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Wednesday, January 20, 2010


New Research

Australia's Workplace Skills Crisis

Research by Australia's Institute of Management - Dec 09


Australia has a chronic workforce skills shortage, according to the findings of a major survey released by the Australian Institute of Management. 76% of more than 2,000 executives surveyed said their organisations have a workforce 'skills gap'. Furthermore, 71% of the executives said they believed the skills gap was impacting on organisations across the state or territory in which they lived. Departments identified with the biggest skills deficiency were sales and customer relations; followed by manufacturing and production; marketing and corporate communications, information technology and engineering.

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Prepared by Osky interactive