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Travel vacancies jump by 42% in June as job market recovers

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Rob Gill
14 July 2021

The number of travel jobs has risen to its highest level since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, according to the latest data from C&M Travel Recruitment.

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Vacancies and placements both fell in 2023 compared with 2022 (Credit: Clem Onojeghuo / Unsplash)

Figures from June, compiled by C&M, revealed travel vacancies during June increased to their highest point since February 2020, when job placements also went up by 50% from the previous Covid crisis high recorded in March and May 2021.

Vacancies rose by 42% in June compared with May, which had been the previous high point during the pandemic. Although the number of available jobs last month was still 43% lower than in June 2019.

Placements were higher in June that at any point since March 2020 while candidate numbers also reached a 17-month peak in June thanks to 40% month-on-month rise.