{
  "id": 14453660,
  "title": "Total number of jobs advertised increased 32% year-on-year to 3,578 in 7 months of 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/total-number-of-jobs-advertised-increased-32-year-on-year-to-3-578-in-14453660",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:58:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/total-number-of-jobs-advertised-increased-32-year-on-year-to-3578-in-7-months-of-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In July 2026, the number of advertised jobs in selected media surged by 32.4% year-on-year, reaching 3,578 compared to 2,703 in July 2025. However, on a month-to-month basis, job vacancies in July 2026 saw a slight decrease of 1.4% from the previous month. Over the first seven months of 2026, the total number of advertised jobs grew by 8.2% to 23,052, up from 21,307 in the same period last year.\n\nAdditionally, private-sector SSNIT contributors increased by 6.1% to 1,178,451 in July 2026, up from 1,110,976 in the same period in 2025. On a month-to-month basis, the number of contributors remained largely the same, at 1,176,723 in June 2026 as in July 2026.",
  "summary": "Conversely, on a month-on-month basis, the number of job vacancies in July 2026 marginally declined by 1.4% from the 3,629 jobs advertised in June 2026.",
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        "title": "Total number of jobs advertised increased 32% year-on-year to 3,578 in 7 months of 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/total-number-of-jobs-advertised-increased-32-year-on-year-to-3-578-in",
        "published": "2026-10-14T12:58:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}