The number of vacancies in the Russian Federation for employees from Africa has increased tenfold. This is happening against the backdrop of a staff shortage. The number of vacancies in Kenya has increased by 39 times, in Zimbabwe by 15. Most often, sales and IT specialists are attracted from abroad.
Russia has recorded a sharp increase in attracting employees from Africa. This follows from analytical data from the HeadHunter recruiting platform. According to statistics for the first half of 2024, seven out of ten foreign countries with the largest increase in vacancies from Russian companies are African countries. The trend mainly affected Kenya, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Zambia and Algeria.
As for countries on other continents, Albania, Pakistan and Belgium are leading in terms of growth in the number of vacancies. In terms of the overall number of vacancies from Russian companies, Kazakhstan and Belarus are in the top. The number of jobs offered in them grew by 26% and 28%, respectively. Also in the top 10 for this indicator are Turkey, Serbia, the UAE and Thailand, although the last two show negative dynamics.
The greatest increase in the demand for foreign specialists – twofold – is recorded in the field of science and education. The trend also affected general workers, agricultural specialists and employees in the extraction of raw materials and construction.
The areas where foreign employees are most often attracted, according to HeadHunter, remain the same. The most popular category was sales and customer service, followed by IT in second place, and marketing, PR and advertising in third place.
According to the FSB, in the first quarter of 2024, 1.4 million people entered Russia for the purpose of work. These were mainly citizens of Uzbekistan – 689,000 people and Tajikistan – 358,000 people.
