Report: Tougher Job Competition In Britain
London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – An analysis of vacancies posted from July to September and the number of applicants indicate tougher completion for jobs in Britain. According to the study by an online jobs board, the number of job applicants for all vacancies posted was 18, which is a 22-month high.
By occupation, office administration jobs attracted the largest number of applicants with 40 for every vacant position. Customer services had 31 applicants and retail 25 applicants.
John Salt, director of totaljobs.com, explained that while the number of unemployed is rather stagnant, job seekers have become more aggressive in their quest for employment, applying for vacancies in sectors they skipped before. That caused the boost in the number of job applicants for every vacant post.
Salt said the retail, customer service, property and travel sectors have registered the largest increase in job vacancies posted. He said this trend shows the start of a recovery within the labor sector.
A straw poll by a leading British daily confirmed Salt’s observation. The newspaper said signs of recovery are unmistakable, but it would take one to two years before large-scale recruitment campaigns return.
Among the sectors where an increasing number of job openings have been observed by the daily are engineering, law, media and marketing. However, it will be a wait-and-see game for public sector employers until the coalition government releases the result of its spending review on Wednesday.
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