Job listings in the Gisborne region have fallen 33% year-on-year, according to numbers released today by employment website Seek.
Hawke’s Bay was closely behind, with 31% fewer ads since last year. The closest next regions were Auckland and Taranaki, which both had 13% fewer listings year-on-year.
Meanwhile, Otago (1%) and Tasman (4%) were “among a handful” of regions which recorded year-on-year job growth, Seek said.
Across the country, the number of job listings had fallen 10% year-on-year, but rose 1% since last month.
It makes the annual rate of decline the lowest since 2022, and the first consecutive months of growth in two years.
The industries with the largest dip in demand year-on-year were healthcare and medical (-20%), which was behind engineering (-25%), and insurance and superannuation (-25%).
The industries with the biggest jump in demand was Retail and Consumer Products workers (10%), which made it a standout industry in April.
Volumes of listings were also up for information and communication technology (7%) and Sales (8%).
As for the month-on-month growth, Seek said regions such as Auckland (3%), and Waikato (4%) drove the national increase.
Seek NZ country manager Rob Clark sad it is “encouraging” to see a second month of overall positive momentum across the country, “suggesting a modest but notable recovery pattern over the past seven or so months”.
“While we remain cautiously optimistic about these signs of improvement, we know that businesses are still navigating economic uncertainty, as reflected in the ongoing year-on-year decline.
“However, the recent trend suggests we may be at a stabilising point in the employment market.”
The number of job applications per listing had decreased 3% from the month prior – which Seek said was likely due to the increased ad volume in the job market.
