Thousands of employees have been on furlough, while many more businesses have closed, with retail and the hospitality industry particularly hard-hit by lengthy forced closures due to lockdown restrictions.
However, there are still plenty of vacancies out there for people looking for a new position.
From firefighter to farm assistant, and from Derbyshire Police to Chesterfield Royal Hospital, here are just some of the current job opportunities in Chesterfield and north Derbyshire.
From firefighter to farm assistant, and from Derbyshire Police to Chesterfield Royal Hospital, here are just some of the current job opportunities in Chesterfield and north Derbyshire.
5. Firefighter
Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service has a number of on-call firefighter vacancies, including at Ilkeston, Hathersage, Duffield, Matlock and Heanor stations. Other posts currently advertised on the service website include postivie action officer and senior organisational development partner. Photo: Marisa Cashill
Aviation security officer is among the vacancies at East Midlands Airport, Duties include checking staff ID cards and passenger boarding cards, hand searching of passengers, staff and their hand luggage and operating high-tech equipment such as x-rays and observing screens. Photo: Shutterstock
Chesterfield Council has several jobs on its website, including enforcement officer. It says: "A part time, permanent opportunity has arisen for an enforcement officer to join a busy team providing the enforcement of planning control to secure customer satisfaction in the delivery of a high-quality performing service." Photo: Shutterstock
Chesterfield Royal Hospital has dozens of different vacancies, both medical, such as staff nurse and fracture fragility nurse, and non-medical, with positions such as care unit administrator and receptionist. Photo: Jason Chadwick