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Jobs in the IT sector are suddenly less plentiful, among other things due to the onset of AI use. <\/p>\n
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The number of job vacancies fell by 3% year-on-year in the second quarter of this year, after a slight recovery in the employment market at the start of the year.\n<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe situation in the Swiss economy remains tense, given the protectionist trade policy of the US, global uncertainties and weak investment momentum,\u201d said Marcel Keller, head of the HR firm Adecco Switzerland, in a study published on Thursday.<\/p>\n
+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n According to Keller, the decline in the employment index compiled by the staffing giant along with the Zurich-based KOF economic research centre\u2019s employment indicator \u201cpoints to stagnation on the Swiss labour market, which is also reflected in the rise in unemployment and the moderate trend in employment\u201d.<\/p>\n KOF had estimated that a \u201cmoderate recovery\u201d in the economy and the labour market should take place by the end of 2025 at the earliest.<\/p>\n Health and services in demand<\/p>\n The IT sector was particularly affected, with a 31% fall in jobs in the first half of the year, due to a \u201cslowdown in the economy, automation and the growing use of artificial intelligence\u201d.<\/p>\n Sales, administration and commercial sectors, meanwhile, saw a 24% drop, largely due to digital transformation, automation and the elimination of routine administrative tasks.<\/p>\n On the other hand, the health sector recorded a 9% increase in the number of job offers over the first six months of the year, while personal services saw a 7% rise, the Adecco study noted.<\/p>\n Translated from French by DeepL\/dos<\/p>\n How we work <\/p>\n We select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools to translate them into English. 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