THE Business Council of Australia is tipping a wages blowout as employers face a desperate shortage of skilled workers.
The shortage has spread from the mining sector to other technical sectors, especially communications, council president Graham Bradley warns.
Business fears a 30 per cent wages surge in the West Australian mining sector could lead to a broader wages blowout.
“We believe it is,” Mr Bradley told ABC Radio today.
“The skills shortage that we had two years ago before the …
By Eoin Blackwell | AAP | October 05, 2010 | 8:12AM
THE number of jobs advertised on the internet rose in September, following increased employer appetite in the healthcare, accounting and IT sectors, a survey shows.
The Advantage job index rose 3.29 per cent in September, marking the 13th straight weekly increase in jobs advertised online.
The sector winners for September included healthcare, up 7.29 per cent, accounting (up 6.57 per cent) and information technology (up 5.57 per cent).
“The job …
By Elissa Doherty | Herald Sun | September 17, 2010 | 12:00AM
A BAD boss – rather than a dislike for the job – is the main reason people quit, a new book says.
Workplace management expert Tony Wilson said bosses should look at themselves when staff resign, rather than blaming factors such as salary and workplace environment.
He pointed to a survey by global research organisation Gallup that found the calibre of the boss was the primary reason people …
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Jobseekers must be flexible
Human Resources Magazine | May 20, 2010
Australian workers need to be flexible when looking for new employment, with new research revealing that nearly half of jobseekers change industries to land a new role.
New data from Right Management shows that 47 per cent of jobseekers change industries to land a new role, the same proportion change job function, and another 10 per cent change location.
Tim Roche, career management practice leader at Right Management, says that with skills …
By Michael Harvey | Herald Sun | June 14, 2010 12:00am
THEY’RE tough jobs but someone has to do them. Someone. Anyone.
Stonemasons, locksmiths, signwriters and midwives are among occupations awash with vacancies no one wants to fill.
New government analysis shows bosses are struggling to find takers for many advertised jobs despite evidence that full-time employment is rising across the nation.
Many are mainstream positions such as optometrists, structural engineers and quantity surveyors.
Some are highly “in-demand” jobs linked …
Sid Maher | The Australian | June 08, 2010 12:00am
ECONOMISTS expect Australia’s unemployment rate will fall on Thursday, even as dire jobs figures in the US and fears of an economic collapse in Hungary sparked a $35 billion rout on the Australian sharemarket and a US3c plunge in the dollar.
Job advertisements rose 4.3 per cent last month, according to the ANZ job ads series, with a 5 per cent rise in internet ads overshadowing a 6.5 per cent fall …
WAGES growth continued to strengthen in the three months to May as the jobs market tightened, a survey says.
AAP May 25, 2010 11:48am
Total pay rose 4.3 per cent over the 12 months to May 2010, according to figures from the Melbourne Institute Wages Report for May, released tpday.
This was above the 3.2 per cent growth in total pay in the February 2010 quarter and 2.9 per cent …
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