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I have realised that it is best not to tell the truth with recruiters. You will do yourself out of a job. Questions like: 'do you have 5 years experience with XXXX?' when you have 1 years experience. It makes little difference to being able to do the job. I have seen too many people lie their way into roles and then pick up skills by sponging off suckers like me. No more!
A shortage of skilled people who'll work for the same salary someone in India or China et al.
i.e a handfull of rice per hour.
i.e a handfull of rice per hour.
England and US are economic basket cases and are just not in the running. Australia is performing very well economicaly, all things considered. We have been in the recruitment and immigration field for some 20 years and have been (and are), very busy indeed, at least over the previous 4 years (not complaining).
Out of every 10 clients on average 3 are Irish, 2 indian, 2 Chinese, 2 Englsh, 1 US/Canadian.
Not sure how you (or DEEWR) got the stats you are quoting.
Out of every 10 clients on average 3 are Irish, 2 indian, 2 Chinese, 2 Englsh, 1 US/Canadian.
Not sure how you (or DEEWR) got the stats you are quoting.
Australia's most of the economy rests in mining. The main source of the importer is China. If China stops buying from Australia it is certainly going in bankruptcy so I heard and read online.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Australia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Australia
There was, and is, a shortage of really cheap highly trained professionals. And how do You get cheap workers? By claiming a skills shortage. This encourages a lot of people to study for the same professions, which releases an abundance of skilled professionals, who have to compete for the same few jobs = lower their salarybids. I see this everywhere I look in western countries.
And if the salarylevel doesn't get low enough fast enough our companies import cheap workers from abroad or outsource jobs. This may seem a good idea from an individual company's point of view, but it creates a national disaster. Instead of employing our trained domestic workers most of them are made unemployed, which makes taxes rise (and criminality, after all, the unemployed have to eat too). For every dollar that goes to an "outside" worker we have to somehow make three dollars to compensate for it. One to pay the the worker, one more to balance the export/import balance, and a third one to keep the unemployed domestic professional alive.
It's very simple economics, but everyone is thinking "Let others handle it". But there are no others, only selfish companies.
And if the salarylevel doesn't get low enough fast enough our companies import cheap workers from abroad or outsource jobs. This may seem a good idea from an individual company's point of view, but it creates a national disaster. Instead of employing our trained domestic workers most of them are made unemployed, which makes taxes rise (and criminality, after all, the unemployed have to eat too). For every dollar that goes to an "outside" worker we have to somehow make three dollars to compensate for it. One to pay the the worker, one more to balance the export/import balance, and a third one to keep the unemployed domestic professional alive.
It's very simple economics, but everyone is thinking "Let others handle it". But there are no others, only selfish companies.
Can only speak for the IT sector, But I find the problem can be as simple as companies, employers and decisions makers within, generally dont have a clue what skills they require more so in the small business areas.
Of course there are recruitment issues if you advertise for Genenal IT technician when you really require a SQL specialist. or youre interviewing java coders when you need a hardware technician.
Anyhow I got out of the being employed game a couple years ago to setup company when I spent the previous couple of years only working for a month or so for each company, job hopping. When I was always left asking myself why be employed when I can too, setup company full of skilled people doing unskilled work?
As a result I guess my resume now has about 100+ skilled jobs Im capable of doing.
From cleaning toilets to feeding the bosss horses and in those couple of years I managed to get paid for about 10hours of IT work of which only about 2 of those hours I was qualified to do.
Food for thought!
Of course there are recruitment issues if you advertise for Genenal IT technician when you really require a SQL specialist. or youre interviewing java coders when you need a hardware technician.
Anyhow I got out of the being employed game a couple years ago to setup company when I spent the previous couple of years only working for a month or so for each company, job hopping. When I was always left asking myself why be employed when I can too, setup company full of skilled people doing unskilled work?
As a result I guess my resume now has about 100+ skilled jobs Im capable of doing.
From cleaning toilets to feeding the bosss horses and in those couple of years I managed to get paid for about 10hours of IT work of which only about 2 of those hours I was qualified to do.
Food for thought!
Glad to hear lazy people in Australia are finally going and working.
Looks like Australias unemployment coffers has run dry.
Looks like Australias unemployment coffers has run dry.
Few people want to do the educational work and do the apprentice time needed to be both skilled and experienced. Everyone wants to start of as company president. Parents don't have the right priorities and don't press their kids to excel so the kids are self directed and just float through school and figure they will either be a star football player or movie star.
But, really it has always been that way; too bad we are living in a world economy that doesn't suffer this foolishness.
But, really it has always been that way; too bad we are living in a world economy that doesn't suffer this foolishness.
I was watching the idiot box the other week (attractive presenter again), and for the first time in three decades plus, I heard a left wing socialist leaning teacher type admit that maybe, just maybe competition didn't necessarily harm children.
That may be no child left behind, didn't have to mean every other child held back.
Exactly who's doing what to whom can be debated, that our children have been left with mindset of high expectation achieved through the minimum of effort, isn't.
Yes I know some kids work hard, some recidivists insist on competing and winning. Neither encouraged nor rewarded in school though as far as I can see. As long as they can massage the exam results so more than x% get a pass, as far as I can make out they don't care.
It's not all their fault but they aren't helping, and that's their role...
That may be no child left behind, didn't have to mean every other child held back.
Exactly who's doing what to whom can be debated, that our children have been left with mindset of high expectation achieved through the minimum of effort, isn't.
Yes I know some kids work hard, some recidivists insist on competing and winning. Neither encouraged nor rewarded in school though as far as I can see. As long as they can massage the exam results so more than x% get a pass, as far as I can make out they don't care.
It's not all their fault but they aren't helping, and that's their role...
In fact it may be me that's daft, but does anyone else see the presentation of information using this "chart" as less than satisfactory.
Additional to the difficulty of deciding what is being reported, there are some figures that appear absurd, for example how might one explain a 50% reduction in Public Admin & safety?
Beats me!
Additional to the difficulty of deciding what is being reported, there are some figures that appear absurd, for example how might one explain a 50% reduction in Public Admin & safety?
Beats me!
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