Workers look for remote employment opportunities

Indeed.com says more people are looking for remote jobs, while the CSO data says the Covid-19 adjusted unemployment rate is now around 17%. File Picture.

More workers than ever before are searching for remote employment openings as official figures show unemployment levels hovering near 17% in July, down from 23% in June.

Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures for July found that while the standard measure of monthly unemployment was 5%, a new measure, adjusted for Covid-19, indicated a rate as high as 16.7% if all claimants of the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) were included.