JOB advertisements on the internet rose by 2.5 per cent in October, Federal Government figures show.
The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations internet vacancy index rose to a seasonally adjusted 70.7 points in the month, although this is still 14.1 per cent lower from a year ago.
Vacancies increased in seven of the eight occupational groups monitored by the department.
The strongest monthly increase wasfor labourers, rising by 6.4 per cent, followed by a 5.5 percent rise in sales workers.
Technicians and trades workers were the only group to decline, easing by 0.2per cent.
Vacancies largely concentrated on the nation's two most populous states - NSW and Victoria - rising by 6.9 per centand 5.4 per cent respectively in October.
The biggest fall was in the ACT, dropping 8.4 per cent, with theterritory also posting the largest annual decline of 21.1 per cent.
