Talent Management

There is a chronic shortage of Healthcare Workers in Australia, and the problem started long before COVID reared its ugly head. For example, workforce planning projections in a 2014 report published by the federal Department of Health and Aged Care predicted a shortfall of 123,000 nurses by 2030, if current settings were to prevail. Although…

The Life Sciences sector is transforming at a prodigious rate. The swift pace of technological development, the changing attitudes and expectations of the workforce and society at large, and the impetus provided by the COVID pandemic have combined to produce six key Life Sciences industry trends that will be at the forefront of the sector’s…

It’s a tough market for recruiters right now, and possibly even tougher for managers in charge of public sector hiring. Overall unemployment, while it lifted slightly in the latest ABS figures, is still sitting at an historically low 3.7%, seasonally adjusted. Meanwhile, the Consumer Price Index rose by 7.8% in the 12 months to December…

Recruitment managers hoping for some relief in the latest jobs figures were certain to be disappointed. Although the seasonally adjusted ABS unemployment measure crept up slightly to 3.7% in January 2023, the basic figure remained at an historically low 3.5%. It’s safe to assume that the most recent job vacancy numbers listed are essentially unchanged.…