Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec
06 Jan 2021|
WaveTrackR December data reveals stable job and applications figures
Even as the year was closing - when the trend is for jobs and applications to drop significantly - both jobs and applications registered some of the best values of 2020, at 27% above the January-March average and +64% respectively.
It is fast becoming clear that the start of 2021 will be far from the recovery period we had all once hoped it would be, which makes December’s WaveTrackR data all the more encouraging. Even as the year was closing - when the trend is for jobs and applications to drop significantly - both jobs and applications registered some of the best values of 2020, at 27% above the January-March average and +64% respectively. Whether that’s due to the imminent rollout of the vaccination programme boosting business and consumer confidence, or the end of the second lockdown at the beginning of the month prompting consumer spend and renewed optimism - likely a sprinkling of both - it represented a relatively stable end to a tumultuous year.