Almost 7000 Australians found themselves out of work in March as the jobs market resumed loosening after a bumper result in February.
In a sign that the Australia n jobs market is cooling, more Australia ns found themselves out of a job in March.
While the number of full-time positions rose by 27,900 over the month this was offset by the loss of 34,500 part-time positions, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.The decline in the number of Australians in work pushed the unemployment rate slightly higher to 3.8 per cent, up from 3.7 per cent in February.
The result was slightly better than forecast, with economists expecting the key jobless figure to rise to 3.9 per cent.A man who avoided jail time after defrauding Australians out of $58,000 in an elaborate rental scam has been sacked from his job as a strata manager.Young people are jumping on a new trend they claim is getting them hired – but not everyone is impressed by the “annoying” way they’re getting ahead.
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