After an uplift in job ads in July, driven primarily by a significant rise in demand for Hospitality & Tourism workers, job ads declined in August, falling 1.8%. Volumes are now 20.5% lower year-on-year but remain 19.7% higher than August 2019.
Applications per job ad rose for a sixth consecutive month, jumping 6.5% from June to July. Levels are now more than double (106.9%) year-on-year.
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The data should be regarded as standalone information and should not be aggregated with any other information.The data is given in summary form and whilst care has been taken in its preparation, SEEK makes no representations about its completeness or accuracy. SEEK expressly bears no responsibility or liability for any reliance placed on the data, or from the use of the data.
Note: the SEEK Employment Index (SEI) may differ to the job ad count on SEEK’s website due to a number of factors including: 1) seasonal adjusments applied to the SEI; 2) the exclusion of duplicated job ads from the SEI; 3) the exclusion of Company Listings (included under Company Profiles) from the SEI.
