Sunday, January 10, 2010

Strongest Growth in Job Ads since May 2007

The Job markets appears to be coming back with strong growth in job advertisements. The results for quarter 1, 2010 will be watched with great interest.

Highlights of the article.......

  • The number of jobs advertised in major Australian newspapers and online rose by 6.0 per cent in December, the strongest monthly growth in two-and-a-half years.
  • Overall job ads averaged 149,063 a week, with newspaper job ads rising by 11.6 per cent and internet job ads increasing by 5.6 per cent, an ANZ survey shows.
  • The rise in December follows a 5.2 per cent increase the month before and it was the strongest monthly growth since May 2007.

Read the full article here