Current trends across LoveLocalJobs.com

The first few months of the year is always an important time for both job seeker and employer alike as they look to start the year off in the best way possible.

Here at LoveLocalJobs.com, we’ve taken a look at that stats across the job board to see if we can pick out any trends that might prove useful to our combined network.

In the main, it looks like things are trending positively and the year has started on a high.

 

Website visitors at its highest

January saw visitor numbers at their highest since October 2022, with new users to the job board also at their highest level in the last three months.

Over 20,000 people have visited LoveLocalJobs.com since the turn of the year, of which around 14,000 were visiting for the first time.

 

Page and job views highest

With more and more visitors to the job board, it’s perhaps no surprise that total page views are up to 49,000, more than double the number recorded in December 2022.

Interestingly, it seems the increase in visits in recent weeks come from prospective job seekers, with a total of 16,000+ views of the current vacancies listed taking place.

 

Over 1,000 job vacancies currently live

The number of job vacancies listed across LoveLocalJobs.com has been rising steadily in recent months and reached 1,000 early in February.

We’re seeing more and more employers turning to the job board for a cost-effective advertising solution in the wake of rising costs on other platforms and the demand to access and recruit great people.

 

More applications than in any month in 2022

At over 900 applications, January 2023 was the month with the highest number of applications compared to any month throughout 2022. This was also more than double the number of applications in December.

The application rate in January was 8%, the highest rate since October and the third highest in the last 12 months (Oct 22 = 8.58% and Sep 22 = 8.19%).

 

Our total network keeps rising

With visits to the job board growing, new users increasing, over 17,000 candidates and clients on our database and a social audience reaching over 9,000, we are currently connecting with over 43,000 local people per month.

We’re engaging with this network in some capacity – website, email, social media - over 440,000 times each month.

 

What these trends mean for job seekers...

The number of job openings across the region remain high, and we’re proud to have so many top employers turn to LoveLocalJobs.com for help with their advertising.

Healthcare, Hospitality, Public Sector and Finance are the sectors with the most opportunities currently listed, covering a wide cross-section of skills and specialisms.

 

What these trends mean for employers...

Likewise, as a business looking to engage with top local talent, the information in this article should make for positive reading.

Talent across the South East is actively engaging with top employers and their opportunities and importantly, these upward trends in activity appear to be consistent as we approach the end of the year.