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Jobs & Skills Australia

Recruitment Insights Report January 2024 data out now

The Recruitment Experiences and Outlook Survey (REOS) Recruitment Insights Report for January 2024 has been released.

The latest results show that recruitment difficulty increased by 4 percentage points over the month, to 55% of recruiting employers. Despite this increase, recruitment difficulty has been generally easing over the last 18 months, and now sits 20 percentage points below the peak of 75% in July 2022.

Read the full Recruitment Insights Report now. 

Gender in the workforce explored in labour market panel

In December, acting First Assistant Secretary, Cliff Bingham, chaired a panel discussion on critical gender issues at the Australian Labour Market Research Workshop. 

The panel explored the gender pay gap and found that in high income countries, including Australia, the gap was sitting between 10-25% and hadn’t moved much in the last decade. Australia’s current pay gap is 21.7% when looking at total remuneration, or 13% when looking at full-time adult average weekly ordinary time earnings. 

Watch the panel discussion here. 

Online job advertisements decrease in January 2024

The latest data from Jobs and Skills Australia’s January Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) show the period of record growth in advertisements following the COVID-19 pandemic may be ending, with vacancy numbers decreasing in seven of the past nine months. Despite this, vacancy numbers remain at record levels, with around two-thirds more advertisements in the labour market compared with the monthly average for 2019.

Read the full Internet Vacancy Index report.

Now open for comment: Food Supply Chain Capacity Study draft Terms of Reference

Jobs and Skills Australia is undertaking a capacity study on the workforce needs of Australia’s food supply chain. Draft Terms of Reference for the study have been developed and Jobs and Skills Australia is inviting stakeholder feedback on these between 10:00AM (AEDT) 21 February 2024 and 10:00AM (AEDT) 6 March 2024.

The draft ToR and instructions on how to provide feedback can be found on the consultations page of the Jobs and Skills Australia website.

AUSMASA (Mining and Automotive Skills Alliance)

AUSMASA Newsletter 'The Journey' - February 2024

Key topics from the February AUSMASA newsletter, 'The Journey', include: 

•  Strategic Workforce Advisory Panel sessions are planned for February, May, August and November. 
• Feedback is invited for the Initial Workforce Plan and involvement in the upcoming Workforce Plan Industry Engagement Webinar.
• Upcoming events - two roundtable sessions in March.
• Workforce Plan - interactive discussion and presentation on the key findings from our Workforce Plan: The Future Is Now.
• Consultations - JSA Skills Priority List Stakeholder Survey.
• Top Stories - 2024 Australian Apprenticeship Priority List; Changes to the Critical Minerals List.
• Latest Papers and Reports - NSW Digital Skills Workforce Compact 2023-30.
• Meet the AUSMASA team.

Read the full newsletter here.

BuildSkills Australia

Workforce Planning Roundtables

BuildSkills Australia is preparing the first ever Built Environment Workforce Plan to guide a national response to the skills shortages facing the construction, property and water industries.

Join a roundtable to help shape national plans for the future of jobs and skills in your industry. You will hear BuildSkills' latest analysis and outlook and have an opportunity to offer your own insights and concerns.

To join a roundtable in your area, click here.

Future Skills Organisation

Building a skilled finance, tech and business workforce: FSO Workforce Plan and National Forum announced

The Future Skills Organisation (FSO) has released its Initial Workforce Plan, which provides the evidence-base for its inaugural National Forum titled Building a Skilled Workforce. The report is the culmination of the past six months of operations as the Jobs and Skills Council for Australia’s finance, technology and business sectors.

The report reveals a growing demand for finance, technology and business skills across the economy and highlights the opportunity for our Vocational Education and Training (VET) system to play a greater role in developing innovative solutions to meet future skill demands.

See Media Release, 15 February 2024

Workforce Planning Input and Feedback - Complete the Survey

Future Skills Organisation invites you to complete a quick survey by 9am Monday, 4 March, to help them ensure the skills and training sector aligns with your needs.

To learn more and complete the survey, see Workforce Plan - Complete the Survey.

Skills Insight

Skills Insight Newsletter - 21 February 2024

Skills Insight have released their latest newsletter for  February, which includes the following topics:

• Opportunity to Participate in New Projects relating to the Australian Meat Industry
• Essential Meat Processing Skills Project
• Meat Safety Induction Pilot
• Coming soon: National Training and Assessment Materials for Meat Processing

Read the full newsletter here.

Date posted Feb 22, 2024