Analysis of the current situation of manufacturing employment
Manufacturing employment issues and trends
Total manufacturing employment declined
Total manufacturing employment has declined in recent years. Since 2014, the number of people employed in non-private units in manufacturing cities has declined. On the one hand, the vigorous development of high-end manufacturing represented by intelligent manufacturing technology, artificial intelligence and digital technology has led to the replacement of labor by advanced technology and equipment. On the other hand, the slow development of some low-end manufacturing industries has weakened the ability to absorb employment.
The proportion of young people in the manufacturing labor force is relatively lagging behind
The number of employed people under the age of 35 in the manufacturing industry was 383%, slightly higher than the national average of 329%, ranking 12th out of 20 industries released by the National Bureau of Statistics, at the lower middle level. In recent years, with the development of digital and intelligent manufacturing, young people's willingness to work in advanced manufacturing and strategic emerging industries has rebounded. However, the current situation of employees in the manufacturing industry, especially in the traditional manufacturing industry, such as low wages, long working hours, and boring work content, still needs to be improved.
Seasonal demand and project flexibility
Affected by product characteristics or buyer's market, there is a difference between off-peak and off-peak seasons in manufacturing employment. For example, export-oriented small commodity manufacturing enterprises are often affected by their orders in the off-peak season; domestic commodity manufacturing enterprises are affected by domestic shopping festivals; For example, air conditioning and electric heating manufacturers are affected by the use season.
There is strong collaboration between positions, and the skill requirements are gradually improved.
The demand for flexible employment positions in the manufacturing industry is mostly concentrated in front-line ordinary positions with relatively single skill requirements, such as assemblers, operators, quality inspectors, logistics personnel, etc. With the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry and the advancement of intelligent production, the demand for positions with high skill requirements, such as senior technicians and technicians, is also increasing.
The significance of flexible employment in the manufacturing industry
Flexibility in the manufacturing industry
Optimize the talent structure
Through flexible employment, manufacturing enterprises can flexibly adjust the scale of employment, and can quickly recruit and deploy temporary or part-time workers in a short period of time to meet the flexible employment needs of enterprises and improve productivity. While maintaining the stability of the scale of flexible employment, the flexible talent structure can be optimized, and the flexible employment can be slowly transferred from front-line basic positions to R&D positions.
Reduce long-term fixed employment costs for enterprises
Optimize cost delivery
Through flexible employment, the recruitment scale of long-term permanent employees is gradually reduced, and the business outsourcing and platform-based employment model is applied to positions with frequent changes, which can reduce various management and expense costs brought by long-term employees. Promote enterprises to put labor costs into positions that are more valuable to the vitality and creativity of enterprises, and improve employment efficiency.
Provide professional and diversified services
Improve production efficiency and quality control
The flexible employment platform can provide manufacturing enterprises with diversified employment options, and enterprises can more accurately select and match talents according to seasonal needs and project needs, so as to better meet production needs. On the other hand, the flexible employment platform provides professional service support such as contract management, salary payment, and legal consulting to help manufacturing enterprises better manage human resources and improve production efficiency and quality control.
The scale of flexible employment in the manufacturing industry
1. The scale of the national flexible employment market continues to grow, and the growth slows down
Second, the demand for flexible employment in the manufacturing industry is large, with a scale of more than 15 million
According to the "China Flexible Employment Development Report (2022)", the proportion of flexible employees in the manufacturing industry is 1473%, but due to the largest number of employees, the size of the flexible staff is 153020 thousand. According to the "Market Institutions Help Stabilize Employment and Promote Employment" issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in June 2023, the high-quality development of the real economy such as manufacturing requires high-quality human resource support, and human resource services in the manufacturing sector account for nearly 40% of the total services of the whole industry.
3. More than half of manufacturing enterprises actively promote flexible employment
More than half of the companies in the manufacturing industry have actively implemented or plan to try flexible staffing, and 43% of companies are on the sidelines, most of which are mainly due to concerns about the stability of excessive employee turnover and the high cost of trial and error.
Fourth, in the next three years, manufacturing enterprises will be cautious about flexible employment
Compared with the service industry, the manufacturing industry is relatively cautious about expanding the scale of flexible employment, with 54% of service enterprises expecting to expand the scale of flexible employment within three years, but about 40% of manufacturing enterprises tend to remain unchanged, and 5% plan to reduce the scale of flexible employment.