Australia needs 800,000 workers in next 5 years
August 13th, 2012
Australia must find 800,000 new workers over the next five years to ensure economic growth says a new report.
The call for more workers comes as a surge in service industries eclipses the resources boom, forcing employers to redouble efforts to find skilled staff. The Gillard government has been warned of a coming structural shift in the jobs market as demand grows for professional skills, offsetting the expected loss of another 85,000 manufacturing positions.
The government analysis, obtained by The Australian, is being taken to business executives to shape new policies aimed at increasing the labour supply in key service industries that show the strongest growth. In a danger sign for workers with no training, the number of low-skill jobs is tipped to rise by barely 10,000 a year over the forecast period, making up just 7 per cent of all new jobs created.A regional shift is forecast as Queensland outstrips other parts of the country in job-creation, adding 220,000 positions compared with about 190,000 in NSW, 180,000 in Victoria, 150,000 in Western Australia and 50,000 in South Australia.
Federal Employment Minister Bill Shorten received the analysis from
his department last week, and is using it to start policy talks with
executives in service industries, where demand for workers is greatest.
Mr Shorten is citing the figures to take aim at critics of the Fair Work Act, warning that employers will have to do more to attract the best staff.
“If the demand for skilled workers increases, the person with the skills is going to be able to choose the job they want,” Mr Shorten told The Australian. “It makes the IR debate look very old-fashioned.”
Posted in Australia News, Jobs, Migration News The call for more workers comes as a surge in service industries eclipses the resources boom, forcing employers to redouble efforts to find skilled staff. The Gillard government has been warned of a coming structural shift in the jobs market as demand grows for professional skills, offsetting the expected loss of another 85,000 manufacturing positions.
The government analysis, obtained by The Australian, is being taken to business executives to shape new policies aimed at increasing the labour supply in key service industries that show the strongest growth. In a danger sign for workers with no training, the number of low-skill jobs is tipped to rise by barely 10,000 a year over the forecast period, making up just 7 per cent of all new jobs created.A regional shift is forecast as Queensland outstrips other parts of the country in job-creation, adding 220,000 positions compared with about 190,000 in NSW, 180,000 in Victoria, 150,000 in Western Australia and 50,000 in South Australia.
Federal Employment Minister Bill Shorten received the analysis from
his department last week, and is using it to start policy talks with
executives in service industries, where demand for workers is
greatest.Mr Shorten is citing the figures to take aim at critics of the
Fair Work Act, warning that employers will have to do more to attract
the best staff.
“If the demand for skilled workers increases, the person with the skills is going to be able to choose the job they want,” Mr Shorten told The Australian. “It makes the IR debate look very old-fashioned.”
“If the demand for skilled workers increases, the person with the skills is going to be able to choose the job they want,” Mr Shorten told The Australian. “It makes the IR debate look very old-fashioned.”
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Mr Shorten is citing the figures to take aim at critics of the Fair Work Act, warning that employers will have to do more to attract the best staff.
“If the demand for skilled workers increases, the person with the skills is going to be able to choose the job they want,” Mr Shorten told The Australian. “It makes the IR debate look very old-fashioned.”
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