Jobs in construction, government, education, IT in demand in Geelong region

Advertised jobs in the Geelong region hit an overall three-year high for January last month, data from a job tracking service reveals.

Advertised jobs in the Geelong region hit an overall three-year high for January last month, data from a job tracking service reveals.

Geelong Careers data shows there was more than 1300 jobs added to the online service in January, a three-year high following 885 in January last year and 783 in January 2019.

Marianne Messer, who tracks jobs advertisements for Geelong Region Local Learning and Employment Network via Geelong Careers, said early indications for 2021 were encouraging across most sectors.

“Geelong Careers daily live job feed is up to an average of 1300 jobs per day, an increase of 30 per cent over daily job numbers for February last year,” Ms Messer said.

“Careers in construction, government, education and IT have remained consistently strong throughout the pandemic.”

But Ms Messer said jobs in food and fibre industries, (down 46 per cent in 2020), hospitality (down 21.5 per cent) and arts (down 10% per cent) were “badly impacted” by the fall out from COVID-19.

Of January, jobs careers in caring such as nursing and aged care proved popular accounting for 37 per cent.

While building (22 per cent) and government sector (12 per cent) jobs were also in demand.

Jobs in the Golden Plains Shire have dropped steadily since November while jobs in Greater Geelong, the Borough of Queenscliffe, and the Surf Coast and Colac-Otway shires have risen since November.

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Geelong Careers collates job advertisements from LinkedIn, Career One, Adzuna and Job Search for all postcodes in the Greater Geelong, Colac-Otway, Golden Plains and Surf Coast council areas.

Across Australia job numbers remain concerning, federal Labor said.

Corio MP and opposition spokesman for employment, Richard Marles, said: “Right now, there are eight Australians on unemployment support for every job vacancy. There are simply not enough jobs for every Australian who needs one.”

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