Unemployment down but self-employed geoscientists continue to struggle
Unemployment amongst Australian geoscientists continued to fall during the first quarter of 2019.
At 31 March 2019, the latest Australian Institute of Geoscientist’s (AIG) Employment Survey revealed an average unemployment rate of 7.5%, down from 9.1% recorded three months earlier at the end of December 2018.
The underemployment rate amongst self-employed geoscientists, however, increased 2% to 20.5%, continuing an upturn in the self-employed’s unemployment rate evident in the...