The nation’s jobs market is showing no signs of slowing, with another 64,100 people getting work in September and a record proportion of Australians in work or looking for it.
There was a 9100 drop in the number of unemployed, although over the past year, total unemployment has climbed by 90,000. Victoria’s participation rate climbed to a record high of 68.5 per cent. A year ago, it was 67 per cent.Despite this strength in the Victorian jobs market, women are finding it more difficult to win work. Female unemployment lifted to 4.9 per cent in the state, compared to 3.6 per cent a year ago.
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