Job vacancies back to pre-pandemic levels

Job vacancies back to pre-pandemic levels

Job postings were back to expected pre-pandemic levels for the month of May 2021. The actual job vacancies posted broke the 200,000 mark for the first time since January 2020 and in fact were 6% up on that month. Compared to the same month in 2019, May 2021 is only...
Hospitality roles on the rise

Hospitality roles on the rise

In signs of the economy opening up, Hospitality roles are at their highest levels since January 2020 (60% up on last month and 86% up on April 2020) and Leisure roles maintain the strong performance of last month (and 63% up on the same month last year). This is...
Jobs growth in struggling sectors

Jobs growth in struggling sectors

Jobs posted are ahead of the same time last year, according to the latest Keep Britain Working job index report. Job vacancies for March 2021 are 17% up on the same month last year. The country went into the first lockdown on the 23rd March 2020 so it is expected that...
Job market back to pre-pandemic levels

Job market back to pre-pandemic levels

Keep Britain Working has spoken for some time about a Spring recovery in the job market and it seems as though those green shoots of optimism have grown. According to the latest Keep Britain Working job index report, job vacancies for February 2021 are only 1% down on...
Are hobbies the key to your next job?

Are hobbies the key to your next job?

During the past year we may have found ourselves picking up a new hobby or two. Of course, there’s the obvious surge in sourdough baking but there were other areas Brits found themselves dabbling with. Retail reported a boom in gardening equipment as we spent more...