tasmanianjobs.com has produced a 'Job Seeker Resource Document' for Tasmanian employers resulting from tasmanianjobs.com exhibiting at the Reinvent Your Career Expo in Sydney at the end of October.
This resource document compiles a profile of each of the individuals who are interested in relocating to Tasmania and who completed the expression of interest form on the www.tasmanianjobs.com website during the promotion period leading up to, during and post tasmanianjobs.com exhibiting at the Reinvent Your Career Expo in Sydney on 25th and 26th of October 2008.
Each profile is presented as provided by the job seeker, little alteration has been made to the information provided and therefore more accurately reflects the job seeker.
The purpose of this document is for Tasmanian employers to gain an overview of the skill sets and employment and educational backgrounds of those people interested in relocating to Tasmania. Should Tasmanian employers be interested in any of the profiled job seekers, a complete CV and further information can be provided upon request, including contact details for the individual. It is the responsibility of the employer to screen and verify the individual for suitability and compatibility within the workplace. Requests for CVs can be made to lisa@tasmanianjobs.com or on 0400 190 964.
The job seekers are presented by industry sector, followed by occupation.
Where the job seeker requires employer sponsorship to live and work in Australia, and your organisation is interested in assisting in this process, tasmanianjobs.com recommends that you contact the Skilled Migration Unit at the Department of Economic Development and Tourism for further information and assistance. They can be contacted on 1800 440 026 or at businesspoint@development.tas.gov.au.
Should your organisation employ a job seeker as a result of obtaining the individual’s details through this resource document, tasmanianjobs.com will charge a recruitment fee of $275, including GST.
Should you be interested in receiving a copy of the Job Seeker Resource Document please contact Lisa Taylor at lisa@tasmanianjobs.com.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Reinvent your Career Expo Outcomes
As reported last week in InSummary, tasmanianjobs.com exhibited at the Reinvent Your Career Expo in Sydney on the 25th and 26th of October. While still awaiting the final report from the event organisers, tasmanianjobs.com can report that of the 320 (approximate) people that visited the Tasmanian stand during the exhibition, 96 have completed an expression of interest (EOI) for further assistance in finding employment in Tasmania and 42 have registered as job seekers with www.tasmanianjobs.com. Expression of interest forms continue to be completed on a daily basis and job seekers from NSW continue to register on the website.
Of those 96 people who have completed the EOI, the predominant occupations include:
- IT professionals
- Accounting professionals
- HR professionals
- A range of trades, including engineers
Primary reasons for considering relocation to Tasmania include:
- Sea change (getting out of Sydney)
- Housing affordability
- Cost of living
- Employment opportunities
All job seekers advised that they would need to secure employment prior to relocating to Tasmania, or one of the people within a relationship would need to.
The next process for tasmanianjobs.com will be the development of a resource document for Tasmanian employers. This document will profile each of the job seekers, their skill sets, their employment history, educational attainment, preferred location in Tasmania and other professional and personal information. Employers will then be able to request a copy of their complete CV and personal details to follow up with them directly. It is anticipated that this document will be available in late November. Please contact Lisa Taylor for further information, or to register interest in a particular skill set.
The final report from the event organisers will be provided once it is made available to tasmanianjobs.com.
The next Reinvent Your Career Expo will be held in Brisbane in March 2009. If your organisation is interested in further information or participating in future events, please contact tasmanianjobs.com.
Of those 96 people who have completed the EOI, the predominant occupations include:
- IT professionals
- Accounting professionals
- HR professionals
- A range of trades, including engineers
Primary reasons for considering relocation to Tasmania include:
- Sea change (getting out of Sydney)
- Housing affordability
- Cost of living
- Employment opportunities
All job seekers advised that they would need to secure employment prior to relocating to Tasmania, or one of the people within a relationship would need to.
The next process for tasmanianjobs.com will be the development of a resource document for Tasmanian employers. This document will profile each of the job seekers, their skill sets, their employment history, educational attainment, preferred location in Tasmania and other professional and personal information. Employers will then be able to request a copy of their complete CV and personal details to follow up with them directly. It is anticipated that this document will be available in late November. Please contact Lisa Taylor for further information, or to register interest in a particular skill set.
