The number of employers looking for staff continues to rise with the number of job ads up 24 percent on pre-Covid highs. There was demand for staff across the country and in nearly all sectors of the economy, with demand strongest in West Coast, Waikato and Otago. Photo: Gaj Rudolf/123 RF The BNZ/Seek employment report shows ads for full-time and part-time jobs hit another record in June rising more than 1 percent the month before. The number of ads was up more than 37 percent on the year earlier -- when the country emerged from the first round of lockdowns. "But if you look at the longer term trends I think the key point is that job advertising is 24 percent above pre-Covid highs. So, it is very strong, that tells us that the labour market is humming along quite nicely," BNZ senior economist Doug Steel said.