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As usual, we create the Conus Trend regional jobs data from the original ABS monthly data for Dec before making any real analysis. The results for the year to Dec 2017 across the state are detailed below. We see that Trend employment growth in QLD beat the nation by a …read more
Regular readers will be well aware that there are a variety of ways that we can measure the strength of a Labour Market. A standard approach might be to track the unemployment rate (either seasonally adjusted or, preferably, Trend) but this measure can often hide nuances; the impact of increasing …read more
Today’s data for the December labour force is a strong set for Australia with employment up another 34,700 (sa), or +25,000 (Trend), after the very strong data for November was revised up slightly. The market had been looking for an increase around the 15,000 level. However, an increase in participation …read more
Once again the question of the impact that Public Sector hirings are having on the labour market in QLD has raised its head again; this time by way of an article in today’s Australian by Sarah Elks. On the back of the recently released QLD Quarterly Work Force Profile for …read more
I was spurred into action this week by an article from John McCarthy in the Courier Mail (see here) in which he discussed the ABS data for the median length of time job seekers are spending looking for work. It’s not a data set that I’ve previously looked at much but …read more
I love the charting that my friends at CCIQ have done previously looking at the relative scale (in Gross Value Added and employment terms) of the various industry sectors in Queensland. The Conus Trend Industry Jobs data has been one of the inputs used so, with some help from the …read more
Our catch-up of regional data continues with the November regional labour force numbers and the quarterly industry jobs numbers. Both of these data sets we prefer to analyse through the lens of the respective Conus Trend series. For the regional monthly jobs data we prepare the Conus Trend using the …read more
On Friday the Dept of Employment released the latest Small Area Labour Market (SALM) data at the Local Government Area level for the quarter to Sept. Using the unsmoothed (original) SALM data, which is tucked away in the explanatory notes section, we have created a Conus SALM Trend series of unemployment …read more
November saw another strong month for labour force data. Employment (seasonally adjusted) jumped by 61,600 (expectations had been for around 19,000) with 41,900 of those being full-time. Over the course of the past 12 months employment has increased by 383,300 of which 79.5% have come in the full-time jobs. The …read more
Pete spoke to John MacKenzie on radio 4CA this morning about a couple of articles in The Cairns Post regarding employment in the region as well as preparing your business for the coming storm season. You can listen to the interview below.
We are proud to have CBC Staff Selection as supporters of the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend Employment and Jobseeker data series