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The roles that Australian companies find hardest to fill (Source: Financial Review)

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Mandar Erande in economy, employment with Comments Disabled

A talent shortage has led to 42 per cent of Australian employers struggling to fill roles despite national unemployment at 6.1 per cent, a survey has found.

Human resource and recruitment company Manpower Group Australia surveyed more than 1500 businesses and found one quarter of Australian companies were not currently implementing any tactics to curb the impact of the talent shortage.

In the annual survey, skilled trades were remained the hardest roles to fill.

This year management and executive positions came in at second hardest role to fill, up from ranked fifth in 2014.
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How the World Views Temporary Work

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Elaine McKelvey in employment, temporary workers with Comments Disabled

Australians are the world’s most positive about temporary work

According to a new study by Page Personnel, a global recruitment consultancy firm, employees in Australia have the most positive attitude towards temporary work across the 17 countries it surveyed.

The report is based on more than 13,000 responses from employers and professionals across the world, the Global Insights: How the World Views Temporary Employment and Interim Management.  It revealed  78.6% of professionals in Australia have a positive or very positive attitude towards temporary work.

Employers are generally confident about the value that temporary employment provides.  Positivity is greater in countries with longer practice of temporary employment; such as Australia, the UK and Canada were temporary employment has become accepted as a fact of working life. 
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Changes to 457 immigration program see ‘nomination ceiling’ removed

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Raj Sesha in buinesses, employment, Migration with Comments Disabled

The ceiling on nominations for 457 visas has now been abolished since 14 February 2014, which should make life a whole lot easier for employers looking to nominate and sponsor overseas workers.

When the 457 immigration program underwent a major restructure in July 2013, a cap was placed on the number of positions an employer could sponsor overseas workers to fill.  Meaning if a business had reached its quota of nominations, but still had positions in need of skilled workers, there was very little they could do in the situation.
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