Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 20% share of the US pharma industry new job postings in Q3 2023, down by 41% over the prior quarter.
Management Occupations drive pharma industry hiring activity
Of the industry’s total hiring activity, the highest number of new job postings were for Management Occupations, which accounted for 20% of the total new job postings in Q3 2023 and were down by 51% year-on-year. Second highest were Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations, which accounted for 10% and drop by 46% year-on-year, and third highest were Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, which were 28% of the new job postings and 61% lower year-on-year.
Top five companies in pharma industry accounted for 35% of hiring activity
The highest number of jobs were posted by CSL with 3,330, followed by Grifols with 2,798, while the highest increase was at Merck at 26%.
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