Following several months of plateauing applications, recruiters everywhere will be breathing a sigh of relief that the WaveTrackR September 2022 Recruitment Trends Report shows that they are finally increasing. Jobs continue to increase, though only by 3% on August compared to August’s 18% increase on July. Applications increased by 8% month-on-month, which will be welcome news following the 0% increase in applications in August. The average number of applications per job remains unchanged from August at 13. For the fifth consecutive month, IT & Internet both posted the highest percentage of jobs and received the largest number of applications, proving the industry continues to thrive. Thursday was the most active day in September – it was the day most jobs were posted as well as being the day the majority of applications were received.

1. RECRUITMENT
TRENDS REPORT
September 2022
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2. Monthly Performance
SEPTEMBER 2022
MOST JOBS
POSTED
Thursday
MOST
APPLICATIONS
Thursday
MOST ACTIVE
WEEKDAY
JOBS POSTED
APPLICATIONS
AVG. APP/JOB 13
+8%
+3%
MONTHLY STATS (Compared with Aug’22) MOST ACTIVE INDUSTRY
IT & INTERNET IT & INTERNET
MOST JOBS POSTED MOST APPLICATIONS
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3. Job Posting and Applications by Month
Jobs Posted
Applications
January
2022
February
2022
March
2022
April
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
August
2022
September
2022
Compared to 2021 monthly average
2021
APPLICATIONS
AVERAGE
2021
JOBS POSTED
AVERAGE
+22% +15% +35%
+4% +15% +16%
-13% +3% +6%
+36%
+23%
+39%
+14%
+21%
+25% +25%
+35%
+24%
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+4%
SEPTEMBER 2022

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Industries with Most Jobs & Applications
JOBS
POSTED
APPLICATIONS
23%
IT & Internet 27%
IT & Internet
18%
Education
12%
Health &
Nursing
6%
Manufacturing
5%
Public Sector
& Services
12%
Engineering
11%
Secretarial,
PAs, Admin
9%
Manufacturing
7%
Education
SEPTEMBER 2022

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Average Application per Job by Industry
Retail, Wholesale
Finance
Insurance 22
Customer Services 20
Secretarial, PAs, Administration 19
24
39 Catering & Hospitality
Education
Public Sector & Services 4
Not For Profit, Charities 4
Health, Nursing 3
5
7
5 HIGHEST 5 LOWEST
SEPTEMBER 2022

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Average Application per Job Board
15
6
5
20
14
12
GENERIC JOB BOARDS NICHE JOB BOARDS
SEPTEMBER 2022

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22%
27%
15%
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