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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1981
COMPARING MARCH 1981 WITH DECEMBER 1980, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT. BUT EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCIAL, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 1.9 PER CENT, 0.8 PER CENT AND 0.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ALSO PUBLISHED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR- AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN MARCH 1981.
THESE WERE COMPILED FROM THE NUMBER OF JOB VACANCIES REPORTED BY ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS IN THESE SECTORS.
THE OVERALL FIGURES, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1980 AND DECEMBER 1980, ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY
MAR 80
DEC 80
MAR 81
MAR 81 ON MAR 81 ON
MAR 80 DEC 80
MANUFACTURING
61 700
42 000
55 200
-10.5
+31.3
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT, AND
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
6 500
5 800
6 400
· 1.5
+ 9.3
FINANCE
INSURANCE, REAL
ESTATE AND
BUSINESS
SERVICES
2 100+
2 900
2 500
+16.5
-15.8
NOTE + REFERRING TO FEBRUARY 1980
COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1981 WITH THOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME IN 1980, THERE WAS A DECLINE OF 10.5 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE
MANUFACTURING SECTOR. NEVERTHELESS, THE CHANGE IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES (THE SUM OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES) IN THIS SECTOR DURING THE SAME PERIOD WAS NEGLIGIBLE. FOR THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN MARCH 1981 INCREASED BY 16.5 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
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