1.6 ANZ job advertisements

ANZ job advertisements

Month	2008–09	2009–10	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13
Advertisements (a) (b) – number

July	246 447	119 989	164 893	175 555	159 645
August	235 544	122 923	168 577	172 360	155 790
September	230 071	127 996	171 649	169 883	151 482
October	218 158	127 612	172 590	166 761
November	200 313	132 850	175 989	166 439
December	187 385	136 348	179 466	159 153
January	167 576	125 923	178 246	164 277
February	152 162	150 177	176 110	167 506
March	139 965	153 322	179 017	167 843
April	132 580	154 631	182 862	166 616
May	131 847	160 147	170 036	162 693
June	121 777	163 549	176 657	161 073

Annual average	181 378	139 554	174 478	166 810

Annual change (b) – per cent

July	6.6	-51.3	37.4	6.5	-9.1
August	1.2	-47.8	37.1	2.2	-9.6
September	-1.2	-44.4	34.1	-1.0	-10.8
October	-8.6	-41.5	35.2	-3.4
November	-17.7	-33.7	32.5	-5.4
December	-24.7	-27.2	31.6	-11.3
January	-34.2	-24.9	41.6	-7.8
February	-39.0	-1.3	17.3	-4.9
March	-44.7	9.5	16.8	-6.2
April	-49.2	16.6	18.3	-8.9
May	-47.7	21.5	6.2	-4.3
June	-50.9	34.3	8.0	-8.8

Annual average	-26.0	-23.1	25.0	-4.4

Key points

In September 2012, combined internet and newspaper job advertisements provided an average weekly total of 151 482 vacancies, a decrease of 2.8 per cent on the previous month and a decrease of 10.8 per cent compared to September 2011.

The average weekly number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers in September 2012 was 6192. This represents a decrease of 3.6 per cent on August 2012 and 25.1 per cent decrease when compared to September 2011.

Internet job advertisements totalled 145 290 in September 2012, representing a 2.7 per cent decrease since August 2012 and a 10.1 per cent decrease compared to September 2011.

Note: ANZ job advertisements data are revised monthly and these revisions can be significant.

What is measured?

The ANZ job advertisement series measures the average weekly number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers and on the internet. These figures are available monthly since January 1975 for newspapers and since July 1999 for the internet.

Related statistics in this bulletin

1.1 Employment
1.2 Unemployment
1.3 Labour force
1.4 Long-term unemployment
1.8 Jobseekers receiving Newstart Allowance

Related publications

ABS, Job vacancies, Cat. no. 6354.0

(a) Average total number of newspaper and internet job advertisements per week.
(b) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ANZ Banking Group, Job advertisements series media release
Update 5 November 2012