People aren’t searching for their dream job, they just want to work at home

Via The Sydney Morning Herald

Australians are less concerned about what job they do than where they do it – and overwhelmingly they want to work from home.

“Work from home” has been the most popular search term on job platform Seek for months as the unemployment rate remains at near 50-year lows and companies compete to attract talent.

Advertised wages have grown 4 per cent in the 12 months to October, data from Seek’s quarterly advertised salary index shows, driven by fast growth in lower-paid jobs.

Seek senior economist Matt Cowgill said working from home seemed to be people’s number one priority when looking for jobs.