Big fall in EU workers searching for jobs in the UK
New analysis shows a remarkable fall in EU nationals searching for work in the UK, with Belgium at the top of the list with a drop of 48.2 per cent.
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However, not all EU countries have registered a fall in traffic over the past year with the number of Latvians searching for jobs increasing by 26.3 per cent. Smaller increases were recorded from Cyprus (up 9 per cent), Finland (up 9.6 per cent), Spain (up 8.6 per cent) and Malta (up 7.8 per cent).Mr Biggins added, “Key industries within the UK are heavily reliant on migrant workers in order to keep up production and maintain productivity levels, so it’s concerning to see such a dip in traffic across the board."That said, it’s clear that not all countries are feeling affected, with the likes of Latvia, Cyprus, Finland, Spain and Malta all increasing their traffic to our site in the past year. There is a great amount of uncertainty around keeping the talent pipeline full but these findings do provide some reassurance that the appetite is still there for some.” Biggest drops in EU traffic 2015-2017:
- Slovenia – down 40.2%
- Hungary – down 28.6%
- Slovakia – down 25.5%
- Romania – down 22.7%
- Bulgaria – down 18.2%
- Belgium – down 48.2%
- Slovenia – down 27.9%
- Netherlands – down 22.7%
- Romania – down 20.3%
- Portugal – down 19.1%
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