Job vacancies climbed to 957,500 in the first quarter, the highest quarterly number on record. As employers continued to face an increasingly tight labour market, vacancies were up 2.7% (+24,900) from the previous peak observed in the fourth quarter of 2021, and up 72.3% (+401,900) from the first quarter of 2020. (Key indicators from the quarterly Job Vacancy and Wage Survey [JVWS] are now available on a seasonally adjusted basis).
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