有ゆう効こう求きゅう人じん倍ばい率りつ

noun

effective job openings-to-applicants ratio

Economic indicator used in Japan; a value above 1 means more openings than applicants. Often abbreviated as 有効求人倍率.

• 先せん月げつの有ゆう効こう求きゅう人じん倍ばい率りつは1.2倍ばいだった。

  Last month's effective job openings-to-applicants ratio was 1.2.

• 有ゆう効こう求きゅう人じん倍ばい率りつが高たかい業ぎょう種しゅは人ひと手で不ぶ足そくが深しん刻こくだ。

  Industries with a high effective job openings-to-applicants ratio face serious labor shortages.