Research, released this week by careers site CV-Library, reveals recruitment ranks eighth in a list of sectors seeing an increase in jobs advertised between 2016 and 2017.

The top sectors and the percentage increase in advertised jobs across these sectors are as follows:

1.    Manufacturing – jobs up 22.9%
2.    Property – jobs up 18%
3.    Automotive – jobs up 17.3%
4.    Social Care – jobs up 17%
5.    Agriculture – jobs up 13.9%
6.    Engineering – jobs up 10.8%
7.    Construction – jobs up 10%
8.    Recruitment – jobs up 9.6%
9.    Design – jobs up 9.2%
10.   Finance – jobs up 7.6%

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