The tentative hint of stabilising job volumes in Seek's employment report lands ahead of Thursday's official labour market update from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Job ads and vacancies rose sharply when the economy reopened after the COVID-19 pandemic, though numbers have since been moderating as the fight against inflation rages on.
Despite the minor 0.5 per cent gain in job ad volumes in September, they were down 11.2 per cent over the year and applications per open role had been steadily increasing.
It's too early to say whether there is a trend in increasing job ad numbers, Seek says. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)
Senior economist at the employment marketplace, Blair Chapman, said September's rise in job ads was marginal.
"While there are early signs that ad volumes are stabilising, given the ongoing uncertainty in the market it is still too early to be calling this a trend," he said.
The jobs market has proved resilient, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers says it is starting to "soften around the edges" as the economy slows.
"We've seen that in a host of data points, including the rise in the unemployment rate and lower average hours in recent months," Dr Chalmers said.
The unemployment rate is well above the mid-three per cent readings of 2022, sitting at 4.2 per cent in August.
Job creation has consistently beaten expectations, however, clocking another sizeable 47,500 gain at the last count.
For September, AMP Australia expected the jobless rate to inch higher to 4.3 per cent and had a 20,000 employment increase pencilled in.
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