Does Indigenous job search behaviour affect Indigenous employment?
Unemployed Indigenous job seekers appear to be more likely to find a job, and remain in employment, if they used pro-active job search methods or searched intensively. Moreover there is evidence of a link between the type of job found and the job search methods used. Permanent jobs, for example, are more likely to have been found through external advertisements in a newspaper than casual jobs. Conversely, casual employment is more likely to have been found through friends or relatives, direct approaches to employers or through a private employment agency. While job search method is linked to employment prospects, the relationship is weak, with other factors such as educational attainment, health status and region of residence having a greater impact on job search success. Notwithstanding the weak observed relationship in this study it is an important area that may warrant further investigation. An increase in job search intensity (as measured by the number of jobs applied for) was also
