Interested to apply for a 457 Visa? Australia’s chronic skills shortages driven by the currently booming mining and resource industry, as well as the imminent retirement of the country’s ageing health workforce, have left huge skills gaps in the Australian workforce.
According to a national salary survey by the Australian Institute of Management, data gathered revealed that the sectors most affected by recruiting difficulties were construction and engineering, sales/marketing and trades mostly at professional and technical levels.
In particular, the construction industry has been experiencing increasing difficulty filling jobs, as construction workers have been lured by the higher wages being offered by mining companies in resource-rich states. Als Read more…
