The number of candidates being placed in new travel jobs has fallen by 20% month on month, making November “one of the slowest months of the year for travel recruitment activity”.
Numbers of vacancies and candidates hunting for jobs also tailed off, according to the latest figures from C&M Travel Recruitment.
C&M reported “a slightly more positive month” for new jobseekers, with the number of candidates starting their search dipping by 3% but jumping by 65% versus the same month in 2021.
But Barbara Kolosinska, managing director at C&M Travel Recruitment, said: “The one concern of course is candidate numbers, which have increased in six months of 2022 so far, but have fallen in five.
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“For the travel industry to fully recover in the long-term, we all need to do whatever we can to attract new talent into our sectors and entice those who have left to come back – and this should be a real goal for us all in 2023.”
Although there was a 20% drop last month in the number of candidates being placed in new travel jobs, the figure was still up by 17% versus November 2021.
The total of successful placements last month was level with November 2019 and up by 7% compared with November 2018 but down by 27% versus November 2017.
New job opportunities in the travel industry slipped back in November, with a 28% fall from October 2022 and an 8% dip from November 2021.
Last month’s total was the second lowest of the year behind August.
Kolosinska said: “”Whichever way you look at it, November was one of the slowest months of the year for travel recruitment activity. We saw monthly falls in the number of new jobs, placements and candidates, but it’s worth remembering how far we have come in 2022.
“Compared to the last pre-pandemic year of 2019, placements have increased in seven of the 11 months of the year so far and have been even in another two, while new vacancies have also risen in seven of the 11 months.”