Delivery drivers and couriers: Most in demand jobs in UK revealed – and the locations where vacancies are rising the most
New research shows that job postings for delivery drivers, couriers, actors, entertainers, servers and pest control officers have seen a significant increase in recent weeks.
According to the Confederation of Recruitment and Employment (Rec), overall the UK job market saw 1.7 million postings in June; This represents a 9 percent increase from May and an 11 percent increase year-on-year.
The largest regional increases were recorded in Anglesey, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and Cheshire.
As Rec suggests, significant increases in agriculture, retail and hospitality also bode well for summer seasonal hiring.
Lorraine Laryea, Rec’s head of standards, said: “There is a clear increase in firms taking action on long-standing recruitment plans. We need to be mindful of seasonal influences, including two bank holidays in May and the start of summer hiring in places like Cornwall, but the general trend is clear.”
“Firms are attempting to hire again and vacancies are now above pre-Gulf crisis levels.
“With a new prime minister taking office this week, the real recovery depends on an economic plan that sustains growing confidence, not on actions that once again deflate confidence and derail corporate plans.”
A review earlier this year found that Britain’s youth unemployment crisis is costing the country £125 billion each year as the number of young people unemployed or uneducated exceeded one million for the first time since 2013.
The sum, which exceeds the country’s entire education budget and is almost twice as much as defense spending, is among several striking findings in former Labor health minister Alan Milburn’s report.
Mr Milburn warned that without urgent action Britain risks creating a “lost generation”.
According to Mr Milburn, the growing NEET crisis, which tracks young people aged 16-24 not participating in education, employment or training, is being attributed to the “failure of the whole system”.
This failure has severely limited the availability of entry-level positions for young people across the country.
Mr Milburn said it was a “myth” that young people were characterized as not trying, adding: “I don’t believe the story of not trying, of being soft, of being the snowflake generation.”
The problem, he said, was that the system “doesn’t work anymore”, adding: “The problem is that opportunities for many young people are shrinking, not increasing.”
