PRESS RELEASE: 10.166-019/12

65 200 job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2011, -17% compared to the fourth quarter of 2010

Vienna, 2012-02-03 – 65 200 vacancies were reported by Austrian enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Job Vacancy Survey conducted by Statistics Austria. This means a 17.4% decrease in job vacancies compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. More than 40% of all vacancies were notified by employers to the National Employment Agency. In 2011, 73 800 job vacancies were reported on the annual average. This is an increase of 6,8% compared to 2010.

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