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How is the job market tracking so far in 2021?

It’s been a politically rocky few months for the US, but has the jobs market managed to stay on an even keel? With our January numbers in, we took a look at job openings across the country to find out which sectors are hiring, which cities are thriving, and what’s happening overall.  Here’s what we Continued »

ADP Report October – what are we seeing?

We last took a look at the ADP report into the US Labor Market back in July. When we compare Adzuna data to the ADP report, it gives an impression of how the whole economy looks for an average jobseeker. We can see how many people are returning to work, and what opportunities are out Continued »

Over 17,000 Christmas jobs still available this holiday season

Despite the global pandemic, there are currently over 17,000 open temporary Christmas jobs in the US.  After analyzing 4.5 million jobs in November according to new research from job search engine Adzuna, holiday employment is in full-swing. Topping the list of companies still looking for seasonal staff are UPS (5,679 jobs), Amazon (3,001 jobs), department Continued »

Adzuna is the number one job search engine used by job boards

We’re delighted that for the second year in a row we have come out as the top job search engine used by job boards according to the 2020-21 Recruiting Sites Survey conducted by the JobBoardDoctor.  Adzuna is used by 69% of the survey respondents, 20% more than the nearest competitor.  Especially in these difficult times, Continued »

Competition for jobs falls to 6-month low

The jobs market has been through the wringer over the last six months, but there are signs emerging that the worst may be over. Competition for jobs has fallen to a six month low, meaning an easier time for the millions of Americans currently looking for work. Our latest US Job Market Report analyzes trends Continued »

74% of employers reduced their hiring needs because of Covid-19

When the pandemic hit, 74% of employers reduced their hiring, with 7% stopping it entirely according to research conducted by Direct Employers and Adzuna. We worked together with Direct Employers to survey US employers to see how the coronavirus pandemic had affected their hiring needs. We also asked employees and jobseekers in our user base Continued »

Job markets in blue states recover faster than red states

Here at Adzuna HQ, we’ve been closely following local labor market developments across the 50 US states ahead of the 2020 presidential election on 3rd November. In fact, you may have already seen our research on the states leading the US recovery. (If not, why not? Check it out here!) Diving even deeper, we’ve done some analysis Continued »

Which states are leading the recovery in the US?

Our latest job vacancy numbers for the USA show that we’re within striking distance of the pre-pandemic levels. Having fallen from over 4 million to just 2.1 million vacancies at the end of April, here in September the overall number has recovered back to 3.6 million. The unemployment rate (which lags behind our real-time numbers) Continued »