Tag: Employment

Employment opportunities for Australia’s geoscientists showed a sharp increase in the final quarter of 2020, according to Australian Institute of Geoscientists survey results. The greatest improvement was WA, where unemployment fell from 8% to 2.6%, while in Queensland the unemployment rate fell from 9.4% to 5.3%. Overall, unemployment amongst professional geologists, geophysicists and allied earth scientists eased after improvement in employment prospects stalled throughout the previous three quarters of the year, the AIG said. AIG president Andrew Waltho said he was pleased to see job prospects for Australian geoscientists ending a tentative 2020 on such a positive note Nationally, between the beginning of October and end of December 2020, geoscientist unemployment fell sharply from 10.6% to 4.5%, the fourth-lowest rate…

Thursday, July 16 2015 By Courtney Pearson THE resources and mining sector has begun its recovery but it might take a while to reach the recruitment market, according to Hays. The Hays June quarterly report stated it was a “positive sign of things to come” for candidates looking for work in the resources sector. Most states were looking for temporary staff due to cost-cutting, consolidation and workforce flexibility. The report recommended that NSW speed up its recruitment process as candidate levels have started to fall as they move into other industries. In Queensland, the Mount Isa market was steady and vacancies in the Bowen Basin have increased. “Employers in Queensland are prepared to look outside their normal catchment area and…