that's the verdict of online jobs search engine adzuna.ust over two people are now chasing eachjob — after vacancies fell again in august and 150,000 people entered the job market over the summer following a surge in redundancies. andrew hunter is co—founder of adzuna. good to have you with us. what do the numbers tell us about the state of the economy? it feels, judging by the numbers, it is not a great time to be looking for work?- it is not a great time to be looking for work? one of the key pieces — looking for work? one of the key pieces of— looking for work? one of the key pieces of data _ looking for work? one of the key pieces of data we - looking for work? one of the key pieces of data we look i looking for work? one of the j key pieces of data we look at in our monthly report is this advertised vacancies compared to the number of benefit claimants. what we have seen over the summer is a static vacancy count, around 850,000 jobs. but a rising number of claimants. that is right, so we are seeing some of the stiffest competition for