Labour market information
Norway - National Level
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In April, 21 000 new vacancies were registered at nav.no. This is 40 per cent fewer new adverts per working day than in the same month last year. Broken down into sectors, there were the most new adverts in health, nursing and care (5 200) and education (2 700).
The only occupational group that had a higher number of new adverts per working day than in the same month last year was agriculture, forestry and fishing. More than 600 new vacancies were registered here during April, which corresponds to an increase in the number of adverts per working day of 126 per cent compared with April last year.
If we look at the NAV’s own overview for which categories of position are most advertised on the NAV’s job portal in the period from March 2020, we get the overview shown below.
The overview shows occupational category and number of positions (from March to July 2020)
|
Nurse |
9 940 |
|
Healthcare professional |
5 192 |
|
Defence nurse |
3 647 |
|
Shop worker |
3 577 |
|
General teacher (primary school) |
2 681 |
|
Carpenter |
2 585 |
|
Salesperson (retail) |
2 568 |
|
Nursing assistant |
2 428 |
|
Nursery school assistant |
2 402 |
|
Commercial cleaner |
2 071 |
|
Case officer (public administration) |
1 869 |
|
Educational leader (preschool teacher) |
1 735 |
|
Driver class 2 |
1 553 |
|
Personal assistant (medical and healthcare) |
1 532 |
|
Nursery school teacher |
1 413 |
|
Social worker |
1 404 |
|
Electrician |
1 373 |
|
Warehouse worker |
1 345 |
|
Children and youth worker |
1 299 |
|
Preschool teacher |
1 169 |
Text last edited on: 10/2020