The final report from the event organisers will be provided once it is made available to tasmanianjobs.com.
The next Reinvent Your Career Expo will be held in Brisbane in March 2009. If your organisation is interested in further information or participating in future events, please contact tasmanianjobs.com.
Mixed messages in the labour market
Conflicting data has been released this week in relation to the Australian labour market. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that employers are on tenterhooks and playing the waiting game. Projects are being delayed, apprentices no longer required, permanent recruitment is on hold and demand for temporary or casual labour has increased.
According to the ANZ Job Advertisement Series for Australia, the total number of jobs advertised in major metropolitan newspapers and on the internet fell by 5.9% in October to a weekly average of 231,135 per week. This followed a fall of 1.4% in September.
ANZ Head of Australian Economics Warren Hogan, said: “Total job advertisements continued to fall in October, down 5.9% in the month, to be 9.8% lower than a year ago. As a leading indicator of economic conditions in Australia, the latest job advertisements data suggest the global financial crisis has had a substantial impact on the Australian economy. Internet job advertisements fell 5.5% in October, the third consecutive fall in a row and the fourth monthly decline in the past six months.
This month’s ABS Labour Force series reported a different scenario altogether. Employment increased Australia-wide and in Tasmania, the unemployment rate dropped further to 3.7%, compared with the national average of 4.3%. The participation rate remained stable at 62.6%, total employed increased to 242,000 (167,600 of them full-time) and unemployed decreased by 300 to 9,300 persons statewide.
The ABS Labour Force outcome appears at odds with the ANZ Job Advertisement Series and the broad-based slowing in economic activity and is most likely an example of the volatility of the monthly surveys and the lag time required to provide a true reflection of the labour market.
At this stage, this data confirms that at best Australia has experienced only a very moderate response from the labour market to weakening economic conditions and prospects. However, most economic commentators believe the worst is yet to come, consistent with the downward trend in forward-looking indicators and the now weaker economic outlook.
That said, Tasmanian indicators suggest that the magnitude of the impact will not be as significant as in other Australian states.
According to the ANZ Job Advertisement Series for Australia, the total number of jobs advertised in major metropolitan newspapers and on the internet fell by 5.9% in October to a weekly average of 231,135 per week. This followed a fall of 1.4% in September.
ANZ Head of Australian Economics Warren Hogan, said: “Total job advertisements continued to fall in October, down 5.9% in the month, to be 9.8% lower than a year ago. As a leading indicator of economic conditions in Australia, the latest job advertisements data suggest the global financial crisis has had a substantial impact on the Australian economy. Internet job advertisements fell 5.5% in October, the third consecutive fall in a row and the fourth monthly decline in the past six months.
This month’s ABS Labour Force series reported a different scenario altogether. Employment increased Australia-wide and in Tasmania, the unemployment rate dropped further to 3.7%, compared with the national average of 4.3%. The participation rate remained stable at 62.6%, total employed increased to 242,000 (167,600 of them full-time) and unemployed decreased by 300 to 9,300 persons statewide.
The ABS Labour Force outcome appears at odds with the ANZ Job Advertisement Series and the broad-based slowing in economic activity and is most likely an example of the volatility of the monthly surveys and the lag time required to provide a true reflection of the labour market.
At this stage, this data confirms that at best Australia has experienced only a very moderate response from the labour market to weakening economic conditions and prospects. However, most economic commentators believe the worst is yet to come, consistent with the downward trend in forward-looking indicators and the now weaker economic outlook.
That said, Tasmanian indicators suggest that the magnitude of the impact will not be as significant as in other Australian states.
The Tasmanian Skills Institute
From next year TAFE Tasmania will effectively be split, seeding two new state-wide entities, The Tasmanian Skills Institute and the Tasmanian Polytechnic. This move reflects the changing face of skills and training, with two fairly distinct streams of activity- workforce development for employees and employers, and training for people seeking to learn skills for entry into a field of work.
