SEEK job ads fall for 6th straight month

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The great Australian jobs boom clearly appears to be coming to an end with SEEK’s job ads survey falling for the sixth consecutive month, down 4.9% in November to be 8.2% lower-year-on-year:

Seek job ads

Below is the breakdown by state:

Job ads by state

Applications per job ad also fell slightly from the month prior, dropping 1.1%. But they were 14.4% higher year-on-year.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.