Job posting data 2024

Published22 Jan ’25

How did 2024 go for the cooperative in terms of number of job postings on our platform? And how many applications and page views did this generate?

Job posting data 2024

In 2024, the number of job postings on AcademicTransfer significantly decreased compared to 2023, after years of growth. This downward trend is expected to continue into 2025, as was also presented during the general members' meeting last November. Nevertheless, there are some positive signals to be found in the data.

AcademicTransfer primarily focuses on the recruitment of academic staff. The decrease in the number of academic job postings (-13%) is smaller than that for support staff (-20%) and job postings from non-members (higher education institutions, businesses, government; -26%). The number of applications has also declined (-6% for academic staff and -19% for support staff and non-members), but due to the decrease in job postings, each job posting received more responses on average.

Over the past year, AcademicTransfer has managed to continue attracting a sufficient number of relevant candidates globally, as evidenced by the number of job posting page views remaining almost constant, despite the decrease in job postings. 'The Netherlands as a knowledge country' remained sufficiently attractive to international scholars.