Effective job openings-to-applicants ratio in November 1.06 times New job openings decreased for 11 consecutive months

The active job openings-to-applicants ratio for November was 1.06, 0.02 points higher than the previous month.

On the other hand, the number of new job offers from companies has decreased for 11 consecutive months since the same month last year, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, The future is uncertain. "

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the effective ratio of job offers to applicants in November, which indicates how many jobs there are from companies for each person seeking a job, was 1.06 times, 0.02 points higher than the previous month. ..

The number of "effective job offers" from companies in Hello Work nationwide was 2,116,356, a decrease of 585,728, or 21.7%, from the same month last year.

Of these, 708,540 new jobs were submitted from companies in November, a decrease of 193,098, or 21.4%, from the same month last year.

The number of new job openings has decreased from the same month last year for the 11th consecutive month.

Looking at the decrease in new job openings by industry,

▽ accommodation / restaurant service industry 34.7%,

▽ information and communication industry 33.4%,

▽ life-related service industry / entertainment industry 32.9%,

▽ wholesale / retail industry 27.4 % And so on.

Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture,

▽ the highest

ratio was

1.51 times in Fukui prefecture,

▽ then 1.43 times in Okayama prefecture, and

▽ 1.38 times in Shimane prefecture.

On the other hand,

▽ lowest was 0.71 times in Okinawa prefecture,

▽ 0.75 times in Kanagawa prefecture,

▽ 0.84 times in Shiga prefecture, etc.

The active job openings-to-applicants ratio fell below 1 in 15 prefectures.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The movement to resume economic activities has spread and the number of job openings has increased slightly, so the ratio of job offers to applicants has improved, but the tendency for the number of job openings from companies to decrease has not changed. We need to keep an eye on how much it will affect the numbers. "