The total number of jobs advertised in Australian newspapers and on the internet fell marginally by 0.4 percent in September to an average of 247,853 per week. This is a continuation of the consolidation in job ads that began in June. The total number of ads in September was 33.1 percent higher than a year ago.
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Recruitment Drive for Australian Mining
The Australian minerals industry has begun a recruitment drive for 27,000 skilled tradespeople in the southern Australian industrial hubs according to a report from The Melbourne Age. The total numbers sought comprise the estimated extra skilled workforce needed for mining over the next eight years. The Now Hiring campaign is targeting skilled tradespeople in Geelong, [...]
Australian Beach towns have high unemployment Rates
Welfare recipients living in some beach areas will be the focus of a new crackdown by the Australian government according to a report from the BBC. The Australian Government says that some coastal towns have “stubbornly” high unemployment where people refuse to work and choose instead to surf and relax on the beach. The Australian [...]
Job Adverts still strong in August for Australia
The total number of jobs advertised in Australian newspapers and on the internet rose marginally by 0.1 percent in August. Australian job advertisements in August were 34.3 percent higher than 12 months ago. Looking at the different channels for advertising jobs, the number of job advertisements in newspapers increased by 1.5 percent in August. This [...]
Record Numbers have Jobs in Australia
Australia’s unemployment has fallen to its lowest rate since records began (in 1978). May’s figure – a seasonally adjusted 4.9 percent – resulted from Australia’s economy adding 56,000 new jobs in May. Nearly all of the jobs were full-time. New South Wales was the powerhouse of the expansion, with 47,000 of Australia’s new jobs located there. Australian [...]
Australia's Job Market Weakening?
The total number of job ads in Australia fell by 1.5 percent in May to average 177,313 per week. The trend rate of growth of job ads continued to slow, to a monthly increase of only 0.7 percent, according to the ANZ Bank. The number of Internet job ads fell while newspaper job ads increased [...]