The South & Central American retail industry experienced a 21% rise in new job postings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Raia Drogasil with 2,829 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, Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations jobs accounted for a 9% share of the South & Central American retail industry’s total new job postings in Q2 2024, rise 14% over the prior quarter.
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations drive retail industry hiring activity
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations, with a share of 9% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the South & Central American retail industry in Q2 2024 , ahead of Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 4% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Management Occupations with a 3% share in Q2 2024, Sales and Related Occupations with a 2% share and Production Occupations with a 1% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 63% of hiring activity
The top five companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined 63% of the overall hiring activity in the South & Central American retail industry in Q2 2024.
Raia Drogasil posted 2,829 jobs in Q2 2024 and registered a growth of 21% over the previous quarter, followed by Lojas Renner with 1,622 jobs and a 6% growth. Cencosud, with 809 jobs, and Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao, with 719 jobs, recorded an 18% rise and a 63% rise, respectively, while Amazon recorded a 7% increase with a 585 new job postings during Q2 2024.
Regional analysis of hiring in the South & Central American retail industry, Q2 2024
Brazil held the leading share of the South & Central American retail hiring activity with a 71.30% share, a 28% increase over Q1 2024. Colombia was next with 13.37%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.
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