Official job vacancies stabilise

By Leith van Onselen

The Department of Employment has released its April job vacancies index, which registered a 0.4% seasonally-adjusted rebound, but a 0.2% decline in trend terms. The index was down 0.6%/0.4% (seasonally-adjusted / trend) over the year:

Half of the states and territories recorded increases in job vacancies over the month, with half recording falls:

And the news is mixed at the occupational level:

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