35,200 employment increase seen in December

Written by: parisalexandra - Posted in: Job Articles

According to statistics recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics the average employment in the country, has increased from December last year.

Below are the complete statistics;

Dec ‘09 Nov ‘09 Dec ‘08 Unemployment rate 5.5 pct 5.6 pct 4.6 pct Employed 10.905 mln 10.871 mln 10.793 mln Unemployed 467,200 483,000 390,200 Participation rate 65.2 pct 65.2 pct 65.2 pct

Started from the month of December 2009, most of the employers were offering a lot of jobs open positions. This increased dramatically the few months before December. According to reports the number increased by 35,200; 7,300 in full-time employment. Part-time employment also rose by 27,900.

According to the Reuters poll predictions from last year there will be almost 10,000 increase in employment, however this was surpassed at the second week of the month. However 5.7 percent of unemployed and the participation rate edging up to 65.3 percent are still the same.

Source: http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/markets/100231861-1-australia-employment-rose-35%252C200-december.html

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