Job advertisements rose for the eighth consecutive month in January, suggesting unemployment should ease in some parts of Australia in the near- to mid-term, according to Australia and New Zealand Banking.

ANZ said its latest survey of positions vacant in online and printed advertising climbed a seasonally-adjusted 1.3 per cent month-on-month, for a 10 per cent increase over the year to January.

Employment statistics mask the growing number of underemployed people who cannot secure enough work. Credit:AFR

It said the increase was again driven by internet job ads, which rose 1.5 per cent month-on-month, in contrast to printed newspaper ads, which dropped 6.7 per cent for the month.

"The pace of deterioration in newspaper job ads appears to have stepped up in recent months," said ANZ.