WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1983
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND
AT BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED TO GROW RAPIDLY.
167 700, EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR WAS 12.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1981.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AT 502 800, WAS 6.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1981.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 5.4 PER CENT AND 1.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
A SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT CONSIDERING THESE SECTORS AS A GROUP, THERE WAS A NET LOSS OF ONLY 2 400, A NET FALL OF LESS THAN 0.2 PER CENT.
COMPARING THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1982 WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1982, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR SHOWED INCREASES OF 0.8 PER CENT AND 2.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 5.2 PER CENT AND 3.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE TENDS TO BE ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR SEASONAL REASONS, E.G. THE RECRUITMENT OF TEMPORARY AND STUDENT WORKERS DURING THE SUMMER VACATION.
TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDED 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 SEPTEMBER 1982. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1981 AND JUNE 1982, ARE AS FOLLOWS #
NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF
THE ECONOMY
SEPT 81 JUN 82 SEPT 82
SEPT 82 ON
SEPT 81
SEPT 82 ON JUN 82
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE AND
47 900
6 600
26 900
5 200
29 900
-37.6
+10.8
4 500
-31.1
-13.5
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT,
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCE,
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
2 200
1 900 1 700
-25.3
-10.5