs by category.
Requirements
For the October – December period the most popular educational requirement was
a bachelor’s degree which accounts for 46.25% of advertisements which identified
educational requirements and 11.38% of jobs overall. The police certificate of character
was required for 8.92% of jobs advertised compared to 2.89% in the previous period. Of
the jobs which asked for a police certificate of character, 93.1% were entry level positions.
The police certificate of character was required primarily for the hospitality (hotel) industry.
The area of business administration/management was the most popular area of study
required accounting for 40.68% of jobs which specified educational requirements and
7.38% of jobs overall.
60
50 53
40
37
30
20 23
18
10
11
1 0 0 4 8 2 4 0 2
0
Chart 10: Chart showing the minimum qualifications required for jobs advertised compared to
the previous period.
30
25
24
20
15 17
10 12 12
10
8
5 6
5
3 3
0
Chart 11: Chart showing the areas of study required compared to the previous period.
12
10
10
8
2 3
2 2 1 1 1
0
Number of Jobs
Chart 12: Chart showing the police certificate of character by industry.

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advertising the job, management level of employment, educational requirements,

previous experience required and type of employment.

be placed in the category of Chef/Cook with 27 jobs compared to Sales/Customer Service

holding the majority in the pervious period with 36 jobs.

A Bacehlor’s Degree remained the most popular educational requirement

accounting for 46.25% of advertisements which identified educational requirements

entry level positions advertised which identified an educational requirement. Although

level positions at 38.2%.

(restaurant) industry to emerge having the majority of advertised vacancies.

October November December

be places in the category of Chef/Cook.

250 261 263

Chart 9: Chart showing jobs by category.

a bachelor’s degree which accounts for 46.25% of advertisements which identified

7.38% of jobs overall.

Chart 12: Chart showing the police certificate of character by industry.

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