Over 9,000 applications for 1 cabin crew job

Over 9,000 applications for 1 cabin crew job

14.12.2009

The crisis in the UK employment market was laid bare yesterday after research showed that as many as 10,000 people have been applying for a single job*.

Statistics from one of the country’s leading recruitment websites revealed that job applications have risen in some sectors by a staggering 150 per cent as record numbers of unemployed seek work as a consequence of the recession.

In a fortnight alone one online job board reported more than 9,300 applicants had downloaded information on an air hostess job with a major airline.

Job adverts for careers in human resources, marketing and the travel sector have attracted on average more than four applicants per post over the past 12 months, while competition for sales positions has also increased with three people vying for each job vacancy.

Research from Simply Jobs boards, an online recruitment firm which runs job websites across 14 industry sectors in the UK, also revealed that applications for careers in recruitment and the automotive sector have also rocketed with double the number of job seekers per post.

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