With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Career Angels started to record and compare unemployment levels vs. the number of job ads published on LinkedIn. The job market has been changing for the past 21 months and it’s easy to see that the year 2021 was much different (in most cases: worse) than 2020. The second report of our series “Job Market in 2021” summarizes the whole year of changes in the supply of and demand for candidates globally: in Africa, the Americas, Europe and the TOP20 global economies. In this report you will learn about: - the number of job ads on LinkedIn worldwide in 2021 - the changes in European unemployment levels - the number of candidates per job ad (for managers & executives) in Europe For daily insights from the European job market and more special reports visit LinkedIn.com/Showcase/Market-Signals/ ← click Follow! #CareerAngels #HumanResources #Future #Markets

1. Market Signals
by Career Angels
Global Job Market
Summary of 2021

2. gathered 6220 data points
received over 400 insights from Executives & HR Directors
published 82 weekly reports, 381 daily updates & 10 special reports
tracked 80 countries around the world for 21 months!
With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Career Angels started to
record and compare unemployment levels vs. the number of job ads
published on LinkedIn. So far we have:
Market Signals
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3. From the employer perspective: more demand for
candidates = salaries and/or benefit packages go
up. The “post and pray” approach might not work.
On the other hand, more candidates, more choice,
more negotiation flexibility.
From the candidate perspective: more demand =
"less effort" put into the job search (less time, more
space to negotiate salary).
Why do we do that? Who can find our data useful?
Supply & demand
- candidates

4. Global reach
Tendencies in the changes in the number of LinkedIn job ads in all areas that we
observe (Europe, Africa, the Americas) in 2o21.
2021

5. Change in the # of
LinkedIn job ads:
Between January & December 2021
for all 80 countries:
50 countries: LinkedIn job ads UP
30 countries: LinkedIn job ads DOWN
in other words: demand for candidates

6. Romania
(+249.59%)
Indonesia
(+233.18%)
Netherlands
(+229.59%)
South Africa
(-89.53%)
Kenya
(-63.15%)
Ukraine
(-47.35%)
Biggest increase: Biggest decrease:
Global winners & losers of 2021
(for countries that publish more than 10k job ads)

7. in other words: supply of candidates?
Between January & November 2021,
out of 28 European countries:
28 countries: unemployment DOWN
Change in unemployment
rates in Europe*
*based on available data from Eurostat

8. The number of candidates
per job ad in Europe
MORE (!) job ads in EN
for senior managers &
executives
Candidates per job ad:
[84.8 in February]
18.2 in September
18.6 in October
10.1 in November
*based on available data from LinkedIn

9. Europe
2021 overview
Initial:
3,255,430 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
2,915,922 job ads
Week 49
(December 6, 2021)
Result:
-7.69%
The first half of 2021 showed a very strong upward tendency. The number of job ads
peaked at the end of June and then dropped drastically. Since the end of July, the
job ad level has slowly been increasing and might soon reach the one from the
beginning of 2021.
July 19
June 28

10. Albania
2021 overview
Initial:
179 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
436 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+143.58%
May 31

11. Andorra
2021 overview
Initial:
14 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
48 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+242.86%
February 22

12. Austria
2021 overview
Initial:
53,782 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
39,158 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-27.19%
July 19

13. Belgium
2021 overview
Initial:
119,825 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
81,486 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-32.00%
July 19
March 8

14. Bosnia & Herzegovina
2021 overview
Initial:
123 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
430 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+249.59%

15. Bulgaria
2021 overview
Initial:
3,860 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
7,531 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+95.10%
July 19

16. Croatia
2021 overview
Initial:
828 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,920 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+131.88%

17. Cyprus
2021 overview
Initial:
532 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,356 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+154.89%
June 28

18. Czechia
2021 overview
Initial:
33,824 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
43,362 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+28.20%
June 25

19. Denmark
2021 overview
Initial:
13,799 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
17,368 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+25.86%
June 14

20. Estonia
2021 overview
Initial:
756 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
2,069 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+173.68%

21. Finland
2021 overview
Initial:
7,532 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
8,724 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+15.83%
May 31
December 20

22. France
2021 overview
Initial:
1,055,673 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
661,732 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-37.32%
July 5
July 19

23. Germany
2021 overview
Initial:
804,347 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
976,034 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+21.34%
July 19
June 28

24. Greece
2021 overview
Initial:
5,110 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
6,299 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+23.27%
July 12

25. Hungary
2021 overview
Initial:
16,680 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
15,672 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-6.04%
July 12

26. Iceland
2021 overview
Initial:
104 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
306 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+194.23%

27. Ireland
2021 overview
Initial:
30,037 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
37,154 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+23.69%
July 12

28. Italy
2021 overview
Initial:
89,020 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
116,750 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+31.15%
July 19

29. Latvia
2021 overview
Initial:
437 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,575 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+260.41%

30. Lithuania
2021 overview
Initial:
1,649 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
4,114 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+149.48%

31. Luxembourg
2021 overview
Initial:
8,822 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
6,667 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-24.43%
July 19

32. Malta
2021 overview
Initial:
1,049 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
2,527 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+140.90%
August 9

33. Moldova
2021 overview
Initial:
257 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
475 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+84.82%
November 22

34. Montenegro
2021 overview
Initial:
65 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
64 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-1.95%
November 15

35. Norway
2021 overview
Initial:
15,616 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
8,488 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-45.65%
July 19

36. Poland
2021 overview
Initial:
127,613 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
35,567 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+6.23%
July 19

37. Portugal
2021 overview
Initial:
80,489 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
72,107 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-10.41%

38. Romania
2021 overview
Initial:
11,196 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
23,962 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+114.02%

