Coronavirus v recruitment

The number of jobs being advertised in the UK has fallen by more than a fifth in the past six weeks, a study suggests. The hospitality industry has been the biggest casualty, losing 40% of its advertised vacancies after facing closures across the board because of the coronavirus crisis. Read the full article on Mirror

Supermarkets hiring urgently in these times

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Lidl and Co-Op have all announced a recruitment drive to meet the surging demand. Job applicants to supermarkets have been given roles on the same day to cope with the surging demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Read the full article on SkyNews

UK job vacancies contracted for the first time in more than a decade

UK job vacancies contracted for the first time in more than a decade last month as the coronavirus outbreak caused demand for staff to plummet. A survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG said the vacancy measure dipped below 50 for the first time since September 2009, falling to 47.8 in March. Read the article on City AM

LinkedIn makes its recruitment tools free to fight the coronavirus pandemic

For the next three months, LinkedIn will provide free job postings for essential businesses globally in healthcare, warehousing, supermarket, freight delivery and nonprofits providing critical front-line services to keep the economy and society in motion. Such essential businesses will include companies working in areas like medical devices, medical practice (including hospitals) and mental health care. Read the article on TechCrunch

How does it impact the recruitment in the teaching sector?

Teacher recruitment at English secondary schools is down by between 50- 60% compared to last year. Recruitment activity would normally peak between March and May, but analysis of job advertisements by SchoolDash found it fell suddenly in mid-March, following the stepping up of social distancing measures including school closures. Read the full analysis