Official figures reveal Victoria has become the hardest place on the mainland to find a job

Date
    April 3, 2014


Victoria has become the hardest place on the mainland to find a job. The latest vacancy count from the Australian Bureau of Statistics puts the chance of an unemployed Victorian landing a vacant job in the state at close to one in nine.    

That means there are about nine unemployed Victorians scrambling for each vacant job.   :o    

The number of Victorian vacancies shrank from 30,700 to 25,400 between November and February, making Victoria the only state to record an appreciable loss. Nationally the number of vacancies climbed from 140,900 to 143,600.

The ABS survey is Australia's most comprehensive. It surveys employers rather than counts published advertisements and so is unaffected by changes in the way positions are filled and advertised.


Western Australia remains the state with the best odds of finding a job, with only four unemployed locals for each vacancy.

But NSW is catching up with only 4.9 unemployed per vacancy. Queensland has 6.3, South Australia 8.4 and Victoria 8.7 - a sharp jump from 5.9 a year earlier.

Only in Tasmania are there worse job odds than Victoria - 11 unemployed per vacancy, a jump from 8.8 a year before.      :(

Public sector vacancies are down sharply over the year, falling 10 per cent nationally and 22 per cent in Victoria.

In the private sector the biggest cutbacks in vacancies are in retailing (4100 fewer vacancies over the past year), wholesale trade (3800 fewer vacancies) and manufacturing (2600). Manufacturing, retailing and wholesale trade are disproportionately concentrated in Victoria. The biggest gains were in tourism (2200) and communications (1700).

The total number of Victorians in jobs climbed by just 5500 over the past year at a time when Victoria's population rose by 110,000. The number of Victorians in full-time jobs increased by 18,900.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/official-figures-reveal-victoria-has-become-the-hardest-place-on-the-mainland-to-find-a-job-20140402-35yvo.html#ixzz2xry8F1wR

It will be a happy day at the next election.  When the good people of Victoria, boot the liberal state government out.     :)

wrote on Apr 4^th, 2014 at 9:44am:

It will be a happy day at the next election.  When the good people of Victoria, boot the liberal state government out.     :)

why?? what jobs have labor got lined up for them.. its them that drove industry out of the state in the first place.... from what I understand its you bloody greens that have stopped DAMS being built whilst all this flood water goes to waste..

Oh by the way, we are still waiting for some more of Mr Abbott's jobs, to filter through.     :(

wrote on Apr 4^th, 2014 at 9:56am:

Oh by the way, we are still waiting for some more of Mr Abbott's jobs, to filter through.     :(

well no more than you were waiting for swans .. 1.6.million... you should be used to it??

cods wrote on Apr 4^th, 2014 at 9:48am:

wrote on Apr 4th, 2014 at 9:44am: It will be a happy day at the next election.  When the good people of Victoria, boot the liberal state government out.     :) why?? what jobs have labor got lined up for them.. its them that drove industry out of the state in the first place....

Silly argument, considering that Victoria has had a Coalition government for over three years and it is only recently that Victoria has experienced increasing unemployment due to state-based factors.

The Victorian Coalition government inherited a surplus budget when it came to office in 2010. It took three years for the Coalition government to deliver a surplus, and that was only done by fiddling the books.

Bam wrote on Apr 4^th, 2014 at 10:19am:

cods wrote on Apr 4th, 2014 at 9:48am: wrote on Apr 4th, 2014 at 9:44am: It will be a happy day at the next election.  When the good people of Victoria, boot the liberal state government out.     :) why?? what jobs have labor got lined up for them.. its them that drove industry out of the state in the first place.... Silly argument, considering that Victoria has had a Coalition government for over three years and it is only recently that Victoria has experienced increasing unemployment due to state-based factors. The Victorian Coalition government inherited a surplus budget when it came to office in 2010. It took three years for the Coalition government to deliver a surplus, and that was only done by fiddling the books.

oh but you see crook is blaming the FEDS...

so you agree that the Fed labor govt was in for most of those 3 years.

wrote on Apr 4^th, 2014 at 9:41am:

Quote: Victoria has become the hardest place on the mainland to find a job. The latest vacancy count from the Australian Bureau of Statistics puts the chance of an unemployed Victorian landing a vacant job in the state at close to one in nine.    That means there are about nine unemployed Victorians scrambling for each vacant job. The number of Victorian vacancies shrank from 30,700 to 25,400 between November and February, making Victoria the only state to record an appreciable loss. Nationally the number of vacancies climbed from 140,900 to 143,600.

This statistic is a lot worse than it sounds. These job vacancies are also being chased by people who are seeking to change jobs, and most of them would be filled by people changing jobs, not the unemployed.

How many of these job vacancies are actually filled by the unemployed?