\n Fewer white-collar workers are being laid off, and it looks like it is a little easier for those who have lost their jobs to get a new one, according to recent figures from the Swedish Job Security Council (TRR).\n <\/p>\n
The Swedish Job Security Council, usually called TRR (the full Swedish name is Trygghetsr\u00e5det), has released figures showing an improved job landscape for white-collar workers.<\/p>\n
TRR is a non-profit organisation co-founded (in 1974) by The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and The Council for Negotiation and Cooperation in 1974 to support white-collar workers with job transition.<\/p>\n
The new figures it has released show that during the first half of this year, 4,900 white-collar workers received support from TRR to seek new employment. That is 1,500 fewer than the same time last year, said Erica Sundberg, chief operating officer at TRR<\/p>\n
“We see this as a clear recovery. Even though it is still a recession, the demand for labour has increased,” she said.<\/p>\n
Above all, it is the public sector that needs more white-collar workers.<\/p>\n
“It is defence, the security industry, correctional services and municipalities and regions that need white-collar workers,” said Sundberg.<\/p>\n
The private sector has not really gotten going yet, but that is how it usually is, she said. The public sector is leading the way.<\/p>\n
“82 percent of those who have been laid off get a new job,” she added.<\/p>\n
Most go to permanent jobs, only a small number to temporary or fixed-term employment. Some 6 percent, start studying, and about the same proportion start their own businesses.<\/p>\n
On average, it now takes 227 days from the time TRR receives the unemployed until they leave with a new job or new employment, she said.<\/p>\n
“It takes time to look for a job. It’s a craft. Our advice is to try to remember that regardless of age and background, it works out for the vast majority of people. You may be feeling a little down-and-out when you come to us, but we try to energise people again.<\/p>\n
Her opinion is that the ageism that many people talk about is not such a big problem.<\/p>\n
“We see that things are going well even for senior civil servants. The 227 days may be a little longer, but it is possible to get a job,” she said.<\/p>\n
She advises everyone, even civil servants who have jobs to ‘keep house’ and make sure to develop their skills.<\/p>\n
“We live in a changing world,” said Sundberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fewer white-collar workers are being laid off, and it looks like it is a little easier for those…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-778639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}