Job Search Experience
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) The Job Search Experience survey examines the job search experience of unemployed persons, with particular focus on two key aspects - steps taken to find work, and barriers encountered in finding work. It also provides information about employed persons who started their current job in the previous twelve months, the steps taken to attain work and their current job details. Data from the survey are used in formulating policies in areas such as labour market assistance, and control and review mechanisms for unemployment benefit payments. This survey is conducted as part of the Monthly Population Survey, which comprises the Labour Force Survey and, in most months, a supplementary survey topic.
Scope - Labour Force Survey The Labour Force Survey includes all persons aged 15 and over except: Scope - Job Search Experience (JSE) The JSE survey also excludes students at boarding schools, patients in hospitals, residents of homes (e.g. retirement homes, homes for persons with disabilities), and inmates of prisons. The survey only covers those who were unemployed in July and persons employed in July who started their current job in the previous 12 months.
Coverage - Labour Force Survey In the Labour Force Survey, coverage rules are applied which aim to ensure that each person is associated with only one dwelling, and hence has only one chance of selection. The chance of a person being enumerated at two separate dwellings in the one survey is considered to be negligible.
Persons who are away from their usual residence for six weeks or less at the time of interview are enumerated at their usual residence (relevant information may be obtained from other usual residents present at the time of the survey). Conceptual framework The survey presents data on the two populations: Unemployed persons and Employed persons who started their current job in the previous 12 months. Main outputs
Population 2: Employed persons who started that job in the previous 12 months DATA ITEMS State or territory of usual residence Area of usual residence Region of usual residence Sex Marital status Relationship in household Country of birth and period of arrival Birthplace Age group (years) Level of highest educational attainment Level of highest non-school qualification Highest year of school completed Highest non-school educational qualification and whether qualification obtained overseas or in Australia Number of jobs started in previous 12 months Steps taken to find work/attain job Whether looking for full-time or part-time work Number of hours of work sought Duration of current period of unemployment Whether registered with Centrelink as a job seeker All steps taken to find work Active steps taken to find work Active steps taken to find work while registered with Job Network employment agency Whether registered with a Job Network employment agency Number of offers of employment in the current period of unemployment All difficulties in finding work Main difficulty in finding work Number of spells of looking for work in the previous 12 months Time spent looking for work in the previous 12 months Whether has ever worked Status in employment in last job Occupation of last job Industry of last job Whether worked full-time or part-time in last job Duration of last job Reason for ceasing last job Whether has job to go to lasting two weeks or more Whether out of work prior to starting last job Whether first job ever held All steps taken to attain job Whether jobseeker approached employer Whether had prior knowledge that job was available Role of job network in job attainment Month started job Duration of looking for work before being offered job Occupation of current job Full-time or part-time status of current employment Whether prefers to work more hours that usually works Classifications Demographics: State, Area, Region, Sex, Marital Status, Relationship in Household, Period of Arrival and Age. Country of Birth: The Standard Australian Classification of Countries (SACC). Occupation: Australian Standard Classification of Occupations Second Edition (ASCO SE). Industry: Australia and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC). Educational attainment: Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED). Other concepts (summary) Not applicable Comments and/or Other Regions Not all data available for all areas. Frequency comments
Initial collection: Job Search Experience, July 2002. Collected annually. Job Search Experience was the combination of two collections: Job search Experience of Unemployed Persons (cat. no. 6222.0) which was last run in July 2001 and Successful and Unsuccessful Job Search Experience (cat. no. 6245.0) which was last run in July 2000. Data availability comments Publication Job Search Experience, Australia (cat. no. 6222.0) Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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