16 Mar 2012

Job adverts rise in February - ANZ figures

7:19 am on 16 March 2012

Newspaper and internet job advertisements have risen at the highest rate since April last year.

ANZ figures show job advertisements rose a seasonally-adjusted 5.3% in February, after falls in the previous two months.

The rise was driven by an 8% rise in online advertisements, while it was offset by a 6.4% fall in newspaper advertisements.