MAY KEY FIGURES

		May 2011	Feb 2011 to May 2011	May 2010 to May 2011
		'000	% change	% change
Trend Estimates
	Private sector	167.8	-1.9	8.0
	Public sector	18.2	0.6	9.7
	Private and public sectors	186.0	-1.7	8.1

Job Vacancies, Total and Private sector (a) - Trend

MAY KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

• Total job vacancies in May 2011 were 186,000, a decrease of 1.7% from February 2011.
• The number of job vacancies in the private sector was 167,800 in May 2011, a decrease of 1.9% from February 2011.
• The number of job vacancies in the public sector was 18,200 in May 2011, an increase of 0.6% from February 2011.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE (QUARTER)	Release Date
August 2011	29 September 2011
November 2011	11 January 2012

IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS

For the May 2011 Job Vacancies Survey, normal data collection activities were resumed in nearly all places in Queensland which had previously been declared official disaster areas. As a result, there are no impacts on data quality for May 2011 job vacancy estimates.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Kerry Foley on Perth (08) 9360 5373.