Australia – SEEK job ads see highest growth and volume since 2010

By memberservices@staffingindustry.com (Danny Romero)

New job advertisements in Australia on job board SEEK, increased by 13.2% in August when compared to the same period last year. This was the highest year-on-year ad growth as well as the highest number of job ads since 2010.

The data from SEEK showed that ads for mining, resources and energy workers grew at 72%, year-on-year, this was the strongest growth recorded in August. It was followed by Science and Technology (36%) and farming, animals and conservation (35%).

“The pick-up of exploration activities by mining companies, especially in Western Australia after cutbacks over the past few years, is driving job advertising growth on SEEK across the sector,” Michael Ilczynski, managing director for Seek Australia and New Zealand, said.

“These positive trends in advertising on SEEK point to an improving labour market and suggests that positive economic momentum, evident in the June quarter National Accounts GDP Report, is continuing into the second half of the year,” Ilczynski said.

All states and territories recorded positive year-on-year job ad growth on SEEK with Tasmania recording the strongest growth (33.8%). Furthermore, SEEK added that advertisements in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia — Australia’s mining states and territories — all recorded stronger growth than the national average over the past year, increasing by 23.7%, 20.3% and 14.8% respectively.

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