Small Business Council: Start applying for jobs that don’t exist

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The Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) has advised unemployed Australians to start applying for jobs or risk missing out once the JobSeeker supplement expires in late-September:

“The message we want to get out is the earlier you start looking for a job, the better off you’ll be at the end of September,” said COSBOA chief executive Peter Strong.

“There are still some jobs available right now but there will be a lot of competition once everyone starts applying for them at the same time, maybe even all on the same day. If you start looking now you can avoid being part of that competition”…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.