recruitment trends

WaveTrackR’s June report has revealed that the market is beginning to change. As jobs continued their seemingly unstoppable upwards trend in June, climbing a further 5% from May, applications dropped. It may only have been a 1% drop but…

In another indication that the economy might be recovering at a faster rate than previously forecast, WaveTrackR’s May report has revealed that jobs rocketed in May, rising from 145% above the 2020 monthly average in April to a colossal…

At first glance, the jobs data found in the WaveTrackR April report may feel disheartening. Both jobs and applications decreased from March figures, as did the average number of applications per job. However, looked at on a weekly basis the…

The WaveTrackR March Report has revealed that the final month of the financial year was an extraordinary month for job postings.

Covid-19 catastrophically impacted a number of industries and drove a sledgehammer into the job market. However, some sectors were posting a far greater percentage of jobs and receiving hugely increased numbers of applications at the end of…

If ever there was a time we needed in-depth insights into the state of the recruitment industry it is now, nearly one year after the UK went into its first lockdown and the world came to a halt. Since then, the way we work has irrevocably…

Although February saw a slight decrease in jobs overall, WaveTrackR data shows that in the final week job posts climbed to 123% over the 2020 average, just 2% under the highest seen all year. Applications, too, rose in that final week to…

It hasn’t been the easiest start to the year we were all led to believe would be better than in 2020. A sharp rise in cases led to a third lockdown being imposed on January 6th, schools shutting and swathes of businesses forced to close…

News outlets are always going to lead with the most dramatic figures, which is why coverage on this morning’s release of ONS figures for September to the end of November is focusing on the big numbers. Unemployment is up to 5%,…

It is fast becoming clear that the start of 2021 will be far from the recovery period we had all once hoped it would be, which makes December’s WaveTrackR data all the more encouraging. Even as the year was closing - when the trend is…