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Along with almost three decades of uninterrupted growth, the Australian labour market has shifted away from production industries towards service-based industries — and this is expected to continue.
The number of Australian regions located outside capital cities with an unemployment rate below five per cent rose to an eight-year high in the March quarter 2019, new data reveals.
Australian Jobs, produced annually by the Department of Jobs and Small Business, is one of the country’s foremost publications about the Australian labour market.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8 March each year, highlighting the achievements of women across the world.
Women are a key part of the Australian workforce, both as employees and business owners.
Here is a statistical snapshot on women in the Australian labour market:
Analysis of two national surveys is helping our understanding of the division of unpaid household labour and how flexible employment can help families share the load.
Many Health Care and Social Assistance related jobs are growing strongly as Australia’s population ages and the National Disability Insurance Scheme rollout continues.
Link2Opportunity is an initiative connecting interested young people, women and Indigenous Australians to jobs in mining.
Employment projections indicate that over 90% of new jobs over the next five years will require post-school education.
Wednesday 10 October is National Cake Decorators’ Day which seems as good an excuse as any to talk about cake.
The advice from employers for mature age workers is to not hide their light under a bushel.
Jobs in the Health Care and Social Assistance industry continue to show the strongest growth and this looks set to be a continuing trend.
The Labour Market Information Portal brings together data and insights from a range of official sources to increase your understanding of local labour markets.
The Department of Jobs and Small Business has projected that total employment will increase by 886,100 (7.1%) over the next five years.
A substantial increase in the number of fitness industry workers and baristas over the last decade reflects changes in the way we live.
An annual jobs report produced by the Department of Jobs and Small Business shows that labour market conditions strengthened considerably over the year to January 2018.
Inconsistencies between different sets of ABS employment data can be a trap for economic analysts and journalists trying to interpret and understand the figures.
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