Job ads plunge; Easter, ANZAC Day to blame

03 June 2019

 

From mid-2017 onwards, year-on-year growth rates in the total number of job advertisements consistently exceeded 10%. That was until mid-2018 when the annual growth rate fell back markedly and then tracked lower for the remainder of 2018 and into 2019. The latest figures mark a continuation, perhaps even acceleration, of this trend. May’s figures have now been released by ANZ and, after revisions and seasonal adjustments, total advertisements dropped by...

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