Print text only Cancel Plenty of economic reports come across my desk on a daily basis. Some stand out more than others. This one, from SEEK, caught my eye. It begins like this: "Overview of March 2021: Highest number of job ads posted in a month in SEEK's 23+ year history. Applications per ad at lowest level since 2012." It's the combination of the lines above that grabs you. Bosses are shouting from the rooftops for quality candidates, and only hearing a few whispers back. It's also incongruous to what we know — that millions of Australians want a job, or more hours than they' currently have rostered.