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New International Labour Market Update

A new International Labour Market Update report has been released by Jobs and Skills Australia.

The Clean Energy Generation

Towards a national jobs and skills roadmap

Read about the pivotal reports identifying Australia’s current, emerging and future skills needs, and how the national skills system is meeting these needs.

Recruitment activity falls while recruitment difficulty rises in August

Headline figures from the August data sees a 1-percentage point decrease in recruitment activity and a 3-percentage point incline in recruitment difficulty.

Online job advertisements increase in August

Online job ads increased last month, up by 4.8% or 10,600 in seasonally adjusted terms.

VET workforce key to solving many of Australia’s current job shortages

A new study published by Jobs and Skills Australia gives fresh insights into the national VET workforce.

Employers in remote and very remote Australia buck the trend in the first half of 2024

Booming recruitment rate in remote and very remote Australia.

National Skills Taxonomy

National Skills Taxonomy (NST) is being built though work with stakeholders to establish a common language through which all Australians can meaningfully discuss skills.
The consultation results are now available in the NST Stakeholder Consultation Summary.

Health Care and Social Assistance

Health Care and Social Assistance is the largest employing industry. Around 15.8% of workers have their main job in this industry.
This industry covers services like:
* hospitals
* general and specialist medical services
* pathology and diagnostic imaging services
* dental and allied health care
* ambulance services
* child care
* aged and residential care.
Median earnings are $1,620 per week, lower than all industries median earnings of $1,700.

Australian Labour Market for Migrants - July 2023