Executives should not be spared in 2021 by the upheavals that have hit the labor market since the start of the health crisis.
This is what the APEC (Association for the employment of executives), which publishes a detailed survey of companies and executives on Tuesday morning.
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After a highly turbulent year in 2020, 2021 appears very uncertain for the employment of executives.
Will it even end with a contraction in the number of executive jobs in France?
It would be a first since 1993, almost 30 years!
It is too early to know but the APEC (Association for the employment of executives) notes that after a year 2020 when executive recruitments plunged by 40%, very few companies plan to recruit more this year.
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Job cuts?
And as at the same time, everyone anticipates an increase in business failures in the coming months, with job cuts plans that will spare no category of employees, the prospect of seeing the destruction of executive jobs l he digitally winning over creations can no longer be ruled out.
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Fear of executives
Executives, moreover, are worried: they were 1 in 5 to fear for their jobs last September, and the proportion rose to 1 in 4 in December.
This concern is found especially among those under 35 and over 55, in particular in SMEs and very small businesses.
APEC notes in passing the significant increase in the number of executives currently in employment who are preparing for the idea of looking for another job: their proportion increased by 7 points between September and December, both among those who are feel threatened only in those who have no fear for their situation.