{"id":1121,"date":"2020-06-19T11:07:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T11:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nixq4qvp95-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2020-06-19T11:07:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T11:07:07","slug":"whats-changed-about-jobseeker-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/whats-changed-about-jobseeker-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s changed about jobseeker behavior?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re running out of ways to talk about how coronavirus has disrupted our daily lives. We\u2019ve explored recently how it has helped accelerate the adoption and acceptance of \u201cremote\u201d working, as well as how hiring trends have changed across the country. But we wanted to take a closer look at the other side of the equation to see how jobseeker behavior has changed. We had a look at what people are searching for on Adzuna.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Job search volumes are down<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a rapid spike in unemployment, under normal circumstances you\u2019d expect a rapid spike in searches for jobs. But these are far from normal circumstances. With businesses being closed, an understandable fear of the virus itself, and government support schemes, jobseekers are holding tight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a report from Moody\u2019s, most of the people who left the workforce were not looking for a job, presumably hoping to sit tight and wait for things to recover. On top of that, there appears to be a decline in \u201cpassive\u201d jobseeking as candidates in jobs are less inclined to speculatively look for new roles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certainly on Adzuna we saw the activity of jobseekers has fluctuated a lot. From a usual peak of searches in the first week of January, there was a collapse in searches in the first week of March, a partial recovery in April, and then a fall again in May. Currently searches are trending up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/2888161\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/2888161\/embed\"><script src=\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/resources\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div data-src=\"visualisation\/2888161\" data-url=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/2888161\/embed\">\n<p><b>What are people actually searching for?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our previous blog on remote working we pointed out how search terms for terms to do with working from home had increased during this time. In fact, searches for \u201cRemote\u201d have increased 531% in the second quarter of the year compared to the first.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond that, other winners of the keyword battle include healthcare related keywords.\u00a0 \u201cEpidemiologist\u201d (up 140%) has clearly entered the public consciousness during this health crisis. \u201cRegistered Nurse\u201d saw an increase of 153%, while Medical Reviewer and Medical Assistant saw increases of 312% and 35% respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generic search terms took diverging paths. \u201cPart time retirement\u201d came from nowhere to have a significant spike in March, before falling away. \u201cLocal part time\u201d also followed a similar journey, having registered no searches in January or February, it suddenly appeared in March, before declining.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/meeting-smiling-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPart time\u201d and \u201cfull time\u201d have both fallen faster than the average, which suggests that if people are searching for a job they are being more specific than they were. In this environment if you need to work, you are likely to be less choosy about how much work you do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Searches for agriculture and farming jobs have taken a fall too, falling around 65% in Q2 compared to Q1. As one of the industries that remains essential, this is surprising. On top of this, searches for \u201cSummer\u201d jobs are down 20%, which as we enter the summer months is unexpected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hospitality industry has taken an expected hit. \u201cHotel\u201d as a search term has fallen 71%, \u201cWaitress\u201d has fallen 77%, and \u201cchef\u201d by 40%. However we might be at the start of a recovery as the country starts to open up &#8211; last week, \u201cWaitress\u201d had its highest weekly searches since early March.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRetail\u201d has fallen, but by far less than the average, remaining almost flat with a -5% change. With jobs in essential retail still being required across the country, perhaps it\u2019s not all that surprising that jobseekers are keeping stores top of mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMarketing\u201d and \u201cTelemarketing\u201d have seen increases in jobseeker activity. As jobs that can in the most part be done from home, it\u2019s not a great surprise that people will move to these kinds of jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-5\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-5\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Search term<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Change Q2 vs Q1<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Remote<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">531%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Full Time<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-90%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Part Time<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Epidemiologist<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">140%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Medical Reviewer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">312%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Medical assistant<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Registered Nurse<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">150%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Retail<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Waitress<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Chef<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Agriculture<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Farm<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marketing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Telemarketing<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">37%<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-5 from cache --><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-935 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/man-working-in-modern-office-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>What does this mean?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each search term tells its own story, but what is clear is that jobseekers are responding quickly to changes. As the media reports more businesses opening, this will affect the types of jobs that candidates will search for. Getting your adverts out in front of people as the upturn begins will help you get in front of talented jobseekers out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out how we can help you get your job adverts out there, reach out to us at <a href=\"mailto:sales@adzuna.com\">sales@adzuna.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re running out of ways to talk about how coronavirus has disrupted our daily lives. We\u2019ve explored recently how it has helped accelerate the adoption and acceptance of \u201cremote\u201d working, as well as how hiring trends have changed across the country. But we wanted to take a closer look at the other side of the<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/whats-changed-about-jobseeker-behavior\/\"> Continued \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[140],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-market","tag-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}