6354.0 - Job Vacancies, Australia, Aug 2003

KEY FIGURES


	Aug	May 2003	Aug 2002
	2003	to Aug 2003	to Aug 2003
	'000	% change	% change

Trend estimates
Private sector	90.2	-1.7	7.5
Public sector	14.1	-1.8	-7.3
Private and public sectors	104.3	-1.7	5.1

KEY POINTS

TREND ESTIMATES

Total job vacancies in August 2003 were 104,300, a decrease of 1.7% from May 2003.

The number of job vacancies in the private sector was 90,200 in August 2003, a decrease of 1.7% from May 2003.

The number of job vacancies in the public sector was 14,100 in August 2003, a decrease of 1.8% from May 2003.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING CHANGES

This issue is the last time that estimates of job vacancy rates (Table 5) will be presented. From November 2003, the Job Vacancies Survey will no longer collect information on the number of employees.

A job vacancy rate series, based on estimates of the number of employees from the Labour Force Survey, will be available on request. Inquiries should be made to Kate Greenwood on (08) 9360 5304.

ABBREVIATIONS

ABN	Australian Business Number
ABS	Australian Bureau of Statistics
ANZSIC	Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
ATO	Australian Taxation Office
GE	group employer
JVS	Job Vacancies Survey
PAYGW	pay-as-you-go withholding
TAU	type of activity unit

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