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According to business information research firm IBISWorld’s latest forecast, the oil and gas production industry was highlighted as this year’s top industry performer with revenue growth predicted to increase by 18.3% in 2011/12. Conversely, gaming and vending machines manufacturing was named as the worst performing industry, with a forecasted revenue fall of 12.6%. Full lists are outlined below.

IBISWorld’s Top 10 growth industries for 2011/12:

1.    Oil and gas production (18.3%)

2.    Sugar manufacturing (16.3%)

3.    Organic farming (13.0%)

4.    Mining (12.9%)

5.    Automotive fuel retailing (10.9%)

6.    Multi-unit apartment and townhouse construction (10.6%)

7.    Financial asset investors (9.8%)

8.    Renewable energy (9.7%)

9.    Online shopping (9.0%)

10.  Domestic airlines (9.0%)

IBISWorld’s Top 5 worst-performing industries for 2011/12:

1.    Gaming and vending machines manufacturing (-12.6%)

2.    Wired telecommunications carriers (-7.6%)

3.    Institutional building construction (-7.3%)

4.    Image processing and printing services (-4.9%)

5.    Book and telephone directory publishing (-2.4%)

Source: Human Capital (HC) Online - article posted 7^th July 2011

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

According to a new and recent survey (of approximately 800 professionals) conducted by Robert Walters, it was revealed that the two biggest influences on job-seekers’ opinions of an employer are: the length of the recruitment process; and the person(s) conducting the interviews. The survey showed that over 75% of prospective employees were turned off a job/employer by a lengthy recruitment process. Specifically, the research found that 79% of job seekers were turned off from a job by a long recruitment process; and 45% had withdrawn from a recruitment process because they did not like the person(s) conducting the interviews. These findings are consistent with feedback regularly received from candidates.

Source: Human Capital (HC) Online 4^th July 2011

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

In this Saturday’s (7 May 2011) Courier-Mail’s CareerOne section, an article titled ‘Electricians in Demand’ stated that this particular occupation will be one of the biggest growth occupations in the next five years. The forecast is outlined in the 2011 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Industry Employment Projections report. The report indicates that three key industries will require the skills of electricians including communications, mining and housing.

Furthermore, according to the report, more than half the new jobs to be created by 2015-16 are expected in three key industries including: health care and social assistance; construction; and professional, scientific and technical services. The report also predicted one key industry (manufacturing) would show a drop in the number of jobs by 2015-16; an estimated 30,400 jobs could be lost, representing a 0.6% fall each year over the five years.

For those of you who are considering a career change or are unsure as to what trade you would be interested in pursuing, it may now be a good idea and time to consider a soon-to-be in demand occupation: electrician.

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

The Recruiter Daily posted an article on 19^th January 2011 outlining 1^st quarter (January to March) 2011 hiring forecasts across all States. According to recent research conducted by Hays, hiring ‘hotspots’ are forecasted to be in the following sectors:

• Accounting and finance (commerce and industry) - project accountants, project accountants, commercially-focused finance managers and commercial managers, analysts, management accountants, accounts receivable and credit controllers;
• Architecture - BIM software skills, ArchiCAD drafters;
• Banking - candidates with corporate actions, securities pricing and managed funds operations experience, back-office processing staff, corporate bankers and project managers;
• Construction - civil and commercial estimators, building and civil contract administrators, site and project engineers;
• Contact centres - collections-based contact centre consultants, contract inbound consultants and telesales skills;
• Energy - engineers at all levels with niche electrical experience and transmission and distribution experience;
• Engineering - civil engineers, structural engineers, civil designers, civil drafters, geotechnical engineers and hydrogeologists;
• Healthcare - registered nurses with three or more years’ experience, aged care candidates at all levels, social workers, counsellors and most health and allied health professionals for remote and regional locations;
• Human resources - HR generalists, internal recruiters, learning and development professionals and HR business partners;
• Information Technology - project and program managers and business analysts, SOE deployment specialists, senior engineers and architects, Citrix and VMWare skills, Cisco UCS experience, senior Linux administrators, senior developers and architects;
• Legal - corporate, banking and finance, property, construction, litigation and workplace relations lawyers in private practice, and mid-to-senior level in-house lawyers in mining, oil and gas, and construction;
• Office support - administrators with mining sector experience, corporate receptionists, sales support administrators and executive assistants with federal government security clearances;
• Pharmaceutical - clinical research associates, medical science liaisons, professionals within health economics/health outcomes and salespeople;
• Property - qualified and experienced property managers, residential and commercial property managers, project managers and valuers;
• Resources and mining - statutory coal candidates in NSW, mechanical and electrical design and delivery engineers in NT, exploration and project geologists in SA, geologists and mine engineers in Queensland, and project managers, geologists and drillers in WA;
• Retail - merchandise planners, senior buyers, buying managers, candidates in apparel product development and production and regional and state operations managers; and
• Sales and marketing - business development managers, sales managers, senior sales managers, campaign managers and product managers.

There’s more: to view the full list, click on the following the link…

http://www.hays.com.au/common/pages/news/newsdesc.aspx?id=522

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

Happy New Year!

Forecasts indicate that job market growth for 2011 and the forthcoming years across many sectors are looking very positive.

