Vacancies in cybersecurity and digital media in the mining industry were the most difficult to fill in the first quarter of 2022

According to mining technologyanalysis of millions of online job offers.

Cybersecurity job postings at these companies were online for an average of 21 days before going offline during the quarter, meaning they took seven days longer to fill than the average job in the same companies.

However, the cybersecurity jobs figure in the first quarter of 2022 was down from the equivalent figure a year earlier, indicating that the skills required for these roles have become easier to find over the past year. The digital media jobs figure also showed a decline from the previous year.

Cybersecurity and digital media are two examples of themes that GlobalData, our parent company and from which the data is drawn for this article, has identified as the main disruptive technological forces that businesses will face in the years to come. Companies that excel and invest in these areas are now seen as better prepared for the future business landscape and better equipped to weather unforeseen challenges.

Connectivity-related jobs took an average of 21 days to fill ranked third. It was among technology themes tracked by GlobalData that were tied to at least 100 mining job openings in each of the past five quarters.

The mining industry found it easier to recruit for cybersecurity jobs compared to the broader market, with online ads for 36.6% less time on average compared to similar jobs overall of the labor market.

At the other end of the scale, mobile-related positions were the fastest to fill in the mining industry in Q1 2022, with positions online for an average of 10 days before the shutdown.

GlobalData’s job analytics database tracks the daily hiring patterns of thousands of companies around the world, pulling in jobs as they are posted and tagging them with additional layers data on everything from how long each position has been in to whether a job is related to a larger industry. tendencies.

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