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Job vacancies up 15%: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Data from LinkedIn and SEEK has revealed which industries are hiring - with several companies in financial services looking to fill roles. SEEK data from May revealed that job ads in the insurance and superannuation sectors were down 2%, while almost ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... May from 2.8% in April from 3.5% in March. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also recently released its "Job Vacancies" report, telling us, Australians all, to forget asking for a pay increase. Job vacancies fell by 1.1% in the May 2019 quarter ...

Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... jobs demand is still at a historically high level. During the last quarter, management, professional and clerical job vacancies grew slightly while labourers, machinery operators, drivers, technicians and trades all fell. Western Australia recorded the ...

IOOF recruits former Australian Unity executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... financial advice. He is also currently a non-executive adviser to Kaizen Recruitment which specialises in filling job vacancies in the financial services industry.

Cloudy skies in the land of the rising sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... improving labour market - the unemployment rate was at 2.8% in February, March and April from 3.0% in January and job vacancies have been on a steady uptrend since the start of 2017, real wages are going nowhere. Latest data showed that real wages in ...

Another Aussie jobs surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Though question remains about the reliability of the ABS' labour market data, the improvement is consistent with the "Job Vacancies" report the National Statistician released a day earlier. Job vacancies increased by 3.5% to 167,600 in the November quarter ...

Data doesn't justify "recession" headlines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... stronger local orders and exports, due to the lower Australian dollar." (AiG) To make it three for three, Australian job vacancies jumped by 10.2% to 160,900 in the year to the August quarter. This is the highest number of vacancies in nearly three years. ...

Shares lower on Greece worries

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... $US65 million.A Locally on Thursday, National Australia Bank will release its consumer anxiety index and official job vacancies figures are due out.

Market to open lower

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... debt default. Locally on Thursday, National Australia Bank will release its consumer anxiety index and official job vacancies figures are due out. In equities news, Atlas Iron holds its annual general meeting. In Australia, the market on Wednesday closed ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... year-end were amplified on Tuesday after the JOLTS (Job Openings and Labour Turnover Survey) report showed a surge in job vacancies. However, Kuroda told a parliamentary committee Wednesday that "a US rate hike would not necessarily lead to a cheaper ...