Labour demand “elevated”; job ads up again in March

04 April 2022

 

Summary:  Job ads up 0.4% in March; 32.5% higher than same month in 2021; labour demand “elevated”, continues to grow; ads-to-workforce ratio at 1.8%. From mid-2017 onwards, year-on-year growth rates in the total number of Australian job advertisements consistently exceeded 10%. That was until mid-2018 when the annual growth rate fell back markedly. 2019 was notable for its reduced employment advertising and this trend continued into the first quarter of...

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