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Job ads slide again ahead of key employment data

Key Points

  • There has been a 4.7 per cent drop in the growth of jobs advertised.
  • All states have recorded an increase in the average advertised salary.
  • The official unemployment rate is sitting at an eight year low of 4.9 per cent

SEEK's employment report has shown a 4.7 per cent drop in jobs advertised in the year to March, affirming what most economists expect will be a weaker level of employment growth in official figures out on Thursday.

While the growth in job ads is falling they are still at healthy levels SEEK's managing director Kendra Banks said.

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