Job vacancies in Australia fell back in the August quarter, led by a drop in the private sector, while the number of ...

Job vacancies have declined sharply over the past three months in a stark warning flare for the Australian economy and job hunters looking for new roles.

The vacancy rate, a measure of the number of openings as a share of labour demand, fell to 2.6 per cent in July, when employers posted fewer than 470,000 help wanted ads, a 4.2-per-cent drop from the ...