6354.0 - Job Vacancies, Australia, May 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/06/2007   
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MAY KEY FIGURES

May 2007
Feb 2007 to May 2007
May 2006 to May 2007
'000
% change
% change

Trend estimates
Private sector
148.7
1.6
(a)10.6
Public sector
17.3
2.8
. .
Private and public sectors
166.0
1.7
9.9

. . not applicable
(a) See paragraphs 21 and 22 of the Explanatory Notes for a discussion of the impact of privatisation on this time series comparison.

Job Vacancies, Total and Private sector(a): Trend
Graph: Job Vacancies, Total and Private sector(a): Trend

Job Vacancies, Public sector(a):
Trend

Graph: Job Vacancies, Public sector(a): Trend



MAY KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

  • Total job vacancies in May 2007 were 166,000, an increase of 1.7% from February 2007.
  • The number of job vacancies in the private sector was 148,700 in May 2007, an increase of 1.6% from February 2007.
  • The number of job vacancies in the public sector was 17,300 in May 2007, an increase of 2.8% from February 2007.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER) Release Date
August 2007 27 September 2007
November 2007 9 January 2008



SAMPLING ERROR

For information on sampling error, including standard errors for original estimates contained in this publication, see the Technical Note.



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