As Nottinghamshire Live reports, there were 1.66 million active UK job advertisements in the week of August 23-29 according to Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)’s Jobs Recovery Tracker.
The number of vacancies being posted has remained worryingly high since the beginning of June, with the last five weeks having seen the highest weekly figures in job adverts since mid-December last year.Last week alone, there were 193,000 new job postings.
The demand for workers is a pressing matter for many sectors, as industries continue to struggle with employee shortages and companies fighting to recruit.
Neil Carberry, chief executive of the REC, said: “Demand for workers remains very high across the economy and shows no signs of weakening..
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