Hospitality workers, delivery drivers, carers and cleaners will increasingly be harder to come by in coming years as long-term structural shifts in the economy shrink the pool of potential workers.
Hospitality workers, delivery drivers, carers and cleaners will increasingly be harder to come by in coming years as long-term structural shifts in the economy naturally shrink the pool of potential workers.
, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, with almost 3 per cent of available jobs, or about 420,000 positions, now unfilled.Workforce trends mean the supply of workers each year will not be adequate to meet the demand of certain occupations, particularly for jobs requiring a vocational level education.
“Taking those three things again, there are sectors that actually benefit. The big one there is a healthcare and social assistance.”Reflecting the shift to services consumption as a consequence of rising incomes, the healthcare and social assistance sector grew from 8 per cent of employment to just over 14 per cent, making it the largest employing sector.
Dr Dixon said there were supply and demand factors influencing this outcome. The supply side is the increased demand for professional services as a consequence of higher incomes and a more complex economy, and the increase in supply is because of higher education attainment since 1986.
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