The number of job listings removed from corporate websites jumped by 13.5% as employers filled a large number of vacancies as holiday hiring gets underway
Hi Toby, thanks again for writing this -- fascinating to look through!
LinkedIn's principal economist claims that job opening posts are now a stale metric because companies are slow to take them down (i.e. the true employer demand to hire has fallen faster than job openings have fallen).
Ukel - it's been our observation that the exact opposite is the case - HR departments within companies tend to be very disciplined about taking job listings off their corporate career portals when openings are filled with a new hire so as to avoid both inundating hiring managers with applicants after the role has been filled and damaging their employment brand. No such incentive exists for job boards or social media/networking sites who tend to leave listings up forever for SEO, marketing, and exaggerated search results for job seekers despite the fact that it detracts significantly from the user experience.
Hi Toby, thanks again for writing this -- fascinating to look through!
LinkedIn's principal economist claims that job opening posts are now a stale metric because companies are slow to take them down (i.e. the true employer demand to hire has fallen faster than job openings have fallen).
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/guyberger_introducing-the-linkedin-labor-market-tightness-activity-6996257309702135808-5L2R
Do you think that's a credible claim? How do you think about this potential in your job openings data?
Ukel - it's been our observation that the exact opposite is the case - HR departments within companies tend to be very disciplined about taking job listings off their corporate career portals when openings are filled with a new hire so as to avoid both inundating hiring managers with applicants after the role has been filled and damaging their employment brand. No such incentive exists for job boards or social media/networking sites who tend to leave listings up forever for SEO, marketing, and exaggerated search results for job seekers despite the fact that it detracts significantly from the user experience.