UK employers to solve labour market shortage by increasing visibility of their vacancies

Instead of betting on one vacancy and paying higher for it, businesses in the UK prefer to increase their general visibility by listing more jobs.

Over the last few months, UK media have been full of headlines about the labour crisis in the country. With workforce shortage, rising unemployment, and supply chains coming under strain, the situation looks gloomy.

The lack of lorry drivers, butchers, warehouse operators, welders, and seasonal workers has made businesses cut down on their capacities, slowing down the UK's economic recovery. Due to Covid-19 restrictions and Brexit, labour influx from abroad has decreased dramatically. The Brits themselves should have had to fill this gap, but this is taking more time than the government and businesses expected.

How are UK companies dealing with the problem? Experts from Jooble, one of the biggest job boards worldwide, have analyzed the behaviour of employers and more than 3,2 million job seekers who have visited the site over the past 4 months.

Here are the takeaways of our research: