The share of people who would like to be employed in a form other than full-time work is rising in recent years. Trades are becoming increasingly attractive and candidates are also seeking work based on an agreement more often. It still remains true that the vast majority of people want a full-time job, but last year 29% of job seekers stated that that they are looking for part-time work, one-quarter is looking for work based on an agreement and almost every tenth person would like to work based on a trade license.
Most people are looking for a full-time job. But almost two-thirds of people specify already in their CV that they are also looking for work other than full-time work.
| Type of work* | Share of job seekers |
| full-time work | 88% |
| part-time work | 29% |
| based on agreement | 25% |
| based on trade license | 9% |
Source: Profesia.cz
*job seekers can enter multiple types of preferred employment types at the same time
Especially young people, women and people with an elementary education seek alternative employment types
Research studying preferred employment types shows that the younger a person is the more he/she wants to work based on an alternative employment type: part-time, based on agreement, trade license, or for young people in the form of a student internship.
The youngest age category, up to the age of 24, has the lowest share of people who are looking for full-time work. This category also has the highest share of people who would like to work part-time or based on an agreement.
As age increases, there is a direct relationship between age and the number of people who would like to work based on a trade license. Whereas young people want to work based on a trade license in only seven percent of cases, people in the 45 - 54 category want to work based on a trade license in 12% of cases.
Table 1: Willingness of people to work based on alternative employment types
| Age category | Employment type | Share of people who would like to work based on the given employment type |
| 17-24 | full-time work | 81% |
| part-time work | 36% | |
| based on agreement | 33% | |
| based on trade license | 7% | |
| student internship | 1% | |
| 25-34 | full-time work | 93% |
| part-time work | 27% | |
| based on agreement | 21% | |
| based on trade license | 10% | |
| student internship | 0% | |
| 35-44 | full-time work | 92% |
| part-time work | 24% | |
| based on agreement | 18% | |
| based on trade license | 11% | |
| student internship | 0% | |
| 45-54 | full-time work | 92% |
| part-time work | 20% | |
| based on agreement | 19% | |
| based on trade license | 12% | |
| student internship | 0% |
Source: Profesia.cz
Part-time work is attractive for more than one third of women
Comparisons of the type of employment preferred and specified in their CV’s by men and women show that women are more flexible on the job market. Men seek full-time work in 90% of cases, and 60% of men seek an employment type other than full-time work. Among women, 86% seek full-time work and up to 67% of women seek another employment type.
The most significant difference between the preferences of men and women is in the share of people who would like to work part-time. More than one third of women would like to work part-time, but only one fifth of men seek part-time work.
People with an elementary education do not seek work based on a trade license
The largest share of job seekers looking for an alternative employment type is in the group of people with an elementary education. Even though they frequently state that they would also like to work in a form other than full-time, they show the greatest disinterest in work based on a trade license. Work based on an agreement or part-time work are the most attractive alternative employment types for them. Conversely, work based on a trade license is most wide-spread among people with a university education.
Table 2: Willingness of people to work based on alternative employment types according to their attained education
| Education | Employment type | Share of people who would like to work based on the given employment type |
| elementary education | full-time work | 87% |
| full-time work | part-time work | 31% |
| based on agreement | 32% | |
| based on trade license | 5% | |
| student internship | 0% | |
| secondary school, without school-leaving exam | full-time work | 93% |
| part-time work | 23% | |
| based on agreement | 21% | |
| based on trade license | 9% | |
| student internship | 0% | |
| secondary school, with school-leaving exam | full-time work | 89% |
| part-time work | 29% | |
| based on agreement | 22% | |
| based on trade license | 10% | |
| student internship | 0% | |
| 2nd level university | full-time work | 92% |
| part-time work | 28% | |
| based on agreement | 20% | |
| based on trade license | 13% | |
| student internship | 1% |
Source: Profesia.cz
Translators, journalists and artists are most flexible
A high share of people interested in work based on one or more of the alternative employment types can be found especially in the following categories: translating and interpreting, journalism, the printing industry and media, as well as in art and culture.
Artistic and creative categories tend to have a high share of people who are looking for work based on an agreement or for part-time work. Also represented in the categories where people are looking for work based on an employment type other than full-time work are leasing and information technologies, where work based on a trade license has a strong representation.