The active job openings-to-applicants ratio for December last year was 1.06, the same as the previous month.
The number of new job offers from companies has decreased for 12 consecutive months compared to the same month of the previous year, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "The effective job openings-to-applicants ratio is flat because the infection with the new coronavirus has spread again and the number of people looking for jobs has decreased. The number of job vacancies continues to decline, and there are concerns about the impact of the declaration of emergency. "
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the active job openings-to-applicants ratio in December last year, which indicates how many jobs there are from companies for each person seeking a job, was 1.06 times, the same as the previous month.
The number of "effective job offers" from companies in Hello Work nationwide was 2,095,200, a decrease of 570,928, or 21.4%, from the same month of the previous year.
Of these, the number of new job offers from companies submitted in December last year was 722,181, a decrease of 165,532 from the same month of the previous year, a decrease of 18.6%, the 12th consecutive month of decrease. ..
Looking at the decrease in new job openings by industry,
▽ accommodation / restaurant service industry is 31.4%
▽ life-related service industry / entertainment industry is 30.8%
▽ wholesale / retail industry is 28.3%
▽ information and communication industry is 26.8%, etc. I am.
On the other hand, the number of applications for Hello Work registration to look for a job was 301,488 last month, down 4% from the same month of the previous year, the second consecutive month of decline.
It is believed that the new coronavirus infection has spread again and more people are refraining from looking for a job.
Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture,
the highest
ratio was
1.54 times in Fukui prefecture,
followed by 1.41 times in Okayama prefecture,
and 1.37 times in Shimane prefecture.
On the other hand, the lowest was
▽ Okinawa prefecture 0.72 times
▽ Kanagawa prefecture 0.76 times
▽ Shiga prefecture 0.82 times.
The ratio of job offers to applicants fell below 1 in 11 prefectures and prefectures.
The average active job openings-to-applicants ratio for the last year was 1.18 times, 0.42 points lower than the previous year, and the largest decrease since 1975, when the oil crisis caused a 0.59 point drop in the year.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "The infection with the new coronavirus has spread again, and the number of people looking for jobs has decreased, so the ratio of job offers to applicants has leveled off. The number of job offers continues to decline, and there are concerns about the impact of the state of emergency." I'm talking.