The Tasmanian Skills Institute will deliver to the first group and have as its foundation TAFE Tasmania’s strong record over recent years. A significant difference will be that its singular focus of activity will allow the Skills Institute to more fully understand the business needs of its enterprise customers and thereby enhance the value of the skills that it teaches its students. To achieve this it has a number of key strategies:
- It will have a demand-facing culture with new senior positions focussing on customer relationships and effective service delivery;
- It will have an emphasis on workplace delivery and assessment, building on TAFE’s nationally recognised track record;
- It will encourage creativity amongst its staff to work with customers on innovative, cost effective and productive workforce development activities;
- The quality of its products and services will remain a top priority, with excellence in vocational skills and training being a core organisational value;
- It will align itself with its business customers by itself having a growth and productivity focus
It will be governed by a board of Tasmanian directors all with extensive and diverse experience in the corporate and SME sectors working with a small but highly regarded and experienced senior executive team.
Further information is available on 1300 362 175 or at www.thetrainingenterprise.com.au
NB Lisa Taylor is a Director on the Board of the Tasmanian Skills Institute.
Monday, November 3, 2008
ANZ Job advertisement series
According to the ANZ Job Advertisement Series, the total number of jobs advertised in major metropolitan newspapers and on the internet fell by 5.9% in October to a weekly average of 231,135 per week. This followed a fall of 1.4% in September. The total number of advertisements in October was 9.8% lower than 12 months ago.
Looking at the different channels for advertising jobs, the number of job advertisements in major
metropolitan newspapers decreased by 12.2% in October to an average of 13,350 per week.
Newspaper advertisements are now 34.7% lower than in October 2007.
The large fall in newspaper job advertisements in October was driven by declines in all states and territories. The largest fall in percentage terms was in Western Australia (-14.8%), followed by Queensland (-14.1%), the ACT (-12.8%), New South Wales (-11.9%), Tasmania (-11.4%), Victoria(-11.0%), South Australia (-5.7%) and the Northern Territory (-4.7%).
ANZ Head of Australian Economics Warren Hogan, said: “Total job advertisements continued to
fall in October, down 5.9% in the month, to be 9.8% lower than a year ago. As a leading indicator
of economic conditions in Australia, the latest job advertisements data suggest the global financial crisis has had a substantial impact on the Australian economy. Internet job advertisements fell 5.5% in October, the third consecutive fall in a row and the fourth monthly decline in the past six months.
“The real weakness has been in newspaper advertising. Newspaper job advertisements fell 12.2% in the month of October and are now down 34.7% in the past year. Annual growth in newspaper ads is now the weakest since 2001. The economy avoided recession then but the unemployment rate rose by a percentage point (from 6% to 7%). The only weaker outcomes for newspaper job advertisements over the past 30 years were in 1991 and 1982 when the economy experienced recession. This will be an important indicator of the extent of the looming downturn in the Australian economy and the likely trajectory for unemployment over the next few years.”
Looking at the different channels for advertising jobs, the number of job advertisements in major
metropolitan newspapers decreased by 12.2% in October to an average of 13,350 per week.
Newspaper advertisements are now 34.7% lower than in October 2007.
The large fall in newspaper job advertisements in October was driven by declines in all states and territories. The largest fall in percentage terms was in Western Australia (-14.8%), followed by Queensland (-14.1%), the ACT (-12.8%), New South Wales (-11.9%), Tasmania (-11.4%), Victoria(-11.0%), South Australia (-5.7%) and the Northern Territory (-4.7%).
ANZ Head of Australian Economics Warren Hogan, said: “Total job advertisements continued to
fall in October, down 5.9% in the month, to be 9.8% lower than a year ago. As a leading indicator
of economic conditions in Australia, the latest job advertisements data suggest the global financial crisis has had a substantial impact on the Australian economy. Internet job advertisements fell 5.5% in October, the third consecutive fall in a row and the fourth monthly decline in the past six months.
“The real weakness has been in newspaper advertising. Newspaper job advertisements fell 12.2% in the month of October and are now down 34.7% in the past year. Annual growth in newspaper ads is now the weakest since 2001. The economy avoided recession then but the unemployment rate rose by a percentage point (from 6% to 7%). The only weaker outcomes for newspaper job advertisements over the past 30 years were in 1991 and 1982 when the economy experienced recession. This will be an important indicator of the extent of the looming downturn in the Australian economy and the likely trajectory for unemployment over the next few years.”
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