Thread: Australia where is the work?

The number of jobs advertised online and in newspapers rose for the 11th straight month in March, as demand for labour accelerated amid the reconstruction in Queensland.
Total job advertisements on the internet and in newspapers increased 1.3 per cent in March to be 19.2 per cent higher than in March 2010, the ANZ job advertisements survey showed today.
Newspaper job ads fell 0.4 per cent in the month, while internet job ads rose 1.4 per cent. In Queensland, newspaper job ads fell 2.9 per cent in March, after a 32.6 per cent rise in February. Queensland job ads are 15 per cent higher than a year ago and well above pre-flood levels.

ANZ head of Australian economics and property research Ivan Colhoun said the increase in jobs ads came despite diverse rates of economic growth between regions and industry sectors.

"In trend terms, the rate of increase in job advertising has moderated to around 1.4 per cent per month in recent months, which is slower than in the early phase of the recovery from the global financial crisis," Mr Colhoun said. "At face value, this might suggest a continuation of the more moderate rates of employment growth that have been witnessed in recent months." Mr Colhoun said the broadly stable unemployment rate of five per cent since December is indicative of an economy growing around trend. "This should not generate significant broad-based wages or inflationary pressures and would be consistent with the RBA retaining an unchanged interest rate setting for some time," he said. "Higher oil and food prices in recent months, however, are troubling central banks around the world and will also be weighing on the Reserve Bank's mind. ANZ continues to expect a further modest tightening of monetary policy in the second half of this year."

Newspaper job ads rose 6.1 per cent in Victoria, 2.1 per cent in the ACT and 19.8 per cent in the Northern Territory.

However, they fell 4.9 per cent in Western Australia, 1.0 per cent South Australia and was down 11.0 per cent in Tasmania, 1.7 per cent in NSW and 2.9 per cent in Queensland.

Sounds complicated.lol.................. is it good news?

still seems loads of jobs on Seek and in the newspapers, I dont know of anybody here in WA who is unemployed,

Originally Posted by peacock

still seems loads of jobs on Seek and in the newspapers, I dont know of anybody here in WA who is unemployed,

I agree cock, believe what you see not what the media tells you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14486128

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14287574

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business...confidence.htm

Originally Posted by Aldo

I agree cock, believe what the media tells you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14486128

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14287574

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business...confidence.htm

so why show em aldi ??????????????????????

Originally Posted by peacock

still seems loads of jobs on Seek and in the newspapers, I dont know of anybody here in WA who is unemployed,

mate loads in the construction game unemployed now, things aint pretty for some

Originally Posted by Thehatandswag

mate loads in the construction game unemployed now, things aint pretty for some

wheres that then ?

WA = western australia

If you live in WA and a good tradie, loads of work, my mates just cant keep up, over quoting on jobs cos they have too much work, and winning them

Things have definitely slowed VERY quickly over the last few months, unemployment up, retail hit big time, construction down, manufacturing through the floor. Some isolated areas are still 'booming' but for the majority times are tough.
Doesn't make it a bad place to live, it's just the facts.

Originally Posted by Aldo

I agree cock, believe what you see not what the media tells you.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14486128

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14287574

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business...confidence.htm