UK Job Vacancies Hit Record High

UK Job Vacancies Hit Record High
Commuters cross London Bridge on July 19, 2021. Tolga Akmen /AFP via Getty Images
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Job vacancies in the UK reached over 1.1 million during the last quarter, the highest since records began, newly released official statistics show.

The number of job vacancies from July to September 2021 was a record high of 1,102,000, an increase of 318,000 from the pre-pandemic level in the spring of 2020, according to the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS).