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May 21, 2020
Proprietary
May 21
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Shifting Hiring Trends for COVID-19: United States
Added 2.4M Jobless Claims Bring
Unemployment to nearly 20%
❑ With >38M Jobless claims in the last 9
weeks, employers continue to hire with some
adjustments:
✓ Over 6M New Jobs have been posted in that
same time frame
✓ 20% are contracted through Staffing
Agencies
✓ 21% of those do not specify location
✓ 26% are part-time jobs
✓ 36% are entry level positions requiring <2
years experience
✓ 59% are for remote-ready jobs (compared to
41% being for essential onsite personnel)
*Based on assessment of all job postings in market(s)
5.4%
9.4%
9.6%
9.7%
9.8%
10.2%
10.9%
11.0%
13.2%
13.5%
16.5%
17.1%
23.0%
39.3%
Finance
Government
Agriculture
Self Employed
Pro/Business Services
Mining/O&G
Education/Health Service
Information
Manufacturing
Transportation
Construction
Wholesale/Retail
Other Services
Leaisure/Hospitality
Unemployment by Sector for April 2020