Lintberg Index

Lintberg Index rises to 83 points

By: Thomas Verbeeck, Directeur Lintberg

The Lintberg Index,  representing a candidate's chances in the top segment of the labour market, halted at 83 points in the first month of 2014. This shows an 8 point increase compared to December 2013.

The rise in January is mostly caused by a larger number of available € 100k+ positions. Despite a significant rise, the high point of 2013 (93 index points in October) is not yet in sight as the number of available € 100k+ candidates per month is simply too high compared to the number of new € 100k+ positions. A remarkable rise in the demand for commercial IT specialists has occurred in the past month (not evidenced by the graph). 

The Lintberg Index indicates the monthly changing chances for candidates of finding a new position in the top of the labor market. The weighed index takes into calculation the number of outstanding job opportunities, newly published positions, the duration of the recruiting period and the total amount of applications for 100k+ positions, based on data provided by Lintberg.