More than 98,600 technology specialists, 20,400 solicitors and 7700 auditors will be needed, ramping up pressure on employers to offer bigger salaries.
not reached in Australia since 1976. Detailed projections by the federal government’s skills forecaster, the National Skills Commission, indicate the workforce will expand by more than 9 per cent by the end of 2026.
Employment in science, technology, engineering and maths roles overall is expected to increase by 14.2 per cent, which is nearly double the pace projected among non-STEM roles.Joe Cronin, the co-founder of Brisbane-based Australian Droid and Robot – which builds robots for mining companies to stop the need to send humans into hazardous areas – said he was building his own pipeline of engineering talent.
The business rountinely has a handful of university students onsite working on their doctoral studies, which gives it the opportunity to identify future employees. Dr Cronin said ADR had become a poaching ground for headhunters. “His work was at an extraordinary level, he’s highly organised and a great problem solver,” Dr Cronin said.
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