The findings show a clear downward trend in job search in the UK among citizens of the 27 Member States.While interest in jobs in the UK declined across the board in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the platform concludes that surveys by non-EU citizens have since recovered to pre-pandemic levels, in reverse. interest of EU citizens.
According to numbers from
Indeed ,
job searches in the UK by EU applicants were down 36 percent in May from 2019 average levels and 45 percent since 2016, the year of the referendum. If we look at the demand for low-paying jobs such as hotels, healthcare and warehouses – the most affected by post-Brexit immigration rules – the drop is even greater, dropping to 41 percent.
For high-paying jobs in technology, finance, medicine, engineering, the Indeed platform estimates that low demand from EU residents can be offset by interest from non-EU citizens
According to the platform's data, the number of clicks on higher paid jobs in the UK by non-EU citizens has increased by 39 percent.
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Low-yielding jobs are not getting the same attention from foreign workers as they did two years ago. This means that domestic workers may be forced to fill in the gaps, ” explained Jack Kennedy, a British economist working at the
Indeed, quoted by
The Guardian newspaper . “However, with many sectors, including hospitality, already struggling to recruit all the staff they need, it may be necessary to impose higher wages to attract UK workers to fill these roles,” Kennedy added.