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SKILLS-SHORTAGE

Crisis forces mines to rent

Friday 14 November 2008

The global economic crisis is continuing to take its toll on the mining industry. The liquidity in the market is gone and as such, minesites are finding it increasingly difficult to raise capital, Emeco International's business analyst Graham Borgerson told MINING DAILY.


Work readiness program rolls out Indigenous graduates

Tuesday 23 September 2008

Several Indigenous people have graduated from the Mining Industry Skills Centre’s Work Readiness pilot program.


Laws of attraction

Monday 28 July 2008

A flexible work environment is just one strategy the mining industry is currently implementing in a bid to attract and recruit employees. Jessica Darnbrough writes.


Mining professionals feel the heat

Monday 16 June 2008

As the production capacity of Australia’s mining industry continues to expand, with a record $70.5 billion in projects either committed or under construction, the professionals who work in the industry are feeling the heat.


Managing the skills shortage

Monday 14 April 2008

The mining industry skills shortage, how are you managing it or is it managing you? James Walsh writes for Australian Mining.


Hope for skills-short resources sector

Thursday 10 January 2008

THE Rudd Government's pledge to deliver 450,000 extra training places over four years will help relieve the anticipated skills shortage of over 50,000 staff per year in the resources & infrastructure industries, says SkillsDMC.


WA group to tackle ICT skills shortage

Friday 21 December 2007

THE WA Government has established a new committee to work on solutions to the skills shortage in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Western Australia.


How bad is the skills shortage on your site?

Friday 30 November 2007

VOTE in our latest online poll.


Skills shortage television

Wednesday 01 August 2007

THE Institute for Trade Skills Excellence (ITSE) has launched a new approach to the skills shortages with SkillsOne Television on the Aurora Community Channel.


Well paid, but happy?

Tuesday 26 June 2007

IT'S ironic that the wealthiest workers in Australia are also some of the unhappiest


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