Vacancies rose in March – MBIE Jobs Online Report

20 April 2016
Vacancies rose in March – MBIE Jobs Online Report

The number of job vacancies rose by 0.7 per cent in March 2016, and by 7.9 per cent over the year, according to the latest Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) Jobs Online report.

In March the largest increases were in the education and training industry (up 1.8 per cent) and the construction and engineering industry (up 1.6 per cent).

Three out of eight occupation groups saw more job vacancies last month – technicians and trades workers (up 2.8 per cent), managers (up 1.2 per cent) and labourers ( up 0.9 per cent). The largest decrease occurred in sales (down 1.2 per cent).

Of the ten regions, five experienced an increase in vacancies in March. Vacancies in Northland and Otago/Southland grew by 0.7 per cent. In Canterbury, vacancies fell by 2.3 per cent.

MBIE’s Labour Market Trends Manager, David Paterson says, “The slight increase in the vacancies is consistent with a small upshift in ANZ’s employment intentions figures, which track employers’ expected hiring activity, for March 2016.”

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