With tens of thousands of jobs disappearing from hospitality, education and the arts, experts say it will be up to other states to build up the national economy and bolster the Victorian job market.
For six and a half years, Dash Jayasuriya taught English at a university in Victoria but when COVID-19 shut the borders, she was one of the first at her workplace to be let go.
Dash Jayasuriya decided to become a high school teacher after losing her job in the university sector.“I had a plan, it was a life plan for the next 10 years of my life and that job was a big part of that plan.”How the ACT has defied Australia's high unemployment rate“I’ve heard stories about people who were teaching and are now delivering newspapers and other sorts of mail to people’s letterboxes, so people are scrambling for any sort of employment they can get.
In the last six months, over 1,000 people have needed emergency relief, almost matching last year’s annual tally.The ASRC’s Jana Favero says 90 per cent of those seeking help in recent months have lost their jobs because of COVID-19. “We will be playing catch up in this situation, which is now unavoidable. But the rest of Australia has to rejuvenate the economy with some very clever policy.”
Brotherhood of St Laurence Executive Director Conny Lenneberg says the job market for young people hadn’t yet recovered from the global financial crisis before it was again hit hard by coronavirus.SBS/Abby Dinham She was on a career path that she had hoped to develop into a full-time career, but now she’s applying to supermarkets and cleaning services to pay the rent.Rhiannon Jones applying for jobs across all industriesRhiannon says despite putting in dozens of applications, her youth and lack of experience is working against her in a competitive job market.
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