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The Nigeria Youths
Statistics in partnership with Jobberman
on employment trends in Nigeria, has
shown a sharp fall in the demand for
jobs posted online within the last quarter
of 2015.
notable decline in the number of
applications received on the Jobberman
website, from a peak of 318,233 in
October, which was slightly higher than
the 313,694 received in September, to
69,886 in November, and then by a
further 77,894 in December, when the
number of applications was 170,453.
This decline in the number of
applications represents a 46.44 per cent
drop relative to the peak number of
applications in October.
The survey found that the fall in the
number of applications was broad based
affecting more than 70 per cent of the
industries covered.
It noted that, “Out of the 27 different
industries, 23 received less applications
during the review period. Four industries
did not experience any decline in the
number of applications. These industries
were Construction, Power/Energy, Food
services and others, but together these
industries accounted for only 4.66 per
cent of applications over the period as a
whole.
The industry to receive the most
applications in each month was Trade/
Services, which accounted for 36.02 per
cent of applications over the three month
period. In October, the industry received
119,900, or 37.68per cent of
applications, more than three times as
many as Consulting which received the
second largest share. However by
December this figure had fallen to 33.08
per cent, due to a fall of 63,513 in the
number of applications. This represents a
fall of 52.97per cent, and accounts for
42.98 per cent of the total fall. The
Consulting industry saw a comparatively
modest drop of 37.11per cent, however,
given that this industry accounted for
12.13per cent of the total number of
applications over the period, this still
accounted for 8.50per cent of the total
decline in applications.”
It however added that the third largest
industry over the period, ICT/
Telecommunications, which received
5.91% per cent of applications over the
period saw applications decline by 51.13
per cent between October and November,
slightly more than average.
The survey further noted that Power/
Energy and Travel/Tourism were the
industries to receive the most
applications per each vacancy, receiving
461 and 366 respectively, which makes
them the most competitive industries to
apply for on the Jobberman website.
It also found that active applicants were
predominantly male, 67.77 per cent and
well educated, with 77.61 per cent being
educated to degree level or higher.
The survey also highlighted trends in
remuneration offered by employers where
it found that of vacancies by salary
advertised over the six months to
December, there were only 159 active
vacancies for which salary information
was available. Of these, the average
salary was N 127,264 per month.
However given that this figure represents
a small number of vacancies, it is
heavily influenced by a few outliers.
This is demonstrated by comparing the
average to the median, which is only N
60,000, less than half the average. The
highest salary advertised was N
2,400,000 for an Insurance job in
Lagos, but there were three other jobs
also above N 1,000,000. These were
for a Consulting and an Oil & Gas/
Mining job in Lagos, each advertising N
1,500,000, and an ICT/
Telecommunications job in Abuja
advertising N 1,000,000. Of the 159
vacancies with salary information, 123
were located in Lagos, and only 36 were
located outside. Those within Lagos
commanded a higher salary on average,
N 132,764 compared to N 108,472. In
addition, the median was slightly higher
within Lagos, indicating that this isn’t
necessarily just a result of the outliers
mentioned above.
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