The global apparel industry experienced an 18% drop in new job postings related to social responsibility in Q4 2023 compared with the previous quarter, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics. This compares to a 64% decrease versus Q4 2022. GlobalData’s Apparel: Hiring Trends & Signals Q4 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the apparel industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Sales and Related Occupations jobs accounted for a 26% share of the global apparel industry’s social responsibility-related total new job postings in Q4 2023, down 36% over the prior quarter.
Sales and Related Occupations drive social responsibility-related hiring activity
Sales and Related Occupations, with a share of 26%, emerged as the top social responsibility-related job roles within the apparel industry in Q4 2023, with new job postings drop by 36% quarter-on-quarter. Management Occupations came in second with a share of 15% in Q4 2023, with new job postings rising by 3% over the previous quarter.
The other prominent social responsibility roles include Personal Care and Service Occupations with a 6% share in Q4 2023, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations with a 6% share of new job postings.
Top five companies in apparel industry accounted for 96% of hiring activity
The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q4 2023 were Hugo Boss, Levi Strauss & Co, VF, UniFirst, and Ralph Lauren. Together they accounted for a combined share of 96% of all social responsibility-related new jobs in the apparel industry.
Hugo Boss posted 133 social responsibility-related new jobs in Q4 2023, Levi Strauss & Co 121 jobs, VF 104 jobs, UniFirst 95 jobs, and Ralph Lauren 19 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.
Hiring activity was driven by the US with an 83.00% share of total new job postings, Q4 2023
The largest share of social responsibility-related new job postings in the apparel industry in Q4 2023 was in the US with 83.00% followed by Canada (6.48%) and the UK (3.64%). The share represented by the US was one percentage point lower than the 84.05% share it accounted for in Q3 2023.
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