Pete talking jobs, jobseekers and the improving employment landscape in Cairns

Pete spoke to John MacKenzie on radio 4CA this morning about the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend data, unemployment rates and the improving employment landscape in Cairns. You can hear it below….

Slight uptick in Trend Jobseekers in Cairns suggest unemployment rate likely to be revised higher

The latest Dept of Social services data for jobseekers in the Cairns and Townsville regions allows us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend Jobseeker data set. This shows a small uptick in the total number of Jobseekers in both regions. Cairns now sits at 8,896 (up from an upwardly …read more

Jobseeker numbers in Cairns and Townsville continue to fall

The release by the Dept of Social Services of their Labour Market and Related Payments data for Nov allows us to update our Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend data for Cairns and Townsville. It shows Trend jobseeker numbers in both regions have fallen in the past year; Cairns down 703 …read more

Jobseeker numbers continue to decline; they fell by 9.5% in QLD in past 12 months

The Dept of Social Services original data on the Youth Allowance and Newstart Recipients for October allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend series for Cairns and Townsville SA4s. Trend jobseekers have again fallen in both areas; although Cairns continues to do rather better than Townsville. …read more

Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend sees further improvements in Cairns and Townsville

The Dept of Social Services original data on the Youth Allowance and Newstart Recipients for September allows us to update our own Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend series for Cairns and Townsville SA4s. Trend jobseekers have again fallen in both areas; although Cairns continues to do rather better than Townsville. …read more

Trend Jobseekers fall in Cairns and Townsville

With the ABS regional labour force data, and the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Employment Trend of that data, showing the unemployment situation improving  in Cairns over the past few of months it’s no surprise that today’s release from the Dept of Social Services of jobseeker data (and the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Jobseeker Trend …read more

Jobseeker Trend remains stable in Cairns

With the ABS regional labour force data, and the Conus/CBC Staff Selection Trend of that data, showing the unemployment situation improving slightly in Cairns over the past couple of months it’s a little surprising that today’s Trend analysis of the July Jobseeker data from the Dept of Social Services shows …read more

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