Both are read live from the portal on each visit and never copied into this index. They publish on their own schedules, so the two figures above can sit a quarter or two apart — each carries its own. Seasonally adjusted smooths the recurring swing of school-leavers entering the workforce; the unadjusted line is what was actually measured.

MOM counts people and the vacancies employers report to it. Every other figure on this site counts advertisements on MyCareersFuture — reposts and multi-vacancy ads mean the two never map one to one, and neither predicts the other.