Wellington, Aug 10 NZPA - Rising numbers of new job advertisements on the Seek website offer some hope of improving work opportunities after last week's shock surge in the unemployment rate.

Wellington, March 10 NZPA - New job advertisements placed on the website of employment company Seek reached the highest level for a year in February. The 12,700 new ads last month were the most since January 2009, Seek New Zealand general manager Annemarie Duff said.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - Online job site Seek is reporting a continuing rise in job adverts, led by Auckland, with ads rising at a faster rate than applicants.