Resource Channel News and Events

The Problem with Australia's Skill Development Efforts

What is Australia doing about addressing the skills demand? If the 100 or so media articles which appear each month citing ‘the skills shortage’ are to be believed, the answer is ‘lots’. The issue, however, is how much of this work is being translated to the average Australian seeking an opportunity in the ‘land of promise’.

Australasian Oil & Gas Expo and Conference 2012

The Australiasian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, known as AOG, will be held on the 22-24 February, 2012 in Perth.

In the past few years it has broken records and become Australia's largest oil and gas exhibition, with over 450 exhibitors from 16 countries. In additional to the exhibition there will also be a conference, oil and gas careers day and a variety of networking opportunities.

Skilled worker shortage to be more accute as other countries undergo own mining booms

ABC Radio - Babs McHugh speaks with Director of The Resource Channel, Jody Elliott, about the challenge of securing new mining workers as other countries ramp up their own operations

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rural/resource/201201/r882802_8761919.mp3

The World may not be Enough

An aging technical workforce and significant competition from other resource developing countries poses a real threat to Australia’s plans to have the workforce required to fuel the country’s massive resource sector expansion, according to a new study.

In joint research undertaken by leading employment news website for the Australian resource sector, The Resource Channel and communications and marketing specialists, Marketforce, most of the countries Australia typically sources from are also experiencing, or expecting to experience, significant skills shortages.

Expanding FIFO Options

An overview of changes to Fly In Fly Out options for Australian workers.

Australia Increases Visa Options

An overview of the Australian Federal Government's 2011 Visa changes.

I Hate Social Media

Why Australian Resource Sector employers haven't embraced social media. Yet.