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For anyone not aware, there is a Public Service Staffing Dashboard that provides numbers on staffing on a quarterly basis.

March numbers are out, so we can see how staffing levels in 2025/26 compare to the previous year. Here are the highlight numbers:

• Advertisements down 38.7%

• Applications down 28.7%

• New indeterminate appointments down 40.4%

• Separations from the public service (resignation, retiring, etc). up 12.3%

• Promotional appointments down 51.8%

• Lateral or downward movement down 21.2%

• Acting appointments down 26.7%

All numbers are year over year, comparing 2024/25 to 2025/26.

Additionally,

• Term-to-indeterminate appointments dropped 69%

• New term appointments dropped 35.2%

• Casuals dropped 31.8%