Jobs portal Seek says the number of jobs advertised during April fell by 4% from February, while job ad numbers are down 30% year-on-year. On a month-on-month basis, job ads fell 4% overall, with West Coast job ad numbers down the most, falling 36%. Other regions hit hard were Marlborough job ads, which fell 23%, while job ads in Gisborne decreased by 21%. “Applications per job ad jumped 5% in March, driving competition among candidates to even greater peaks. Seek’s report showed the job application increases hadn’t been experienced in every industry as the hospitality & tourism and retail & consumer product job ad categories saw job application numbers slump 14% and 2% respectively.
