BOX 3.2 The pandemic has driven faster growth for social jobs In collaboration with Indeed Social jobs – those in Care, Education and Healthcare) compared to all other jobs. For 15 of Healthcare – play a vital role in societal well-being, the 22 countries analysed, social jobs have grown enabling social mobility, securing human capital faster than other jobs. This is predominantly driven and strengthening societal resilience. As the world by Healthcare and Care jobs, which have grown faces a growing and ageing global population, the faster than other jobs in 16 of the 22 countries importance of social jobs will no doubt increase. – reflecting the critical importance of these jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education jobs, Research conducted by Indeed for this report meanwhile, have grown faster than other jobs in finds that job postings have grown significantly for 12 of 20 countries. both social and other jobs since the pandemic. By comparing the relative growth of social and other Additional data reveals that France, Ireland and jobs we can understand changes in the make-up Belgium show particularly strong social-job growth of jobs. relative to other countries, while Brazil, United Arab Emirates and India are among the seven Figure B3.2 shows the relative growth of the three countries where job growth was slower for social segments of social jobs (Care, Education and jobs than non-social jobs. FIGURE B3.2 Posting rates for social jobs relative to before the pandemic Growth in the rate of social-job postings on Indeed minus growth in other job postings on the platform, relative to before the pandemic Care Education Health France Ireland Belgium Australia Italy Germany Switzerland Spain Austria New Zealand Poland United States of America United Kingdom Netherlands Singapore Canada Japan Mexico Sweden India United Arab Emirates Brazil -100 -50 0 +50 +100 -100 -50 0 +50 +100 -100 -50 0 +50 +100 Difference (%) Difference (%) Difference (%) Positive Negative Source Note Indeed. The two time periods are 1 January 2020 to 28 February 2020 – the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 – and 1 January 2022 to 10 February 2023. Future of Jobs Report 2023 36