LinkedIn has just revealed a curated list of the expected top jobs for 2020. The insights come from the analysis of millions of user-input job titles from the last five years. The most in-demand emerging jobs are generally indicative of larger industry trends or represent changes in consumerism and society, as they have been influenced by […]
Consistent strength across the board sees NSW retain pole position according to CommSec’s latest State of the States report released today. Of the key economic indicators considered in the report – including economic growth, retail spending, and unemployment – NSW is consistently strong, ranking second in seven of the eight indicators. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said […]
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The recent 457 Visa changes are impeding Australia’s capacity for innovation and they could force Atlassian to relocate its headquarters overseas, warns the home-grown software giant’s co-founder and co-CEO, Mike Cannon-Brookes. In an address to the Senate Committee on the future of Worker and workers in Melbourne on Tuesday, Cannon-Brookes said that technology had taken […]
The NSW Government has rejected criticism levelled at its $190 million job creation fund by The Daily Telegraph, which today claimed the fund’s managing body, Jobs for NSW, had yielded “drastically low results”. [Related: “Previously, the government wouldn’t have engaged SMEs in this way”: Jobs for NSW CEO and “Huge coup for Sydney” – $35m startup hub to […]
Victoria’s online marketplace startups have created jobs for 93,000 people and contribute $1.6 billion to the state economy, according to new report from EY-Parthenon and startup ecosystem development agency LaunchVic. The report, A Review of Melbourne’s Digital Marketplaces, shows the sector is growing at 11% per year, well above Victoria’s current industry growth rate of […]
Labor force figures released by the ABS this week show more than 403,000 jobs were created in Australia in 2017, with Minister for Jobs and Innovation Michaelia Cash proclaiming it the “best year for jobs growth ever”. The ABS figures also show that the number of jobs increased for the 15th straight month in December, […]
A cabinet reshuffle has been announced by Prime Minister, with Michaelia Cash named Minister for Jobs and Innovation, and Craig Laundy promoted to Minister for Small and Family Business, Workplaces and Deregulation. Cash, formerly the Minister for Employment and Women, assumes responsibility for a new portfolio focused on jobs creation as part of her reassignment. […]
Unemployment has hit a five-year low in NSW, dropping to 4.6% – more than a full percentage point below the next best state and almost a full percentage point below the national average. The latest figures from the ABS show 21,100 new jobs were added in September, about 2.5 times more than Victoria, the next closest state. […]
