August Job Results for Service Central
August was another strong jobs month for Service Central acheiving a total of 4107 jobs posted.
Both New South Wales and Queensland had their biggest jobs month for the year! There were 715 jobs posted in New South Wales in August, up from 685 jobs in the previous month. Queensland saw 626 new jobs, up ffrom 589 in the previous month. Victoria also had a great jobs month with 2613 jobs.
Our fastest growing category is Insulation with 185 jobs in August, up from 85 In July, and just 31 jobs in June. There is no doubt that we are seeing a fantastic response to the $1600 Home Insulation Government Rebate and see a lot more growth in the insulation category over the next year. Already we have seen 71 new insulation jobs in the first week of September, tracking towards 300-400 insulation jobs for the month.
Our biggest job categories for August were:
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Plumbing: 408 Jobs
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Handyman: 355 Jobs
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Electricians: 319 Jobs
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Appliance Repairs: 276 Jobs
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Air Conditioning: 202 Jobs
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Carpentry: 187 Jobs
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Insulation: 185 Jobs
The strong jobs month continued to stretch our capacity, particularly in New South Wales and Queensland. Overall the fill rate for the month dropped below the critical 50% mark, finishing at a poor 48%. The States finished with:
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Victoria: 58%
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Queensland: 33%
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New South Wales: 35%
There can be no doubt that we need to quickly build up capacity in the Service Central network to fill more jobs.
On a final note, we are seeing good growth in the emerging states of Western Australia and South Australia. WA had 80 jobs posted in August, and SA had 42. We can expect these job numbers to rise dramatically over the upcoming months and will need good quality providers in WA ans SA.
In all, August was another good job month for Service Central and there can be no doubt that we're continuing to grow.
