Indeed reveals sectors looking for most Brexit related roles

New research from global job site Indeed has shown the most common sectors looking for Brexit related roles. By examining job postings on the site that mention Brexit in the description, Indeed saw that some titles within the areas like finance, law and healthcare were more likely to mention Brexit. They also observed a spike in the overall share of Brexit job postings in October last year, in advance of the January 31st deadline.

Many of the roles that specifically mentioned Brexit were related to service industries likely to be heavily affected by the UK’s withdrawal, such as law and finance. Large numbers of UK lawyers have already registered to practise here in Ireland since the referendum, with some law firms setting up offices to ensure their operations at a European level will not be curtailed. Likewise, many companies in the finance sector have looked to set up in Dublin to ensure against post-Brexit uncertainty. Within financial services, postings which mentioned Brexit included areas such as financial reporting, market surveillance and auditing.

Supply chain management postings also mentioned Brexit more frequently. This is unsurprising given the uncertainty surrounding the Northern Irish border and the importance of an efficient supply chain for one of Ireland’s largest industries, agri-food. Postings in this area ranged from customs, shipping and receiving and quality assurance.

Jobs in internal communications were also among those mentioning Brexit, perhaps a consequence of company restructuring requiring increased information sharing amongst staff. Meanwhile, many jobs for postdoctoral fellows also mentioned Brexit, potentially filling a need for increased academic research into the effects of this new political territory.

Notably, some recruiters are using Brexit to attract UK-based candidates to Ireland. One job description posted on Indeed in 2019 stated explicitly, “Brexit, Brexit, Brexit, leave it behind you & move to Ireland”.

Indeed Economist and Head of EMEA research Pawel Adrjan commented, “While most fear negative employment effects of a bad Brexit, the UK’s departure from the European Union has created a need for some jobs to be adapted, or for new roles to be created entirely.”

“As companies ask their financial and legal teams to deal with the potential impact of Brexit, it’s no surprise that skills and responsibilities related to Brexit planning make their way into job descriptions. ”

“Some employers are leveraging Brexit uncertainty to attract UK-based candidates to jobs in healthcare and construction. Our previous research with the Central Bank showed that those sectors suffer from a particular shortage of candidates and it makes sense for recruiters to target anyone they can.”

“We’ve seen this happen before in other areas where a specialised labour force is particularly in demand. For example, when Thomas Cook ceased trading in the UK last year, other travel operators targeted the company’s former employees by mentioning Thomas Cook in their job postings, and even setting up accelerated recruitment pathways overnight to attract workers with a particular skill set.”

Last year there was an uptick in postings (331 per million) in March 2019, the original deadline for withdrawal. After a subsequent lull, postings mentioning Brexit peaked (741 per million) in October 2019, likely in anticipation of the January 31st deadline.

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