Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity - quarterly data (from 2001 onwards)
methods, notes and classification
DATA_DESCR This domain includes national statistics on the number of job vacancies, number of occupied jobs and job vacancy rates in the enterprises belonging toáNACE, the European classification of economic activities. NACE Rev 1.1 covers sections A to Oáwhereas for NACE Rev. 2 sections A to S and divisions 87 and 88 are covered. Activities of households, and extra-territorial organisations and bodies are excluded. Data provided is not seasonally adjusted with the exception of the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.áThe both countriesátransmit also seasonally adjusted data for the aggregated groups of NACE Rev. 2.
CLASS_SYSTEM áStatistics are broken down by enterprises' economic activity, in accordance with NACE by size of enterprises: ááááááááá á(i) the whole population of enterprises and áááááááááá (ii) the population of establishments with 10 or more employees.
STAT_CONC_DEF A job vacancy is defined as a newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant, post: (i) for which the employer is taking active steps to find a suitable candidate from outside the enterprise concerned and is prepared to take more steps and (ii) which the employer intends to fill either immediately or in the near future. Under this definition, a job vacancy should be open to candidates from outside an enterprise. However, this does not exclude the possibility of the employer recruiting an internal candidate for the post. A vacant post that is open only to internal candidates should not be treated as a job vacancy. Statistics deviations can be found in the annexes at the bottom of the page. An occupied post is a post within an organisation to which an employee has been assigned. The job vacancy rate (JVR) measures the proportion of total posts that are vacant, according to the definition of job vacancy above, expressed as a percentage as follows:JVR = number of job vacancies *100 / (number of occupied posts + number of job vacancies). Please note: UNITED KINGDOM - The latest quarter's job vacancy rate is an early estimate calculated using the occupied jobs from the previous quarter as the denominator. This is because the latest UK occupied jobs data are not available in time for the Eurostat job vacancies publication.á The job vacancy rate quarter on quarter change is measured as the current quarter job vacancy rate minus the rate for the previous quarter. It is expressed in percentage points. á The job vacancy rate year on year change is measured as the current quarter job vacancy rate minus the rate for the same quarter in the previous year. It is expressed in percentage points.
STAT_UNIT The basic statistical unit for the data collection is the enterprise or local unit. However the majority of participating national statistical offices collect the vacancy data from enterprises. Countries collecting data from local units are: NACE Rev. 2: Denmark, Germany, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Romania (The unit of selection is the enterprise. The unit of observation is the local unit), Slovenia, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland. NACE Rev. 1.1: Spain, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden (private sector only).
STAT_POP Indicators refer toá (i) the whole population of establishments and/or (ii) establishments with 10 employees or more. Details are listed in the annexes. Exceptions are: GREECE - before 2004 only results for establishments with annual turnover above
REF_AREA European Union and Euro area, EU Member States, Norway, Switzerlandáand Croatia.
BASE_PER Not applicable.
UNIT_MEASURE Job vacancies and occupied posts measure number of posts. The job vacancy rate (JVR) measures the proportion of total posts that are vacant, according to the definition of job vacancy above, expressed as a percentage as follows: JVR = number of job vacancies * 100 / (number of occupied posts + number of job vacancies).
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