Thread: Is unemployment so low?

mate, go out into the country, there's more work then you can poke a stick at.We regularly advertise labouring jobs, machine operators etc..in Local Goverment,good security,$40k a year, 9 day fortnight blah blah and dont get an applicant.

Originally Posted by crump

mate, go out into the country, there's more work then you can poke a stick at.We regularly advertise labouring jobs, machine operators etc..in Local Goverment,good security,$40k a year, 9 day fortnight blah blah and dont get an applicant.

So, if I take retirement next year, is there a chance I'd get some work if i was travelling around Oz?

I don't have any experience as a machine operator so I may need to get a ticket for that.

Ron

Come to the Alice. Plenty of work here. Doing just about anything and everything you can imagine (not much boat fixing though ).

William:

The problem you face is your age - so many employers have HR staff which are babies and want to surround themselves with like minded babies....

I'm a similar age to you and am considered way too experienced - been thru all that bs, - so I started my own business about 7 years ago.

Babies get short shrift with me (not all) but I'd employ seniors before babies anytime...

Too answer you question, the unemployment situation is very serious, particularly in the non cap city areas - the govt is (as usual) fudging the figures. IE: If you work for just one hour per week you are not unemployed, (but you're not really employed, either)...

I know of a lot of people who are 50+ who'd like a full time job or even a 20-30 hour a week gig, but can't get one...

given they have a somewhat secure situation by virtue of spouse, they do not appear on the official figures for those seeking employment.

I hear of the transport industry screaming for truck drivers, but so many employers in that field want drivers with years of experience - go figure.

There is a seething underbelly of problems in Aussie - from what I see in my role and having ongoing contact with hundreds of small businesses, most are doing it tough - only maybe one in twenty are actually making decent money (and that would only be say $1200+ per week nett, as in, in their own personal skyrocket). In this region the plethora of car dealers are doing very poorly, despite brand amalgamation/sharing etc....

GQ

so you believe in the tooth fairy and Today Tonight always reports its stories in a fair and balanced manner.

Well l'm 49, with 2 University degrees, have worked professional jobs all my life, been looking around for something more challenging in my field of work been sending 2 - 5 applications for jobs in Qld, Vic, WA a week, without a smattering of interest from the job hunters.

Yes there is a job premium market but you got to be in the stream that flows, trades qualifications, endorsed licenses for large earth moving machinery and trucks otherwise its a flat dead pond.

With China manufacturing boom over the next 25 years the Australian manufacturing employment market is going to die a death of thousand cuts.

Major resource projects are more and more looking at having off shore prefrabrication done and floating the stuff to the project for assemble on site.

China in paying skilled workers less for month than we pay for week to produce goods and materials means we will never win on any open playing field that Free Competition market policy places on.

Free Trade No tarriff policies merely means we lose jobs and conditions to the lowest priced competitor in the world.

Glib catch phrases like the "knowledge country", "R&D not manufacturing is the future" are just crap in my opinion as it does't provide jobs or incomes to the average Australian.

We are doomed to dig big holes and sell the dirt overseas to buy back the shiney metal stuff at 5 times the price.

Suggest you get back to renovating houses, property prices and rental costs are going up and up

We moved up to our house in Korong Vale permanantly during the "Move to regional Victoria" campaign last September. There is hardly any work up here at all due to the drought. I was lucky enough to strike a position on the local shire on a casual basis due to my trade qualifications as a chippy.
The economic development manager for the shire even stated that so many people have made the move for a better lifestyle but unfortunately cannot find any employment.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...338469211.html

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...62-662,00.html

Only last week this report was released. Now we reside in the 2nd neediest community in Victoria.

It's the same in this part of the world 84RR.

So many people moving into the northern rivers of NSW, but so few jobs.
The few jobs available are in the social worker category - or service, as casual.... very little in the professional area - and not much for even those who fix cars - nurses get jobs but, being new, get all the crap no one else wants.......

The employment situation is far from good......

GQ

The employment stats have looked good for ever since they started counting people who worked ONE HOUR a week or more as "employed".