#Labour Market
Confidence is creeping back into the job market, and that's a retention risk
New Gartner data shows 26.5% of Australian employees are actively job hunting, up sharply from just six months ago.
Up for the task and on the job: Airtasker’s Tim Fung on shaking up the local labour market
Entrepreneurs Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui have spent the last four years disrupting the labour market. Their business, Airtasker, is helping people to think outside the boundaries of traditional job categories, revealing new and exciting ways to earn an income. Co-founded in in 2012 by Tim and Jonathan, the CEO and COO respectively, Airtasker […]
Local employers calling on overseas talent
New research has found Australian employers are looking beyond Aussie shores to address skills shortages, with vacancies being filled by talent from India, the UK and South Africa.
Australia to face oversupply of skilled workers by 2010
The latest results from the quarterly Clarius Skills Index have predicted that if unemployment continues to rise there will be an oversupply of between 35,000 and 50,000 skilled workers in Australia by 2010. The Index indicates that skills shortages across most industries peaked in the December 2008 quarter and were likely to fall over the […]