“Job applications are heavily concentrated in functions such as accounting, logistics and operations, while hiring demand is shifting towards more specialised and technical areas,” the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“This mismatch means employers may be receiving more applications, but still struggling to find candidates with the right skills.”<\/p>\n
It further attributed the mismatch to the emerging selective behaviour of jobseekers as they grow more cautious in making career decisions.<\/p>\n
“Candidates appear to be cautious about moving, but still actively testing the market, applying in greater numbers while prioritising roles that offer better alignment on flexibility, stability or purpose \u2013 even if it means trading down on paper in title or pay,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“This helps explain why applications are rising, even as employers are not always seeing the right fit for specialised roles.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Job applications are heavily concentrated in functions such as accounting, logistics and operations, while hiring demand is shifting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,179,18,233,1736,19,17,59122],"class_list":["post-462820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-eire","tag-employment","tag-human-resources","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-job-ads"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116498061603763534","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}