Job/Immigration Options Increasing?

[FamousFive]

Funnily enough, even as the government tries to crack down on people coming to Australia to study to be a chef and then get a job, there's a new report out today saying there's a shortage of 4,000 chefs in Australia.

There are also big skill shortages in a number of fields, including hairdressing and residential construction workers.

THE country is again experiencing a national skills shortage, with builders, engineers and tradespeople in high demand, a report says.

The research paper, launched today by leading recruitment company Clarius, will claim the surplus of skilled workers that formed during the global financial crisis has started to recede at an alarming pace, with 17 of the 20 skilled occupation categories experiencing a sharp drop in labour in the last three months of last year.

Its research team estimated the shortfall of skilled workers in residential construction was currently just under 60,000, and would blow out to almost 65,000 nationally by 2012.

http://www.news.com.au/business/busi...-1225825300958

Occupations with the highest levels of skills shortages included building and engineering professionals, health professionals, automotive tradespeople, metal tradespeople, wood tradespeople and IT workers.

It attributes this sudden rebound to the Federal Government's controversial stimulus package aimed at boosting economic activity through the construction sector.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/n...0624886&pnum=0

Added to the 70,000 mining jobs just announced, things seem to be looking up.

Anyone in the mining industry will be interested to hear of a new contract just awarded. New jobs are to be created near Emerald, in central Queensland as a huge coal mining deal has been agreed. A massive 70,000 new jobs are expected. The deal will also bring in large royalties for the Queensland government.

"Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has turned economic superhero, announcing the deal of the century to create up to 70,000 new jobs in Queensland. The entrepreneur has clinched a contract with one of China's biggest power companies to export $69 billion worth of thermal coal from new mines in central Queensland over 20 years. "This deal is Australia's biggest-ever export contract," he said proudly. "The best years of this state are yet to come." Mr Palmer said the deal would provide a massive boost to the state economy, and likely result in the restoration of Queensland's prized AAA credit rating."

http://www.livingin-australia.com/fo...read.php?t=511

[kelly]

Originally Posted by FamousFive

Funnily enough, even as the government tries to crack down on people coming to Australia to study to be a chef and then get a job, there's a new report out today saying there's a shortage of 4,000 chefs in Australia.

There are also big skill shortages in a number of fields, including hairdressing and residential construction workers.

So why is the Australian government stopping migrants with these qualifications if there are shortages?

[scotty]

Originally Posted by kelly

So why is the Australian government stopping migrants with these qualifications if there are shortages?

I think they want to give their own youth a chance at getting trade jobs and training. Australia seems to be focusing on highly skilled labour but we will see when the new critical skills list comes out in April.

[Martha]

Australia has problems with unemployed people and not enough training given in the past decade or so for young school leavers. I think John Howard did a great job but his government really fell short on this one.