September job ads slide; Vic jobs “likely to fall”

Summary:  Job ads down 2.8% in September; 60.8% higher than same month in 2020; employment “likely to fall heavily in Victoria in September”; ads-to-workforce ratio slightly lower. 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...

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