Data released by a hiring firm suggests that job postings with COVID-19 vaccine requirements sharply increased in August 2021, although the overall number of job postings requiring the vaccine is relatively low. In the seven days ending on Aug. 30, the number of postings on Indeed—the hiring website—with vaccine requirements saw a 119 percent increase over the same seven-day period at the end of July, the site’s data show. Job postings that mentioned a general vaccination requirement rose by 242 percent over the same time period. “Both of these postings series represented less than 1 percent of all jobs ads on Indeed,” Indeed said, adding that “postings with vaccination requirements rose across sectors and jumped to nearly 2 percent of Indeed job ads in personal care and home health.” Nearly 2 percent of personal care and home health job postings had vaccine requirements as of Aug. 30, it said, adding that “it’s …