The Asia-Pacific retail industry experienced a 21% drop in new job postings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Woolworths Group with 56,687 job postings, according to GlobalData’s analysis of retail company job postings. GlobalData’s Retail: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the retail industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 13% share of the Asia-Pacific retail industry’s total new job postings in Q2 2024, drop 12% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive retail industry hiring activity
Management Occupations, with a share of 13% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the Asia-Pacific retail industry in Q2 2024 , ahead of Office and Administrative Support Occupations with an 11% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Sales and Related Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2024, Production Occupations with a 7% share and Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 4% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 78% of hiring activity
The top five companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined 78% of the overall hiring activity in the Asia-Pacific retail industry in Q2 2024.
Woolworths Group posted 56,687 jobs in Q2 2024 and registered a decline of 22% over the previous quarter, followed by Amazon with 7,307 jobs and a 14% growth. Inter IKEA, with 3,244 jobs, and Coles Group, with 3,169 jobs, recorded an 84% rise and a 20% drop, respectively, while COSMOS Pharmaceutical recorded a 114% increase with a 1,580 new job postings during Q2 2024.
Regional analysis of hiring in the Asia-Pacific retail industry, Q2 2024
Australia held the leading share of the Asia-Pacific retail hiring activity with a 58.88% share, a 17% decrease over Q1 2024. India was next with 16.80%, four-percentage-point up over the previous quarter.
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