CONTENTS: Summary 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 National Surveys of Vacancies 1990-1997 1.2 Background and Objectives of the 1998 Survey of Private Sector Vacancies 2. METHODOLOGY 2.1 The Questionnaire 2.2 Sample Design and Response Rates 2.3 Re-weighting the Data 2.4 Survey Implementation 3. EMPLOYMENT...

This survey covered all private, non-agricultural employment and shows that the labour force was growing strongly while unemployment remains very low. About one-third of firms reported a vacancy and the vacancy rate had risen by about a sixth since the previous survey. The study gave a detailed...

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