| Number of vacancies | Percentage change | |||||
| Selected major sector | Dec. |
Sep. |
Dec. |
Dec.
2000 over Dec. 1999 |
Dec.
2000 over Sep. 2000 * |
|
| Manufacturing | 2 040 |
2 180 |
1 720 |
-15.5 |
-12.2 |
|
(0.8) |
(0.9) |
(0.8) |
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| Construction sites (vacancies | 220 | 280 |
180 |
-17.7 |
-35.6 # |
|
| for manual workers only) | (0.3) | (0.3) |
(0.2) |
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| Wholesale, retail and | 9 770 | 14 650 |
9 780 |
+0.1 |
-18.6 |
|
| import/export trades, | (1.0) |
(1.4) |
(1.0) |
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| restaurants and hotels | ||||||
| Transport, storage and | 1 450 | 2 260 |
1 420 |
-1.9 |
-10.9 |
|
| communications | (0.8) | (1.2) |
(0.8) |
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| Financing, insurance, real | 6 730 | 10 260 |
7 060 |
+4.9 |
-23.5 |
|
| estate and business services | (1.6) |
(2.3) |
(1.6) |
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| Community, social and | 5 080 | 6 140 |
5 100 |
+0.6 |
-16.9 # |
|
| personal services | (1.5) |
(1.7) |
(1.4) |
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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 brackets 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). | |
| * | Figures are compiled based on the seasonally adjusted figures unless otherwise specified. The seasonally adjusted data series, and hence its percentage change, are subject to routine revision when more up-to-date figures become available. | |
| # | Figures are compiled based on the original series (i.e. not seasonally adjusted data series) as no clear seasonal pattern is displayed in this sector. |