| Number of vacancies | Percentage change | |||||
| Selected major sector | Mar. |
Dec. |
Mar. |
Mar.
2003 over Mar. 2002 |
Mar. 2003 # over Dec. 2002 |
|
| Manufacturing | 1 420 | 900 | 1 090 | -23.5 |
+20.1 |
|
| <0.7> | <0.5> |
<0.6> | [-6.1] |
|||
| Construction sites (vacancies | 140 | 30 | 30 | -81.7 |
-7.1 |
|
| for manual workers only) | <0.2> | <*> |
<*> | [@] |
||
| Wholesale, retail and | 8 220 | 6 010 | 6 290 | -23.5 |
+4.7 |
|
| import/export trades, | <0.8> | <0.6> |
<0.6> | [-21.9] |
||
| restaurants and hotels | ||||||
| - Wholesale | 450 | 440 | 340 | -24.3 |
-22.7 |
|
| - Retail | 1 680 | 1 480 | 1 090 | -35.1 |
-26.2 |
|
| - Import and export trades | 4 540 | 3 020 | 4 040 | -11.0 |
+33.7 |
|
| - Restaurants | 1 230 | 850 | 780 | -36.6 |
-8.9 |
|
| - Hotels and boarding houses | 320 | 220 | 40 | -86.4 |
-79.5 |
|
| Transport, storage and | 1 240 | 1 000 | 990 | -20.3 |
-1.3 |
|
| communications | <0.7> | <0.6> |
<0.6> | [-19.8] |
||
| - Transport and storage | 840 | 710 | 670 | -19.5 |
-5.6 |
|
| - Communications | 410 | 290 | 320 | -21.9 |
+9.3 |
|
| Financing, insurance, real | 5 370 | 4 550 | 4 180 | -22.1 |
-8.1 |
|
| estate and business services | <1.3> | <1.0> |
<1.0> | [-23.4] |
||
| - Financing and insurance | 1 800 | 1 610 | 2 060 | +14.5 |
+27.5 |
|
| - Real estate | 1 430 | 1 480 | 470 | -67.4 |
-68.3 |
|
| - Business services | 2 150 | 1 470 | 1 660 | -22.6 |
+13.4 |
|
| Community, social and | 4 380 | 3 720 | 3 340 | -23.8 |
-10.2 |
|
| personal services | <1.1> | <0.9> |
<0.8> | [@] |
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| Notes : | (1) | Figures relate only to those industries covered in the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies and the Quarterly Employment Survey of Construction Sites. |
| (2) | Figures in < > denote the vacancy rate, defined as the ratio (in terms of percentage) of the number of vacancies to the number of job opportunities (i.e. the sum of the number of persons engaged and the number of vacancies). | |
| # | In this column, unbracketed figures are compiled based on the original series (i.e. not seasonally adjusted data series), while figures in [ ] are compiled based on the seasonally adjusted figures. Seasonally adjusted change is not available for breakdowns beyond major sector level. The seasonally adjusted data series, and hence its percentage change, are subject to routine revison when more up-to-date figures become available. | |
| @ | Quarterly percentage change based on seasonally adjusted figures is not presented as no clear seasonal pattern is displayed in the sector. | |
| * | Less than 0.05%. |