May job ads stabilise, rebound expected

09 June 2020

 

Summary:  Job ads stabilises in May; numbers improved steadily over month; more job losses expected in next Labour Force report; rebound “likely from midyear”.   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, along with a reversal of the gains in...

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