<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than a million Australians were looking for a job in 2024-2025, with work flexibility a key factor for many.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics found that 1.2 million people were looking for a paid job in that financial year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Almost half of the 1.2 million people who wanted a paid job in 2024-25 were unemployed. The rest were either not actively looking for work or not immediately available for work," ABS head of labour statistics Sean Crick said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gst-deal-wa-advertising-campaign-productivity-commission-review-explained/2032e532-b8fa-4d49-bb13-e7bac2292608" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>$6 billion interstate stoush looming over controversial GST deal</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Almost 1.1 million of this group were available to start work immediately or within the next four weeks, with a further 130,000 not available to start work within the next four weeks."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The difficulties with finding a suitable job differed in some ways between women and men.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The most important factors for women were being able to work part-time hours, and finding a job that matches skills and experience, with 33 per cent of women stating these factors as very important.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/more-than-one-million-australians-looking-for-a-job/119790d0-5485-4c25-be0c-67fb8add7096" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/vending-machine-business-why-australians-are-buying-selling-snack-machines-for-extra-income/1999b07f-1822-400d-a5bb-e249b5728d6c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'$250 by 8am': Unusual idea earning Aussies like Jeff and Andre big money</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Almost a third of men (32 per cent) reported that the most important factor to get them to work was finding a job that matches skills and experience, followed by support for training or study to improve skills (24 per cent) and ability to work part-time hours (23 per cent).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Women made up the majority of those people not available for work within four weeks, at 65 per cent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Almost half (43 per cent) of women who wanted to work but were not available within four weeks reported caring for children as the main reason they were unavailable.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Of the 5.1 million parents in the past financial year with children under 15, almost 700,000 didn't have a job, of which 16 per cent were looking.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There were about 700,000 people who had a long-term health condition and wanted a job.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While long-term health conditions were a common reason people were unavailable to start work, not all people with a long-term health condition were unable to work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Long-term health condition or disability was the main reason for 39 per cent of men who were not available for work.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a 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