labour market

Job mobility has declined by nearly 50% since 1990, with fewer than 10% of workers finding new jobs in 2023.

Public administration was the only sector to record an increase in jobs demand over the past 12 months.

Highly trained professionals are among the new additions to the Skills Priority List, which still shows major shortages.

Listening, collaboration and onsite training deliver relevant, meaningful results, says National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

The health capability review sheds light on an overwhelmed workforce who should feel proud of what they achieved during the COVID-19 crisis.

An adaptable workforce with skill sets that match the jobs of the future will help to ensure that Australia’s economy thrives, says the PC.

Jobs and Skills Summit discourse has been thin about incentivising SMEs to upskill their employees, who are the majority of private sector workers.

A perfect storm of pandemic-accelerated digital transformation, lofty Federal Government aspirations and reduced migration is making life difficult for APS recruiters. As has been endlessly observed, a once-in-a-century pandemic has turbo-charged the digital transformation process across the developed world. As has been somewhat less remarked on, that pandemic has bought this nation’s skilled migration program […]

The JobMaker scheme has only hired 5,278 unique eligible employees as of September 6, with just 4081 employers benefiting from the scheme. 

Microfinance’s recent growth in Australia rings alarm bells, and suggests it is neither effective nor appropriate for economic recovery.

Young Australians are going to be hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession. Partly this is because the young are always hardest hit during economic downturns — needing to make the transition from education to work at a time when there are few new jobs on offer.