Market Signals – Global Job Market Trends – August 2024 summarized!

We have been recording and comparing unemployment rates vs. the number of job ads published on LinkedIn since March 2020 – to fully understand how major events (pandemic, crisis, war) actually impact the job market.

So far we have:

  • gathered 19 446 data points
  • received over 500 insights from Executives & HR Directors
  • published 110 monthly reports, 925 daily updates & 13 special reports
  • tracked 80 countries around the world for 51 months!

In this presentation, you will find a summary of how the job markets of the 80 countries did in August 2024:

Some highlights for August 2024 in terms of the number of job ads published on LinkedIn:

  • Europe (38 countries): 3.61%
  • 12 out of 38 countries saw an increase
  • 26 saw increases from –1.01 to –11.48%
  • nearly 1 M job ads across the TOP20 economies worldwide
  • over 400 K more job ads across the Americas (22 countries).

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The presentation also includes:

  • advice for employers
  • tips for experienced candidates.

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