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17th June, 2009, 06:22 AM
NEARLY 400 people are chasing EVERY vacancy in some jobs, shock new figures reveal.
The findings expose the ferocious competition to find work in Britain as the recession bites.
And Ministers are braced for more bad news today when the latest jobless figures are published.
A new study of official figures shows there are 395 jobseekers for every vacancy as a LABOURER in metalworks and foundries.
Around 255 are chasing every labouring job in processing factories. Air hostesses are struggling too, with 238 people for every position.
There is intense competition in the building industry, which is reeling from the collapse of the housing market. There are 150 bricklayers ? and 127 plasterers ? for every job.
Ninety-six people are competing to fill each carpentry position, with 56 drivers chasing every forklift truck job.
Even shelf-stacking at the local supermarket has become a battle, with 71 people for every vacancy.
The scale of the crisis is exposed by Tory research into official figures on vacancies.
In October last year, there was an average of two people for every job opening.
Now there are SEVEN jobseekers for each post.
In low-paid jobs, there are up to 19 people for every post.
The situation is better for managers and white-collar workers ? with only four people seeking each post.
But in some white-collar jobs, there are hundreds of hopefuls for every vacancy.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Theresa May said: ?These figures reveal the very real challenge of unemployment across Britain today.
?Instead of providing real help now to jobseekers, Labour have recklessly closed Jobcentres.?
Employment Minister Jim Knight accused the Tories of ?misleading? people by only quoting vacancies advertised in Jobcentres.
FAST food giant McDonald?s has revealed it is receiving 2,200 job applications EVERY DAY. It also said it is taking on 140 new workers daily.
The findings expose the ferocious competition to find work in Britain as the recession bites.
And Ministers are braced for more bad news today when the latest jobless figures are published.
A new study of official figures shows there are 395 jobseekers for every vacancy as a LABOURER in metalworks and foundries.
Around 255 are chasing every labouring job in processing factories. Air hostesses are struggling too, with 238 people for every position.
There is intense competition in the building industry, which is reeling from the collapse of the housing market. There are 150 bricklayers ? and 127 plasterers ? for every job.
Ninety-six people are competing to fill each carpentry position, with 56 drivers chasing every forklift truck job.
Even shelf-stacking at the local supermarket has become a battle, with 71 people for every vacancy.
The scale of the crisis is exposed by Tory research into official figures on vacancies.
In October last year, there was an average of two people for every job opening.
Now there are SEVEN jobseekers for each post.
In low-paid jobs, there are up to 19 people for every post.
The situation is better for managers and white-collar workers ? with only four people seeking each post.
But in some white-collar jobs, there are hundreds of hopefuls for every vacancy.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Theresa May said: ?These figures reveal the very real challenge of unemployment across Britain today.
?Instead of providing real help now to jobseekers, Labour have recklessly closed Jobcentres.?
Employment Minister Jim Knight accused the Tories of ?misleading? people by only quoting vacancies advertised in Jobcentres.
FAST food giant McDonald?s has revealed it is receiving 2,200 job applications EVERY DAY. It also said it is taking on 140 new workers daily.