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REPORT2013/12/17

Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio – November 2013

Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio 1.71
Number of Job Openings in the “Finance/Accounting” job category leaps by 204% compared to the previous month, creating a ratio of 7.23

The operators of bilingual job board Daijob.com, Daijob Global Recruiting Co.,Ltd, have created a summary of the Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio for the end of November 2013. The Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio is a calculation of the supply-demand balance between job openings which require business conversation level in at least 2 languages and the number of job-seekers who are equipped with that ability (No. of Job Openings / No. of Job Seekers).

◆Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio by Occupation (For jobs requiring at least business level Japanese and English)

Daijob.com calculated the balance of job-seekers with business level Japanese and English with the number of job openings which require these skills in each occupation.

At 7.23, the highest ratio was observed in the “Finance/Accounting” occupation category, followed by “Creative (Internet)” at 5.00, and “Managers/HR Professionals/Legal Staff” at 4.55. The ratios of the top 3 are all very high. The main reason for the high ratio in the top category is that the number of accounting positions doubled since October. The “Managers/HR Professionals/Legal Staff” category continues to be present in the Top 3 due to the high ratio of management positions.

◆Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio by Industry (For jobs requiring at least business level Japanese and English)

Daijob.com also calculated the balance of job-seekers with business level Japanese and English with the number of job openings which require these skills in each industry.

Here, the highest ratio was seen in the “Architecture/Real Estate/Rental Services” industry at 4.23. This was followed by “Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries/Mining” at 2.88 and “Finance/Insurance” at 2.65.
There was an increase in job openings in general, however the occupation categories of “Finance/Accounting”, “Finance/Banking/Securities/Insurance” and “Sales”, as well as the industry categories of “Architecture/Real Estate/Rental Services”, “Finance/Insurance”, “Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries/Mining” and “Telecommunications” saw a particularly high increase.

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