The Ukrainian IT company GlobalLogic notes a decrease in the number of vacancies in the IT market of Ukraine since the beginning of the active phase of hostilities.
“The labor market is in a difficult state. The number of vacancies has halved,” said Andrei Yavorsky, vice president of GlobalLogic.
He also noted that Western companies that wanted to work in Ukraine see mainly the media picture of what is happening, which shows all the atrocities of Russian soldiers in order to explain to Ukraine’s Western partners that the country needs help.
And on the one hand, according to Yavorsky, the media presentation of information fulfills its purpose, but on the other hand, it frightens the Western partners of Ukrainian business.
Accordingly, the reduction of plans for the development of projects of Western companies in Ukraine has significantly affected the labor market.
“If earlier there were 5-10 vacancies per candidate, now there are much fewer of them. Plus, the emphasis of demand has shifted to higher positions – middle and senior levels, and to a lesser extent to novice specialists. Although before the start of the war there was enough demand for them big,” said Vice President of GlobalLogic.
He also said that the company itself in the current conditions, first of all, prefers to close emerging positions with its own staff, transferring people from less active or temporarily frozen projects to new vacancies.
IT-company “GlobalLogic Ukraine” is the largest software developer in Ukraine. It has offices and more than 4.5 thousand specialists in Kyiv, Kharkov, Lvov and Nikolaev.
The largest number of vacancies in 2018 was offered in the field of sales, IT, telecoms and marketing, according to a study conducted by the international recruiting portal HeadHunter Ukraine.
According to its press release, with reference to the results of the survey, last year both a rise and a decline were observed in the labor market of Ukraine.
More than half of respondents, describing the situation in the industry where their company operates, called it stable or noted some growth and positive dynamics.
According to HeadHunter Ukraine, the regional structure of vacancies and resumes last year remained unchanged. The top five regions include Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Lviv regions. In terms of cities, the largest number of both vacancies and resumes was presented in the capital.
According to the study, competition in the labor market in the country in 2018 was mainly at the level of three or four people per vacancy. The growth of the load on one vacant job of up to five people was recorded in October-December.
