Advertised job vacancies are now exceeding pre-pandemic levels after businesses embarked on a major festive recruitment drive, The New Daily reports.
But concern continues to grow over how the imminent end of JobKeeper could affect unemployment and underemployment rates, with most of the recovery driven by part-time and casual jobs.
ANZ has reported the number of roles advertised on online jobs portals rose 9.2 per cent over December to more than 159,000.
Number of positions are now double what was seen at the height of the pandemic in April and advertisements have hit an 18-month high with a 4.1 per cent bump above February 2020 figures.
However, the latest uptick largely pre-dates the coronavirus outbreaks in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Melbourne.
Figures provided to The New Daily by jobs portal SEEK showed advertised roles in medical and health care rose 13 per cent in December, and were up 34.5 per cent year on year in November.
That report noted some of the most in-demand roles included wait staff, labourers, physiotherapists, nurses and kitchen hands.
Meanwhile, the number of advertised hospitality and tourism roles over December rose 44 per cent, trades and services jobs grew 36 per cent, manufacturing, transport and logistics vacancies jumped 31 per cent and community services and development increased by two-fifths.
Managing director of SEEK ANZ Kendra Banks said in December that businesses – particularly in hospitality and tourism – delayed their hiring plans until they had certainty over whether they would operate in a ‘COVID-normal summer’.
And much of the new hiring activity included smaller firms rehiring team members, she said.
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Job ads are now above pre-pandemic levels. Here’s who is getting hired and where to look (The New Daily)
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