The active job openings-to-applicants ratio for January was 1.10, which was 0.05 points higher than the previous month.


The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that the job-offers-to-applicants ratio has increased because the number of people looking for jobs has decreased due to the declaration of an emergency. ..

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the effective ratio of job offers to applicants in January, which indicates how many jobs there are from companies for each person seeking a job, was 1.10 times, which was 0.05 points higher than the previous month.



The number of “effective number of job offers” from companies in Hello Work nationwide was 2,112,352 in January, a decrease of 454,173 from the same month of the previous year, or 17.7%.



Of these, the number of new job offers from companies submitted in January was 786,404, 102,727 from the same month of the previous year, a decrease of 11.6% in rate, the same month of the previous year for 13 consecutive months. It has decreased more.



Looking at the decrease in new job openings by industry, the accommodation / restaurant service industry accounted for 37.5%, the lifestyle-related service / entertainment industry 26.2%, and the wholesale / retail industry 17.2%.



On the other hand, the number of new applications for Hello Work to find a job was 392,255 in January, a decrease of 9.8% from the same month of the previous year, and a decrease from the same month of the previous year for 3 consecutive months. ..



It is believed that the number of people refraining from looking for a job has increased due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection and the declaration of an emergency.



Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture, the highest ratio was 1.64 times in Fukui prefecture, 1.44 times in Kagawa prefecture, 1.42 times in Shimane prefecture, and so on.



On the other hand, the lowest was 0.77 times in Okinawa prefecture, 0.89 times in Kanagawa prefecture, 0.91 times in Tokyo, and so on.



The active job openings-to-applicants ratio fell below 1 in 9 prefectures.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "The ratio of job offers to applicants has increased because the number of people looking for jobs has decreased due to the declaration of emergency, but the number of job offers continues to decline and the future is uncertain."