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10 May 2013

Canterbury Clocks up Continued Growth in Jobs

New job ads in Canterbury continue to rise, with the SEEK New Job Ad Index today showing a 5.3% increase in the number of jobs in the region since April last year.

Nationally, new jobs listed on seek.co.nz, the country’s largest job source, grew an encouraging 2% year-on-year, echoing the sentiment of the falling unemployment rate released yesterday. The Garden City continues to lead this growth, with Auckland also posting steady increases in job ads.

Not only are opportunities consistently growing in Christchurch, but the type of work available has shifted in favour of more permanent positions as the labour market continues to stabilise.

“There are currently more than 2,500 jobs in the Canterbury region advertised on seek.co.nz and over 80% of those are for full-time, permanent roles,” says Janet Faulding, General Manager of SEEK New Zealand.

“This is heartening news for both the stability of the region’s labour market and the strengthening of the local economy.”

SEEK’s data also reveals that demand for building related industries are at record highs and continue to grow. Trades and Services roles are up 26% on this time last year, with Construction and Engineering industries also having a significant number of jobs advertised. This growth is also seen across a broad range of sectors with IT roles up 58% year on year, Accounting roles up 26% and Sales positions up 25%.

“The constant presence of trades and services, construction, and engineering as the areas of greatest employment opportunity correlates directly to the on-going nature of rebuilding Christchurch. But it is encouraging to see other industries strengthening; a positive sign of progress as organisations get back to business and invest in the future of the city,” says Ms Faulding.

The SEEK New Job Ad Index showed year-on-year growth of 1.8% in Auckland and a dip of 3.8% in Wellington from April 2012.

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