Based on reported November 2010 hiring figures, Manpower’s latest Employment Outlook Survey reports the services and mining and construction sectors have the strongest hiring intentions for the first quarter of 2011. The services sector (encompassing professions such as lawyers, accountants, business consulting, IT and employment agencies) was the only sector where hiring expectations continued to consistently increase throughout 2010. The mining and engineering sector was ranked the best performer for the year with acute shortages in 2011 indicated. Transport, logistics and manufacturing gained the highest percentage increase in jobs in November 2011. Other key sectors showing increases included: accounting; administration, clerical and office support; advertising and media; building and construction; education; healthcare; hospitality, tourism and travel; HR; IT&T; legal; manufacturing sales, marketing and customer service; trades and services; transportation and utilities; and wholesale and retail trade.

According to the latest Hays Quarterly Report, hiring activity is back to pre-global financial crisis levels in most sectors. The sectors showcasing the highest demands include:

• Accounting and Finance: business analysts, financial accountants, management accountants, commercial analysts, change managers and project managers.
• Banking: mobile lenders, credit-focused analysts, stockbrokers, dealers’ assistants, relationship managers, business development managers and retail financial planners.
• Construction: contract administrators and estimators, architects with knowledge of Revit software and those with experience in the healthcare sector, civil engineers with experience in road and highway projects, and senior and principal engineers with experience in business development.
• Human Resources (HR): generalist HR professionals and executive learning and development specialists.
• Administration: office support staff, particularly corporate receptionists and personal assistants.

According to new projections from market research firm IBISWorld, the hot spots for jobs growth and wage rises over the next five years include childcare, transport and health. IBIS forecast that childcare jobs would grow by 27% between 2011 and 2016; and jobs in the logistics industry are set to grow by 22.7%. In the health sector, physiotherapists as likely to experience especially strong demand with total jobs growth in the sector projected to be 16.6% over the next five years.

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

Shortlist posted a very interesting article in December 2010 providing insight into the crisis on the serious short supply of engineers at both a national and global level. A recent report produced by the Australian National Engineering Taskforce (ANET) stated that the engineering talent shortage was crippling construction and development in Australia, and that the skills shortage was chronic.

Presently, more than half of the new qualified engineers working in Australia are skilled migrants. The report identified that the crux of the problem was the significant gap that lay between the number of tertiary qualified graduates and the needs of key industries. Hence, Australia’s current reliance on qualified engineers from overseas in an already very competitive global market. The undersupply of engineers is not only on a national but also a global scale. The report also highlighted engineering skill shortages in the US, UK, China and India.

The report stated that in order to rectify this problem, the Australian government would need to focus on making changes within the entire educational sector. Specifically, to look at ways of motivating students (at both primary and secondary level) to actively participate in key subjects such as mathematics and science; and to better promote the engineering career to secondary level students. In addition, the tertiary education sector would need to change in order to cater and be more responsive to employers’ needs.

The report was conclusive in stating that the lack of engineering talent was causing significant, ongoing problems for the engineering sector in terms of millions of dollars in lost opportunities, and cost blowouts for companies working on specific projects due to underestimating staffing resources.

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

In a report prepared by the National Resources Sector Employment Taskforce (NRSET) a few months back, according to new estimates, 61,500 new operational jobs will be created in the mining sector by 2015 as a result of increased production to keep up with demand from Asia; and tens of thousands more in the construction stages. Construction jobs were expected to peak at 45,000 in 2012 with a focus on technicians, tradespeople, machinery operators and drivers. The report also stated that it is expected to see a shortfall of 1,700 mining engineers and 3,000 geoscientists over the next five years.

For those of you who have been thinking about securing a job within the mining sector, now would be a good time to commence the process. Over the past month, I have had an influx of new clients targeting a wide variety of jobs within the mining sector, in particular, those looking at plant operator type roles. The time is now!

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

The Recruiter Daily posted an article on the 15^th July 2010 outlining the current skills shortage within the Australia job market, specifically within the manufacturing and construction sectors. According to a report from the Australian Industry Group, over half of the vacancies listed in the first half of 2010 remain unfilled. These positions included metal fitters, machinists and engineers.

The hardest to fill vacancies included:

- Metal fitters and machinists (60% unfilled)

- Engineering professionals (52% unfilled)

- Metal casting, forging and finished trades persons (37%)

- Structural steel and welding trades (33%)

When a vacancy could not be filled in these areas, 38% of employers chose to up skill existing staff; 31% chose to outsource or sub-contract the work; and 18% redesigned jobs around available skills.

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

The Recruiter Daily posted an article today forecasting the best and worst growth industries in Australia for 2010-11.

IBISWorld forecasts the top five growth industries will be: (1) Organic farming; (2) Online information services; (3) Insurance brokerage; (4) Mobile telecommunications carriers; and (5) Alternative health therapies.

The least five growth industries include: (1) Insulation services; (2) Wired telecommunication services; (3) Paper manufacturing; (4) Video hire outlets; and (5) Grape growing.

Hudson reports that the skills shortage in the IT sector poses a greater challenge than the Global Financial Crisis! The roles forecast as the most difficult to fill include project managers, program directors, business analysts and enterprise architects. Furthermore, Hudson also reported that many organisations are offering double the remuneration than those handed out in 2009! If you’re thinking of changing your career path into the IT sector or for those of you who already have the qualifications, skills and/or experience in this field but branched out into another field, this may be the perfect time to step right back in.

I’m here to help market you!

Cheers,

Annie Cerone

The Recruiter Daily posted an article this morning providing an optimistic outlook into the future of the Australian job market based on recent research. A quick snapshot…

• Unemployment has already peaked nationally and is on a downward trend.
• WA posted the most promising figures across all the states with QLD second.
• On a national scale the following industry sectors are predicted to rise in the near future: retail, government, and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG).

Cheers,

Annie Cerone