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Internet job ads rise 0.3 per cent in May

Skilled workers ads up compared to a month earlier

Internet job advertisements for skilled workers rose by 0.3 per cent in May compared to a month earlier, national data shows.

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' internet vacancy index in May was 93.8 points, 12.0 per cent higher than in May 2010.

Its more up-to-date, but less reliable, newspaper-based skilled vacancies index (SVI) fell by 2.0 per cent in June to 39.1 points, to be 16 per cent lower than in June 2010.

The department said in April that it was considering dropping the SVI because the trend among businesses was towards internet advertising.

The latest report is based on 239,400 internet job ads compared with just 1700 newspaper job ads.

Internet-based skilled vacancies increased for five of the eight occupational groups monitored by the department in May with the largest increases being recorded for technicians and trades workers, which rose 1.7 per cent, followed by labourers that rose 1.5 per cent.

During the month, vacancies increased in three states and the Northern Territory (2.3 per cent) had the largest rise, followed by Western Australia (1.8 per cent).

The biggest drop was recorded in the ACT, down 1.3 per cent.

However, the ACT still showed the largest increase in ads over the year, up 25.8 per cent, followed by Queensland (by 24.5 per cent).

Tasmania recorded a 21.6 per cent drop in ads over the year.

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