August trends show some positive impact on ‘Totaljobs Barometer’

The August update, despite the usual slowdown in employment during the height of summer holidays, showed some positve numbers, leading to optimism for the September numbers which should be released in mid-October

• Searches for Customer Services positions have increased by a 25% since March 2009
• Demand for jobs outstripped supply by nearly 10 to 1, the highest it has been since July 2008
• Engineering, Manufacturing and Utilities, Sales and IT and Internet Sectors showed the greatest number of jobs posted between April and June
• The number of applications has increased on 18 out of the 33 sectors on totaljobs

This new tool will provide recruiters and journalists with a range of data about the UK online recruitment market as measured on totaljobs.com, across 33 sectors and 8 regions. The ‘Totaljobs Barometer’ data can be filtered so that users can focus in on a particular region or sector, meaning that patterns specific to those areas can be identified and analysed.

The jobs market took a break in August. The number of jobs posted or refreshed
on totaljobs.com fell for the first time in three months. Employers posted 13%
fewer jobs to give a total of 206,000 new or refreshed posts.

Jobseekers also took some time off. The number of applications measured by
industry fell 4% to 2.2 million from 2.3 million. The number of searches by
industry was down even more. It dropped 11% to 3.9 million from 4.4 million in
July.

This made the recruitment picture more challenging than ever in August. The
drop in the supply of jobs was greater than the drop in the number of applications,
and as a result there was an average of 10.7 applications for every job
posted or refreshed on the site.

Last update : 08-10-2009 12:05

Keywords : Totaljobs Barometer August Trends

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