39. Slovakia
2021 overview
Initial:
6,899 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
4,136 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-40.05%
August 16

40. Slovenia
2021 overview
Initial:
362 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,014 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+180.11%

41. Spain
2021 overview
Initial:
74,169 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
68,157 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-8.11%
June 21

42. Sweden
2021 overview
Initial:
71,074 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
99,692 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+40.27%
September 27

43. Switzerland
2021 overview
Initial:
153,700 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
56,554 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-63.20%
July 19
June 28

44. Ukraine
2021 overview
Initial:
154,989 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
18,876 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-87.82%
June 21
July 19

45. The Americas
2021 overview
Initial:
5,491,995 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
7,187,864 job ads
Week 49
(December 6, 2021)
Result:
+30.88%
The Americas' number of LinkedIn job ads has been quite stable throughout the
whole 2021. Despite a few weeks of more noticeable decrease (between April 19 &
May 10), we have observed a steady increase in the number of job ads.
April 19

46. Argentina
2021 overview
Initial:
30,782 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
19,264 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-37.42%
July 19
April 26

47. Bolivia
2021 overview
Initial:
536 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
728 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+35.82%
November 29

48. Brazil
2021 overview
Initial:
231,820 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
310,715 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+34.03%
June 21

49. Canada
2021 overview
Initial:
294,919 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
347,670 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+17.89%
April 26

50. Chile
2021 overview
Initial:
73,310 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
55,366 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-24.48%
July 19
March 15

51. Colombia
2021 overview
Initial:
51,448 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
22,541 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-56.19%
July 19
November 29

52. Costa Rica
2021 overview
Initial:
3,894 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
5,339 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+37.11%
July 5

53. Cuba
2021 overview
Initial:
14 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
43 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+207.14%
December 13

54. Dominican Republic
2021 overview
Initial:
3,178 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
909 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-71.40%
February 1

55. Ecuador
2021 overview
Initial:
3,085 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
3,799 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+23.14%
May 17

56. El Salvador
2021 overview
Initial:
1,714 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,621 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-5.43%
June 14

57. Guatemala
2021 overview
Initial:
1,653 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
2,236 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+35.27%
July 26

58. Haiti
2021 overview
Initial:
84 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
189 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+125.00%
August 23

59. Honduras
2021 overview
Initial:
217 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
594 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+173.73%

60. Mexico
2021 overview
Initial:
85,913 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
71,873 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-16.34%
August 23
May 17

61. Nicaragua
2021 overview
Initial:
248 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
331 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+33.47%
February 8

62. Panama
2021 overview
Initial:
2,375 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1.723 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-27.45%
February 22

63. Paraguay
2021 overview
Initial:
188 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
516 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+174.47%
March 8

64. Peru
2021 overview
Initial:
11,693 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
7,441 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-36.36%
August 2
April 26

65. United States
2021 overview
Initial:
4,689,688 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
6,331,914 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+35.02%
April 19

66. Uruguay
2021 overview
Initial:
2,567 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1834 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-28.55%
April 5
July 12

67. Venezuela
2021 overview
Initial:
2,669 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1218 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-54.36%
June 21
July 19

68. Africa
2021 overview
Initial:
219,286 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
59,206 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-74.10%
In 2021, Africa lost 3/4 of its available LinkedIn job ads. The beginning of the year
brought a particularly drastic decrease that lasted until Week 8 (February 22). Another
big drop happened in Week 22 (May 31). Since Week 29 (July 19) the level of job ads
in Africa has been stable, oscillating between 50,000 and 60,000.
June 7
January 18

69. Algeria
2021 overview
Initial:
319 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
297 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-1.25%
March 8
January 3

70. Angola
2021 overview
Initial:
192 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
211 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+9.38%
January 3

71. Egypt
2021 overview
Initial:
2,788 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
5,889 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+114.74%
June 28
January 3

72. Ethiopia
2021 overview
Initial:
414 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
366 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-14.73%
January 3

73. Ghana
2021 overview
Initial:
853 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
782 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-15.83%
May 17
January 3

74. Kenya
2021 overview
Initial:
7,755 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,383 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-84.02%
January 11

75. Morocco
2021 overview
Initial:
2,073 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
2,160 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-4.63%
March 15
August 16

76. Nigeria
2021 overview
Initial:
8,025 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
8,563 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-2.08%
June 7
January 3

77. South Africa
2021 overview
Initial:
196,690 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
39,253 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-80.75%
January 18
May 31

78. Tanzania
2021 overview
Initial:
177 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
302 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+56.50%
July 26
December 13

79. TOP 20 global economies

80. Australia
2021 overview
Initial:
90,157 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
133,765 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+48.37%
TOP 20 global economies
countries outside Africa, the Amercias & Europe

81. China
2021 overview
Initial:
1,294,750 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
1,538,329 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+18.81%
January 17

82. India
2021 overview
Initial:
318,677 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
456,886 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+43.37%

83. Indonesia
2021 overview
Initial:
17,230 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
30,340 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+76.09%
July 19

84. Japan
2021 overview
Initial:
412,623 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
458,838 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+11.20%
August 2
July 5

85. Russia
2021 overview
Initial:
22,064 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
12,456 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-43.55%
February 8

86. Saudi Arabia
2021 overview
Initial:
6,122 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
7,113 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+16.19%
February 8

87. South Korea
2021 overview
Initial:
13,232 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
8,129 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-38.57%
April 12
July 19

88. Turkey
2021 overview
Initial:
7,736 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
15,042 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
+94.44%
June 28

89. United Kingdom
2021 overview
Initial:
754,362 job ads
Week 1
(January 4, 2021)
Final:
750,001 job ads
Week 52
(December 27, 2021)
Result:
-0.58%
May 3
July 5

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