Newspaper Job Ads surge

The announcement in the business section yesterday that “Newspaper Job Ads surge” beggars belief.
The underlying premise of this is that the economy is moving forward strongly
How many of those ads are multiple ones placed by firms that employed more than one recruitment firm?
And how many are from recruiters trying to build up a stable of candidates for temporary and casual positions?
The ads might be there but the jobs are not
How is it that a qualified tradesman cannot obtain suitable work with the so-called Skills Shortage?
It’s all smoke and mirrors.