Australia has 400,000 jobs that just can’t be filled and workers are nowhere to be seen. Here are the five sectors hardest hit.
Australian businesses are crying out for more workers with the country in the middle of one of its largest ever labour shortages. There are more than 423,000 job vacancies, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The inability to find workers is also not sector-specific, with the shortage affecting every industry. “There’s a very significant gap between what our working age population would look like if we hadn’t had COVID and what it does look like today,” Ms Banks says. The reasons for the shortages in these sectors are numerous. In healthcare, the recent halt in immigration, a lack of healthcare workers wanting to pursue a career in mental health or nursing, and people leaving the sector due to burnout, have created a structural skills gap.. Markets around the world are vying for workers with these skills, so Australia faces a competitive fight to attract that talent.
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