Once a month, National Employment Agency ADEM publishes the 10 jobs and profiles that are most popular among employers in Luxembourg. The hiring trends do not always seem to match the positions that the unemployed look for in the Grand Duchy, Minister of Labour and Employment Dan Kerch explained in his reply to a parliamentary question by MPs Georges Engel and Mars Di Bartolomeo.
In 2019, employers mainly had job vacancies in accounting (1,501 positions), IT development (1,459 positions), and audit services (1,156 positions). Job seekers, however, mainly searched for available positions in the cleaning industry (3,599 applications), secretariat (2,166), and administration (1,806).
Dan Kersch explained that a high number of available positions is not always synonymous with a shortage of employees. A high number of applicants similarly does not necessarily mean that the jobs in question are without prospects, or that the jobseekers will have great difficulty in securing an available position, Kersch added.
ADEM is offering training and language courses to rebalance supply and demand of Luxembourg's job market, and to eliminate language barriers. In 2019, the "WordsAWork" project was for example launched to offer tailored French lessons to prospective employees in specific sectors. These training courses currently cover the construction, trade, catering and cleaning sectors.
