Archive for October, 2007

The world’s biggest passenger plane loomed large over Sydney yesterday as the Airbus A380 made its first commercial flight. Carrying more than 470 passengers and crew, the plane air traffic controllers call “the big fella” touched down in Sydney from Singapore

The total number of jobs advertised in Australian newspapers and on the internet fell marginally by 0.4 percent in September to an average of 247,853 per week. This is a continuation of the consolidation in job ads that began in June. The total number of ads in September was 33.1 percent higher than a year ago.

The Australian minerals industry has begun a recruitment drive for 27,000 skilled tradespeople in the southern Australian industrial hubs according to a report from The Melbourne Age. The total numbers sought comprise the estimated extra skilled workforce needed for mining over the next eight years.
The Now Hiring campaign is targeting skilled tradespeople in Geelong, [...]