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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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