More jobs are being advertised -- but fewer people are applying
More jobs are being advertised -- but fewer people are applying
10 June 2021
Job website Seek has recorded a third consecutive month of record numbers of job listings -- with particularly strong job growth in education, engineering and the energy sector.
Total job ads are up 193-percent on a year ago, and 24-percent on two years ago.
But at the same time, Greg Smith from Fat Prophets says there have been 11-percent fewer applications per job in May, than there were in April.
He says the combination of a labour shortage, closed borders and choosier job applicants is likely to push up inflation.
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