The active job openings-to-applicants ratio for the last month was 1.23 times on average, up 0.01 points from the previous month and rising for 4 consecutive months.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "there are signs of recovery, such as an increase in job offers in a wide range of industries."
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the active job openings-to-applicants ratio, which indicates how many jobs there are from companies for each person seeking a job, was 1.23 times the national average last month, up 0.01 points from the previous month.
The ratio of job offers to applicants has increased for the fourth consecutive month.
In addition, the number of new job openings submitted by companies to Hello Work last month increased by 12.3% from April last year, surpassing the same month of the previous year for 13 consecutive months.
Comparing new job openings by industry from April last year,
▽ "accommodation / restaurant service" increased by 49.6%,
▽ "manufacturing" increased by 21.9%,
▽ "transportation / postal" increased by 13.1%, etc. It has become.
Looking at the ratio of job offers to applicants by prefecture,
the highest ratio was 1.99 times in Fukui prefecture, followed by 1.79 times in Shimane prefecture and 1.73 times in Yamaguchi prefecture.
The lowest ratios were 0.92 times in Okinawa prefecture, 0.98 times in Tokyo, and 0.99 times in Osaka prefecture, and the ratio of job offers to applicants was less than 1 times in these three prefectures.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "There are signs of a recovery, such as an increase in job offers in a wide range of industries. On the other hand, there are concerns about the effects of soaring raw material prices and the depreciation of the yen, and the future outlook is uncertain."