The number of job vacancies in April rose by 15% to a new high: more than 130K

The number of job vacancies in April was about 130.3 thousand, and this is again the highest estimate observed since the beginning of the survey in 2009. This is according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics. According to the data, along with the broad opening of the economy last month, the number of job vacancies actually continues to rise, with the previous record also recorded in March with about 112,500 job vacancies.
According to the data, the vacancy rate in April was 4.86% compared to 4.63% in the previous month. The vacancy rate in the hospitality and food industries (hotels and restaurants) was about 18.6%, which means that for every 100 employed in these industries, there are more than 18 jobs waiting to be filled.
"It is no wonder that the number of job vacancies is rising right now. Once they have opened almost the entire economy after a close closure, a large number of jobs have been added to the economy and these have not yet been filled, especially in low-wage occupations such as waitresses." This is how a senior official in the Ministry of Finance responded at noon to the so-called surprising increase in the number of vacancies in April. The Treasury, however, expects a decline in the number of vacancies in May, due to Operation Wall Guard, which again closed businesses, reduced workloads in some factories and left hundreds of thousands of parents staying at home with their children.
The CBS report also shows that in April, compared with March, there was an increase in employment in parallel with an increase in demand for workers.
In the Tel Aviv District, the number of job vacancies is significantly higher than before the crisis and stands at 33.9 thousand job vacancies. In all other regions of the country, the number of vacancies returned to its pre-crisis level. It should be noted that there are still about 460,000 Israelis who are included in the category of the unemployed, when the unemployment benefits for those staying in the IDF and those fired by the Corona will end at the end of next month, June.
The vacancy rate in April in the main industries:
Hospitality and food - 18.5%, information and communication, 7.3%, construction - 5.8% professional, scientific and technical services - 5.1%, transportation, storage, mail and courier services - 4.7% and trade - 4.2%.
From February to April, an average of 10,601 sales workers, 11,142 engineers, 9,924 waiters, 4,661 kitchen and cleaning workers, 2,824 telephone sales representatives, 3,840 caregivers, 1,897 sequences, chippers, plasterers, locksmiths and skeleton workers in construction, 1,831 construction workers, 1,831 construction workers, 1,831 construction workers were missing. , 2,465 security guards, 3,132 practical engineers and technicians, 3,692 cooks and 1,706 clerks.
Meanwhile, a virtual employment fair of the Histadrut and the employment service opened today. So far, about 14,000 job seekers have already entered the site out of 30,000 who have already registered. At the fair, 47 of the largest employers in the economy offer 17,000 jobs in a variety of industries, in the private and public sectors.