Tag: Job Market

Unemployment remained unchanged however its expected that weakness will emerge in the labour sector in H2 of 2023.

According to the latest data, the average number of jobs created by recruitment agency users in Australia in the fourth quarter of 2022 decreased from 66.3 in Q3 to 58.9.

At one of the most anticipated Reserve Bank Board meetings in history, the bank announced it wouldn’t be tapping the brakes yet. 

Trying to secure a new job opportunity can be like playing a numbers game. Feeling defeated before they even start, many job seekers tirelessly pump out applications they know will become one of a few hundred clogging a recruiter’s inbox. But this causes a problem on both sides of the fence: for the recruiter and […]

A survey of over 1,200 businesses across Australia has revealed that 45 per cent of businesses are more confident under Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership with only 11 per cent reporting to be less confident. The report, produced by local services marketplace ServiceSeeking.com.au represents the largest insight into business confidence and economic sentiment this quarter. […]

The myth goes that regional Australia loses its best and brightest to the cities – yet, that’s simply not so.

The local jobs market has seen increasing growth in part-time employment over the past five years, with a trend emerging away from full-time employment towards more flexible working hours.

Employer confidence remains strong despite a predicted drop in sentiment over the July-September 2011 quarter, with just under a third of employers set to grow staff numbers over the next three months.