Manufacturing employment on the rise
Tuesday, 31 December, 2002
Employment expectations in manufacturing are up 9.5 percentage points from last year according to the latest quarterly TMP Worldwide Job Index.
Nationally, only 10.8% of employers have plans to downsize, with the majority (63.2%) keeping staff sizes the same and 24.8% expecting to hire, resulting in a net effect of 14%.
South Australia's manufacturing industry was the best performed of all Australian states with 43.6% of employers expected to increase staff in the next quarter and only 9% expecting a decrease. The resulting net effect of 34.6% is 20.6 percentage points above the national average for the industry.
For those with manufacturing skills, 1.2% of national job opportunities are expected to be within this discipline.
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