18
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1982
FINANCE,
INSURANCE REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
154 800 157 700
+17.6
+ 1.9
134 000
COMPARED WITH THE DECEMBER 1981 FIGURES, THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR MARCH 1982 IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE. REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED INCREASES OF 1.3 PER CENT AND 1.9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND DECREASES OF 2.2 PER CENT AND 2.7 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES RESPECTIVELY.
TOGETHER WITH THE 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 1982. THESE WERE COMPILED FROM THE NUMBER OF JOB VACANCIES REPORTED BY ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL IN THESE SECTORS.
THE OVERALL FIGURES TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1981 AND DECEMBER 1981 ARE AS FOLLOWS 1-
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MAR. 82 ON
MAR. 82 ON
SECTOR OF
THE ECONOMY MAR. 81 DEC. 81
MAR. 82
MAR. 81
DEC. 81
MANUFACTURING
55 200
44 100
44 100
- 20.2
-0.04
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL.
IMPORT AND
EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCE
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
6 400 6 500 7 200
+ 12.2
+ 9.4
2 500 2 300 3 100
+ 24.0
+35.2
COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR MARCH 1982 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME TIME IN 1981 SHOWED INCREASES OF 12.2 PER CENT AND 24 PER CENT IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.
FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES DECREASED BY 20.2 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE SAME TIME IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
/COMPARISON OF