Tag: Labour

August unemployment rate remains firm at 3.7%

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s February Statement on Monetary Policy has shown that the NSW labour market has continued to strengthen despite a volatile economy. The statement, which was released on Friday, noted that employment in NSW was continuing to increase with the jobless rate currently at 4.3 per cent, just above the record low […]

In some ways, running a small business is a lot like being a plate spinner, especially if you’re overseeing several projects. You’ll need excellent coordination and a watchful eye; otherwise you’ll end up with smashed chinaware. As you grow in confidence, you might seek to add more and more plates to the mix. At some point, you’ll require an […]

In 1996, then Prime Minister Paul Keating proposed the 457 Temporary Skilled Employer Sponsored Visa program. The subsequent Howard government then oversaw the implementation of the scheme, which enabled Australia to catch up to the immigration programs of many other developed countries, and thus increase its participation in global trade. The program still exists today […]

Whether you call it the ‘sharing’, ‘gig’, ‘freelance’ or ‘on demand’ economy, the way we work and hire has changed significantly in the past few years. Now, 30% of Australians are undertaking some form of flexible freelance work.  Over in the US, around 35% of the workforce is now considered ‘contingent’, with that number estimated […]

The work is out there to be done and the skills are out there to do it; but tradies are struggling to find jobs and businesses are struggling to find labour. Why? This is what one-time electrician, Steve Daw, calls the ‘trade hole’: “I’ve experienced first-hand the struggle to find reliable workers at the last […]

SEEK’s latest Labour Market Report has revealed a strong growth in the Banking and Financial Services industry, which saw a 17 per cent year-on-year growth in the amount of job ads for the sector in February 2015.

Unemployment has continued to rise, but at a slow pace favoured over a sharp jump, according to economists. The slight rise in the month of November to 5.3 percent reflected a weakening global economy and softening hiring intentions.

The Federal Government’s plan to relocate the long term unemployed to Queensland in order to fill demand for labour to rebuild the state after the Queensland floods is likely to fail, claims former head of Drake Personnel, Matthew Tukaki.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is trusted by 92 percent of Australians, a report released during World Statistics Day has revealed.