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:
Full report here.
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also Chief Economist and co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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HFS,
look at the fall in ‘engineers’ or ‘science proffesionals and vets’ 42% and 35% YoY!!
‘ICT prof’s’ also fell nearly 9%
concerning for me