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Travel jobs on ‘positive, upward trend’ as confidence builds

Operators
Rob Gill
14 May 2021

The number of new vacancies in travel has increased for a sixth consecutive month and are now at their highest point since the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to data from recruitment firm C&M.

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C&M Travel Recruitment and C&M Executive Recruitment’s activity index for April also showed candidate registrations reached their highest level since March 2020, but overall recruitment still remains “far below” pre-Covid numbers.

Despite seeing monthly improvements since November 2020, the number of new travel jobs was still 69% below the figure in April 2019. But this was still better than the 74% slide seen when comparing March 2019 with March 2021.

C&M also saw a more “positive” month for executive roles (with salaries of at least £40,000) with more senior appointments being made in April than during any other month since February 2020.