6354.0 - Job Vacancies, Australia, Nov 2003  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 14/01/2004   
   Page tools: Print Print Page Print all pages in this productPrint All

Industry

Industry is classified according to ANZSIC. For more details refer to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 1993 (cat.no.1292.0).

Job vacancy

A job vacancy is a job available for immediate filling on the survey reference date and for which recruitment action had been taken. Recruitment action includes efforts to fill vacancies by advertising, by factory notices, by notifying public or private employment agencies or trade unions and by contacting, interviewing or selecting applicants already registered with the enterprise or organisation. Excluded are vacancies:


§ for jobs which became vacant on the survey date and were filled that same day
§ for jobs of less than one day's duration
§ to be filled by persons already hired, or by promotion or transfer of existing employees
§ to be filled by employees returning from paid or unpaid leave or after industrial dispute(s)
§ not available for immediate filling on the survey reference date
§ not available within the particular state or territory to which the return relates
§ for work to be carried out by contractors
§ for which no recruitment action has been taken
§ where a person has been appointed but has not yet commenced duty
§ to be filled by staff from contract labour agencies
§ for jobs available only to persons already employed by the enterprise or organisation.

Job vacancy rate

The job vacancy rate is calculated by expressing the number of job vacancies as a percentage of the number of employees jobs plus the number of job vacancies.

Reference date

The reference date for the survey is the third Friday of the middle month of the quarter. The reference date for the current survey is 21 November 2003.

Sector

Public sector includes all local government authorities and government departments, agencies and authorities created by, or reporting to the Commonwealth Parliament and state/territory parliaments. All remaining employees are classified as private sector.