SEEK job ads tumble -9%

Thursday 16 May 2019

Via SEEK comes job ads down -8.9% year on year in April:

Due to a range of factors, including easing of the macroeconomic conditions, the rate of job ad growth has cooled since April 2018.

This, combined with the perfect storm of public holidays…and the upcoming election, resulted in job ads being notably down year-on-year.

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