There were 15.3% fewer business sector job vacancies in August 2012 than in July, and 6% fewer than in August 2011.
There were 15.3% fewer business sector job vacancies in August 2012 than in July, and 6% fewer than in August 2011, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today. Monthly job vacancy figures (in original data) are highly volatile, and the volatility has increased this year.
Job vacancies fell to 57,700 in August from 68,100 in July; job vacancies fell to 2.6% of 2.17 million business sector employees in August from 3% of 2.16 million employees in July.
The number of job vacancies in the construction industry fell from 11% of all jobs in July to 7% in August. The number of job vacancies in sales, engineers, and computer engineers all fell sharply.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on September 13, 2012
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