The Japanese sports industry experienced a 37% drop in new job postings in Q3 2023 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by ASICS with 1,207 job postings according to GlobalData’s analysis of sports company job postings. Buy the report here.
Notably, Sales and Related Occupations jobs accounted for a 15% share of the Japanese sports industry new job postings in Q3 2023, down by 60% over the prior quarter.
Sales and Related Occupations drive sports industry hiring activity
Of the industry's total hiring activity, the highest number of new job postings were for Sales and Related Occupations, which accounted for 15% of the total new job postings in Q3 2023 and were up by 162% year-on-year. Second highest were Management Occupations, which accounted for 13% and drop by 42% year-on-year, and third highest were Computer and Mathematical Occupations, which were 14% of the new job postings and 49% lower year-on-year.
Top five companies in sports industry accounted for 50% of hiring activity
The highest number of jobs were posted by ASICS with 1,207, followed by Amazon with 1,034, while the highest increase was at Fujifilm at 16%.
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