SOME POSITIVE NEWS ON THE JOB FRONT

Some positive news on the job front. The total volume of online job adverts increased from 53% to 62% of 2019 average, reflecting the largest weekly increase in 2020. “This marks a departure from the previous trend, where online job adverts had remained close to half their 2019 average since the second week of June,” ONS said.


Compiled by Adzuna, the job advert statistics found that numbers increased in 24 out of 29 categories, with the top two gainers in the category of transport, logistics and warehousing (up 46% to 117% of its 2019 average, and facilities and maintenance experiencing a 136% of its 2019 average.