El deterioro de la coyuntura económica en el mundo y las inciertas perspectivas económicas han tenido como consecuencia una situación mundial del empleo desalentadora. Incorporando los datos más recientes disponisbles, este volumen analiza las más recientes tendencias de los mercados laborales alrededor del mundo e identifica los principales factores que contribuyen al deterioro en materia de empleo que actualmente enfrentan un gran número de trabajadores.

The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) reports provide the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Based on the most recently available data and taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts, the GET reports seek to shed light on current labour market trends and challenges. The reports build on the Key Indicators of the Labour Market and include a consistent set of tables with regional and global estimates of labour market indicators. Each report contains a short-term labour market outlook, focusing on unemployment, vulnerable employment and working poverty. The Global Employment Trends 2012 takes stock of labour market developments and emerging challenges as the world continues to struggle to forge a sustainable recovery from the global economic and jobs crisis.