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Poppy Johnston

Job advertisement numbers pick up again

An economist expects more solid employment growth based on the level of unmet demand for workers. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Job ad numbers have shot up, suggesting competition for workers remains fierce.

The two per cent increase in job advertisement volumes in August follows a lull in new job vacancies in July, quashing suggestions that job ad numbers, as measured by ANZ, had peaked.

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