Australia’s job market is facing a paradox. Employers across every major sector – from construction to healthcare – report crippling skills shortages.
A key measure of skills shortages, the proportion of advertised vacancies filled, shows 30.3% of surveyed occupations were in shortage in the March quarter.
Yet there are more than two million people – hidden workers – who remain on the fringes of the labour market. They might just be a missing piece in solving Australia’s talent crisis.
