The active job openings-to-applicants ratio for the last month was 1.21 times on average, up 0.01 points from the previous month and rising for the second consecutive month.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "There is a movement to pick up, but the future is uncertain due to concerns about the effects of the new coronavirus and soaring raw material prices."
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 1.21 times on a national average, up 0.01 points from the previous month.
The active job openings-to-applicants ratio has increased for the second consecutive month.
In addition, the number of new job openings submitted by companies to Hello Work last month increased by 9.5% from February last year, surpassing the same month of the previous year for 11 consecutive months.
Comparing new job openings by industry from February last year,
▽ "accommodation / restaurant service" was + 28.4%,
▽ "manufacturing" was + 27.6%, and
▽ "information and communication" was + 18.1%. increase.
Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture,
the highest ratio was
2.07 times in Fukui prefecture,
followed
by 1.76 times in Shimane prefecture
and 1.69 times in Toyama prefecture.
The lowest was
0.86 times in Okinawa prefecture
, 0.93 times in Kanagawa prefecture,
0.94 times in Tokyo, etc., and the
ratio of job offers to applicants was less than 1 in 4 prefectures. ..
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "There is a movement to pick up, and the number of new job offers in the manufacturing and construction industries is higher than before the spread of the infection. The future is uncertain. "