In recent years, affected by changes in the economic environment such as China-Us trade frictions, the COVID-19 epidemic, and fluctuations in energy and raw material prices, the problem of “recruitment difficulties” in the manufacturing industry has become more prominent, showing a decline in total employment, difficulties in recruiting all types of jobs, and a decline in employment attractiveness.

GFD233A 3BHE022294R0103 Through a variety of flexible employment methods such as shared employment, business outsourcing, production line outsourcing, and post outsourcing, we can support manufacturing enterprises with employment needs to accurately and efficiently match human resources, which has become one of the ways to solve the problem of “recruitment difficulties”.

Manufacturing employment problems and trends

1. Total employment in manufacturing declined

Total manufacturing employment has declined in recent years. As Figure 1 shows, non-private employment in manufacturing towns has declined since 2014. On the one hand, the vigorous development of middle and high-end manufacturing industry represented by intelligent manufacturing technology, artificial intelligence and digital technology has resulted in the substitution of advanced technical equipment for labor. On the other hand, the slow development of some low-end manufacturing industries has weakened the ability to absorb employment.

2. The proportion of young people in the manufacturing labor force is relatively backward

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As shown in Figure 2, the employment population under the age of 35 in the manufacturing industry is 38.3%, slightly higher than the national average of 32.9% of all industries, ranking 12th among the 20 industries released by the National Bureau of Statistics, and in the lower middle level. In recent years, with the digital and intelligent development of manufacturing, young people’s willingness to work in advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries has rebounded. However, the status quo of the manufacturing industry, especially the traditional manufacturing industry, is generally low wages, long working hours, and boring work content still needs to be improved.

3. Strong seasonal demand and project flexibility

GFD233A 3BHE022294R0103 Affected by product characteristics or buyer’s market, manufacturing employment is different from peak season. For example, small commodity manufacturing enterprises based on export trade are often affected by the off-peak season sales of their order parties; The commodity manufacturing enterprises which mainly sell in domestic market are affected by the domestic shopping festival. Such as air conditioning, electric heating manufacturing enterprises are affected by the use of the season.

4, strong coordination between posts, skills requirements gradually improved

The demand for flexible employment positions in the manufacturing industry is mostly concentrated in the first-line ordinary posts with relatively single skill requirements, such as assemblers, operators, quality inspectors, logistics personnel, etc. With the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and the advancement of intelligent production, the demand for positions with higher skill requirements, such as senior technicians and technicians, is also increasing.