Daijob Global Recruiting Co., Ltd. | Global Job Postings to Job-Seekers Ratio October 2015

REPORT2015/11/20

Increased Demand of Bilingual Talents in the Occupation of Food and Medical Product Development

Global Job Postings to Job-Seekers Ratio for October 2015 reaches 1.35

Daijob Global Recruiting Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Human Holdings Co., Ltd. headed by Mr. Yuji Shinohara, has created a summary of the Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio for October 2015.

※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). A high ratio indicates that there is a high number of jobs available for a low number of job-seekers.

◆Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio by Occupation

By looking into the global job-seeker ratio by occupation, “Medical/Pharmaceuticals/Bio/Materials/Food” takes first place with a rise of 11.06 points and a ratio of 13.0. Next, “General Affairs/HR/Legal” increase by 2.08 points and a ratio of 5.50, and “Finance/Accounting” decreased by 1.41 points with a ratio of 3.76.

The reason why “Medical/Pharmaceuticals/Bio/Materials/Food” had an abnormally high ratio is due to Job-Seekers of October has experience in this field or related. Out of the job-seekers in this field, only 15% have both English and Japanese above business level, which became record low since August of 2013. On the other hand, from the employers’ side, 55% has made it a requirement to have language abilities, which becomes record high. We believe the balance of supply and demand for both sides have broken down. Especially for “Product Development” the number of job offers has increased of 2.0 and became record high since August of 2013.

◆Global Job Openings to Job-Seekers Ratio by Industry

By looking into the global job-seeker ratio by industry, “Construction/Real Estate/Rental” increased by 3.96 points with a ratio of 4.38 and takes the top position this month. Followed by, “Manufacturing” increases by 2.30 points with a ratio of 4.03 and “Agriculture/Mining” increases by 0.29 points with a ratio of 3.07. For “Construction/Real Estate/Rental” joined the TOP 3 since March of 2015, becomes record high since August of 2013. In addition “Manufacturing” also becomes record high and stays in the TOP 3 for 4 consecutive months.

110 out of 12 of the industries have higher ratio compared to last month with the ratio over 1.0. (Excluding “Medical/Welfare” and “Academic Research/Tech Service/Education/Learning Support”)

For a more detailed report, click here (Japanese only) → 2015年10月度グローバル転職求人倍率

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