The North American consumer industry experienced a 6% rise in new job postings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by Great Clips with 12,021 job postings, according to GlobalData’s analysis of consumer company job postings. GlobalData’s Consumer: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the consumer industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Personal Care and Service Occupations jobs accounted for a 13% share of the North American consumer industry’s total new job postings in Q2 2024, rise 28% over the prior quarter.
Personal Care and Service Occupations drive consumer industry hiring activity
Personal Care and Service Occupations, with a share of 13% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the North American consumer industry in Q2 2024 , ahead of Sales and Related Occupations with a 13% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Management Occupations with a 10% share in Q2 2024, Production Occupations with a 9% share and Transportation and Material Moving Occupations with an 8% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 27% of hiring activity
The top five companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined 27% of the overall hiring activity in the North American consumer industry in Q2 2024.
Great Clips posted 12,021 jobs in Q2 2024 and registered a growth of 33% over the previous quarter, followed by Petco Health and Wellness with 8,525 jobs and a 15% growth. Core-Mark Holding, with 4,502 jobs, and Tyson Foods, with 4,226 jobs, recorded a 29% rise and a 4% rise, respectively, while PepsiCo recorded a 12% increase with a 4,040 new job postings during Q2 2024.
Regional analysis of hiring in the North American consumer industry, Q2 2024
The US held the leading share of the North American consumer hiring activity with a 92.86% share, an 8% increase over Q1 2024. Canada was next with 3.75%, four-percentage-point up over the previous quarter.
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