Jobs and Careers Winter 2022/23 - 26

What's next for the
With everything in flux post-Covid and Brexit which sectors will
thrive in the next few years and where are the jobs going to be?
The UK employment market seems like a rollercoaster ride right
now because that's exactly what it is. Up until the end of the
summer, news stories about jobs reflected low unemployment
rates as well as record vacancies, with employers looking
to increase salaries and offer flexible and remote working
as a way of recruiting. However, in the autumn, figures from
Lightcast's Labour Market Tracker showed that job vacancies
had fallen to their lowest level since the pandemic. What's the
reality? We've spoken to industry experts across a variety of
sectors to gauge what they think lies ahead ...
Construction
Travel
Vicki Wolf, head of education and
career development, Abta
" Careers in the travel industry
are not just about working
for tour operators and travel
agents. There are many roles
available, from digital marketing
and sustainability, which are
both big right now, to finance,
HR and IT. And aviation is a
different ball game - there are
positions everywhere: pilots,
engineering, ground crew, cabin
crew and customer service.
The industry may not be well
known for its apprenticeships
but they're on offer, and at
degree-level, too. Salaries in
travel are now up by 7% overall
and employment can come
with benefits, such as holiday
perks and the opportunity to
work overseas: a kind of work-y
vacation. TUI is among the
companies where there is the
potential to do this. "
Retail
Harvir Dhillon, economist, British
Retail Consortium
" Retailers are competing
in a tight labour market,
with more than 100,000
vacancies across the
industry from shopfloor
assistants to store
managers. Costs are
rising throughout
retail supply chains
and demand remains
dampened by low
consumer confidence
and sharply falling
real wages. The
retail industry and its
customers are in for a
rocky period into 2023. "
Tamsin Parkes, project manager,
Build UK
" The construction industry
is estimated to offer
more than 170 different
roles. There are many
career options (quantity
surveyor, marketing,
design, architecture, site
management, engineering
positions) and the sector's
average earnings are the
second highest, behind
only financial and business
services. The sector also
has a target of recruiting
53,000 new entrants each
year. Along with initiatives
that Build UK is involved in,
such as promoting flexible
working, which can improve
recruitment and retention,
the sector as a whole is
making great efforts to
welcome and support a
diverse workforce. Build UK's
Open Doors project (13-18
March 2023) will showcase
the range of careers available
in construction by offering
site visits across the UK. The
principle is that we want
to immerse people in an
environment that says: 'This
is what construction is... and
it's probably not what you
thought it was.' "
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Words: Robert Hull
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