🔮 Brazilian labor trends for 2025

Companies are willing to hire in 2025, but sourcing a sufficiently skilled workforce is still a challenge for several fields

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Isabela Cruz
January 15, 2025 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

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What’s in store for Brazil's labor market this year

In a tight job market, employers have struggled to retain talent as job-hopping becomes increasingly common — especially among Gen-Z workers. Photo: EamesBot/Shutterstock

In a tight job market, employers have struggled to retain talent as job-hopping becomes increasingly common — especially among Gen-Z workers. Photo: EamesBot/Shutterstock

Last year was remarkable for the Brazilian labor market, which saw historic highs in employment rates, including in the formal economy. Labor issues also gained prominence, particularly with popular support for a constitutional amendment to abolish the 6/1 work schedule (six days’ work, one day’s rest).

The industrial sector has led this recovery, recording the most significant average increase in job opportunities (nearly 77%) and effective hires (almost 73%) between July 2023 and June 2024, according to data from Gupy, a human resources company.

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