Austria: Strong Decrease in Job Vacancies

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: February 4, 2013; 17:03 ♦ (Vindobona)

56 900 job vacancies in the fourth quarter 2012, -22% compared with third quarter.

Austria: Strong Decrease in Job Vacancies / Picture: © Vindobona.org

56 900 vacancies were reported by Austrian enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Job Vacancy Survey conducted by Statistics Austria. This is a 12.7% decrease in job vacancies compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. 47% of all vacancies were notified by employers to the National Employment Agency.

In 2012, on average 69 500 job vacancies were reported. This…