Posts tagged "Job seekers"

Australia’s unemployment rate recently dipped below 4%. Post-election, the supply of workers should start to increase, but staff shortages will likely continue to be an issue in many industries and a serious challenge for Australia’s three biggest hiring industries: Trades & Services, Healthcare & Medical, and Hospitality & Tourism. 

As mental health awareness grows, job seekers are looking for more than standard sick and annual leave, new data shows.

The 2020-21 budget includes a new program called JobMaker which the government claims “will support around 450,000 jobs for young people”.

In this budget-themed Brains Trust, we asked 'do you think bringing forward income tax cuts would give the economy a much-needed boost?'

Australia needs comprehensive employment services at the local level to deal with people on the day they become unemployed.

This week, the JobSeeker 'Coronavirus Supplement' will drop from $550 to $250 a fortnight, before it is dropped entirely at the end of 2020.

The Closing the Gap framework sought to halve the employment gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, but the target expired unmet this year.

The sobering reality is that there are many hurdles for people with disabilities to overcome if they are to get a foot in the door in a workplace.

Five young job seekers are competing for every entry-level role that is advertised in Australia, but when it comes to separating out a large…

The federal government has made an additional 2300 places available to new business owners under its New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS)…

The federal government is investing an additional $89 million to “encourage entrepreneurship” and support young job seekers who want to …

A new Australian startup is aiming to put the power back into the hands of job seekers with a simple idea: “make a video, get a job”.  …