Posts Tagged ‘ageing workforce’
Our ageing population and workforce: The role of recruiters
You probably missed it but earlier in the month Age Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan presented the Federal government with a paper calling for an overhaul of state and commonwealth laws to protect older workers against structural discrimination that stops them working past retirement. The report, Working Past Our 60s: Reforming Laws…
Read MoreRecruiters perplexed: Elite performer is short, has a beer gut and is 51 years old
As a keen student of high performance and a casual golf fan, I was delighted when, last month, 51 year old Peter Senior won the 2010 Australian PGA title, ahead of runner-up, 33 year-old Geoff Ogilvy, the 2006 US Open champion. Both players finished the 72 hole tournament tied on 276 and Senior won on the second extra…
Read MoreAgencies are far from dead: 2010 in review
Yes, I am pleased to confirm that the Australian recruitment agency sector, after a near-death experience in late 2008 and early 2009, is alive and well. Reports of the industry’s irrelevance were proven to be well off the mark as growth and profitability rebounded strongly in 2010. That doesn’t mean it was a year…
Read MoreSkilled Migration – where are we at?
Recently, international professional services firm, KPMG , released the results of their survey into skilled migration (Class 457 Visas) in Australia. These survey results, combined with recent data releases from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) make for interesting reading. I’ve reproduced the most relevant data below: 1. There…
Read MoreConfronting ageism: The next recruiter challenge
The issue of ageism is one of the elephants in the room for the recruitment industry. I first wrote about the relevance of age with respect to work three years ago, in InSight Issue #6, prompted by the release of the long awaited (for fans anyway) comeback album from veteran 1970s rockers, the Eagles. Ageism…
Read MoreSkills Shortage: The Sequel
The June 2010 unemployment rate in the United States was 9.5%. In the UK the ‘headline’ unemployment was 7.9% and two weeks ago, the OECD reported that the unemployment rate in the world’s 31 leading industrialised economies averaged fell to 8.6% in May, 2010. These rather bleak figures from elsewhere around the globe (although improving…
Read MoreThe 2010 Intergenerational report – some thoughts
In case you weren’t paying much attention, in the first week of February the Federal Government released the much-leaked 2010 version of the Intergenerational Report. Needless to say the contents hardly broke any new ground – it just confirmed what we have all been hearing anyway, namely: • Australia’s population is…
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