MBIE Releases 'April Jobs Online Report'
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released its April Jobs Online report. Our Chief Operations Officer, Ian McPherson has highlighted some key takeaways below:
Findings from the latest report show that, over the month to 30 April 2016:
- Online vacancies increased by 0.6 per cent over all.
- Vacancies increased in five out of the eight industry groups. The main contributor was education and training (up 2.1 per cent)
- Vacancies increased in half of the eight occupation groups. The largest increases were for labourers (up 3.3 per cent) and technicians and trades workers (up 1.3 per cent)
- Vacancies increased in three out of five skill level categories. Vacancies for semi-skilled jobs had the biggest increase (up 0.8 per cent), followed by unskilled job vacancies (up 0.7 per cent)
- Vacancies increased in all ten regions. Vacancies grew most strongly in the Bay of Plenty region (up 1.8 per cent)
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