Australia’s job market recorded a 0.3% rise in online job ads last month (seasonally adjusted). Advertisements increased across most major occupation groups, with labourers seeing the biggest lift. Growth was also seen across most skill levels and states and territories.
Despite this monthly rise, job ads were down 1.4% over the past year. The drop was more pronounced in capital cities than in regional areas.
Vacant Australia: the uneven geography of internet vacancies
This month’s report takes a closer look at occupations that have faced persistent hiring pressure. The persistent hiring pressure indicator finds notable challenges to recruitment processes in regional Australia, aligning with results from recent Occupation Shortage List findings.
Developing new ways to explore Internet Vacancy Index results builds a more nuanced picture of labour demand and its variation across Australia. Jobs and Skills Australia has constructed the persistent hiring pressure indicator, that detects sustained, unusually high demand for an occupation within a given region, as a new method of exploring Internet Vacancy Index results.
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