FOREIGN workers on controversial 457 visas have taken 13,680 jobs in Victoria in the past year as the state’s unemployment rate rose to 5.4 per cent.

Since July 2011 Victorian businesses have imported 870 construction workers, 890 teachers, 330 doctors, 500 cooks and 240 accountants, according to Department of Immigration data.

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23 December 2011 – Normal hours

24  December 2011 –2 January 2012 - All Offices Closed

3  January 2012 –  London Office reopens

4 January 2012 – Auckland & Wellington (Incl Australia) Offices reopen

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As the end of December looms, many people start thinking about jobs. Employees contemplate getting a new one as part of their New Year’s resolutions while employers consider the merits of hiring more staff. Either way, each thought process is likely to contain two particular words: recruitment agencies.

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Australia bypassed the worst of the global financial crisis, which has meant its effect on the Australian Employment Placement Services industry has been mild compared with its international counterparts. Australia’s rise in unemployment was relatively small in 2008-09 and 2009-10, and quickly began to reverse in subsequent years, with demand for employment placement services rebounding strongly in 2010-11, and this is expected to continue in 2011-12.

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New Zealand employers are rated higher by their staff than their transtasman counterparts, according to research conducted by recruitment agency.

The findings are part of the Workforce Index, which obtained the views of 97,000 people in 30 countries, including more than 1800 in New Zealand.

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