Paul Dizon 
In my Christmas and New Year downtime, I finally had a chance to have a look at the November labour force statistics and something caught my eye. It wasn’t that the unemployment rate has generally been steady all year (3.8%) or that the sharp increase in the participation rate has continued to climb and has now … Read more
The Pandemic (Covid) visa arrived at a time when Australia was already entering the skills shortage era for employers. Designed originally to protect people who were left stranded in Australia when the borders closed, this visa quickly evolved into a hero of the skills shortage crisis allowing businesses to retain existing migrant workers who were … Read more
Cultural diversity is a well known phrase and you can find more than an abundance of information on the topic. My personal experience though is that the critical takeaway to understanding how be successful with having a diverse workplace is really simple: it’s your actions to support a positive diverse environment rather than ensuring you’re … Read more
A question I’m asked nearly every day is: “why would I get someone from overseas when I can get someone here?”. I usually reply a little cheekily with “if you could, you wouldn’t be talking to an international recruitment consultant right now!”, but the reality is that the answer is a bit more complex than … Read more
verywhere you look, you see it. Signs. “Position Vacant”, “now hiring!”, “no experience necessary!”, and so on. So where are all the workers? As at June 2023, the unemployment rate is 3.5% (source: Australian Bureau of Statistics) and most recent reports show that there are currently 432,000 vacant jobs and 515,000 unemployed people in Australia1. With … Read more