According to two reports released by Clarius (a listed recruitment services business), Australia has moved from a job slump to the brink of a skills shortage in the space of about 6 months.
This was described by Kym Quick (the chief operating officer of Clarius) in a media release published on the Clarius web site Australia rolls from jobs slump to skills crisis in the following colourful terms:
``The skilled labour shortage issue might have fallen off a cliff in March last year but it has dusted itself off in the last eight months and is now climbing back up the rock face faster than most recruitment experts would have predicted.....
Of most concern is the underlying trend back to chronic skills shortages, which is moving the fastest among the building and engineering professionals and tradespeople who are so desperately needed to fulfil the nation's infrastructure agenda.''
This is another illustration of how difficult it is to set and adjust migration policy - should we turn on the flow of skilled migrants or not?...of course it is good news for skilled migrants seeking to work in Australia.
See also the Clarius Skills Index December 2009 Quarter
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