Job seekers not in employment
In the third quarter of 2011 the number of persons not in employment and searching a job by using active or passive (e.g. just waiting for a letter of response) methods for finding a job was around 180 900. A total of 160 700 unemployed persons were identified according to the relevant international (ILO) definition. These are people who were actively seeking employment and available to start work, as well as a small number of persons who were not seeking employment because they were about to start a new job. Both figures are based on the Austrian Labour Force Survey.
An analysis of the trend in the number of job seekers since 1995 reveals that it can be broken down into
several time periods, which are similar to the trends for unemployed
individuals (ILO definition). There was a significant increase between
1995 and 1996 from 166 000 to 179 000 job seekers, followed by two more
years with further small rises. The number of job seekers decreased
from 1998 to 2000. In 2000 the numbers were the lowest since 1995 (153 000). Subsequently, the number of jobseekers increased continuously
up to 2005
when it reached its highest level of 231 000. Since 2006 the number of jobseekers decreased
to 188 000 in 2008, in 2009 it again nearly reached the level of 2005.
In 2010
the number of jobseekers
again decreased to
The number of unemployed (ILO definition) accounted for between 84% and 92% of all jobseekers from 1995 to 2010. This overlapping has been 88% in 2010.
Note: In addition to identifying unemployed individuals (ILO definition – labour force concept), the Labour Force micro census also identifies all people who were looking for work by any means during a specified period.
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