Career Opportunities | The January job search surge - a gift for recruitment and talent teams

The January job search surge is upon us, like the rush to make New Year’s resolutions and a boom in packed gyms nationwide. January goal setting and new motivations come hand in hand with looking for new career opportunities.

What does this mean for Recruitment and Talent Teams as applicants think ‘new year, new opportunities’?

In this insight, we summarise the labour market outlook and share tips to fine-tune your recruitment strategy for the road ahead.

The state of play

The UK labour market December overview revealed that the estimated number of vacancies fell for the seventeenth consecutive period by 45,000 between September and November to 949,000 vacancies. The longest consecutive run of quarterly falls ever recorded.