The active job openings-to-applicants ratio last month was 1.15, 0.02 points higher than the previous month.
The number of new job offers from companies has decreased by more than 22% compared to July before the spread of the infection, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says that the situation is "continuing tough."
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the active job openings-to-applicants ratio last month, which indicates how many jobs there are from companies for each person seeking a job, was 1.15 times, 0.02 points higher than the previous month.
The number of new job openings from companies last month increased by 8.3% from last July.
However, the situation remains severe, with a decrease of 22.7% compared to July, before the spread of the infection.
Compared to July last year, new job openings by industry were + 40.8% for "manufacturing" and 10.6% for "transportation / postal", but minus 0.9% for "accommodation / restaurant service". It has become.
Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture, the highest ratio was 1.95 times in Fukui prefecture, 1.70 times in Akita prefecture, and 1.69 times in Shimane prefecture.
The lowest was ▽ Okinawa prefecture 0.84 times, ▽ Tokyo city 0.91 times, ▽ Osaka prefecture 0.94 times, etc.
The active job openings-to-applicants ratio fell below 1 in 4 prefectures.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "In the background of the increase in the ratio of job offers to applicants, there were many people who refrained from looking for jobs due to the influence of the state of emergency. Overall, it has not returned to the level before the spread of the infection. As the rapid spread of the infection continues, the number of job openings has not improved significantly. "
Rural areas are improving, urban areas are declining. Is it the effect of the spread of infection?
Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture, there is a tendency for improvement in rural areas, but it is declining in urban areas. doing.
Comparing the active job openings-to-applicants ratio for last month announced on the 30th with the data by work location by prefecture compared to July last year, ▽ Nagano prefecture increased by 0.42 points, ▽ Akita prefecture increased by 0.37 points ▽ Yamanashi prefecture increased by 0.35 points. I am.
On the other hand, ▽ Tokyo is 0.07 points lower, ▽ Osaka prefecture is 0.06 points lower, and ▽ Chiba prefecture is 0.04 points lower.
Of these, in Tokyo, the number of job offers for companies registered with Hello Work, "effective number of job offers," was 237,953 last month, a decrease of 0.1 points from the same month last year.
Looking at the number of new job openings last month for each industry with a relatively large number of job openings, the number of new job openings in the "accommodation / restaurant service industry" was 7615, which was 59.6% from July before the spread of infection, and "wholesale / retail industry". The number of people was 8742, a decrease of 38.9% from July.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "There is a difference in the recovery status of job offers between urban areas and rural areas. I am strongly receiving it. "