SEEK jobs ads plunge

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Some blather from SEEK today:

SEEK data shows that a large proportion of Australians are looking and actively applying for interstate employment opportunities. Hobart is the most popular destination, with 64.3% of applicants coming from interstate or overseas.

Brisbane followed, with 43.6% of candidates applying from external locations. Majority of the job seekers coming to Brisbane were from Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast, Perth and overseas. They were mainly applying to roles in Engineering, Mining, Resources & Energy, Information and Communication Technology and Design & Architecture sectors.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.