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Australia’s recovery creates urgent demand for skilled immigrants
A recent report showed that jobs available for skilled
workers in Australia went up by 1% during August from
July. Jobs available for professionals, such as lawyers
and doctors, rose 0.7%; while jobs for trades people
like builders and mechanics went up 1%. A greater
availability of jobs in Australia is a clear signal that
the labour sector is going well, despite the worst
global financial crisis since the great depression.
Aussie businesses also have displayed remarkable
resilience in the face of an economic slowdown that
brought much of the developed world to its knees. This
is exemplified by an unexpected rise in capital spending
in the June quarter.
Simultaneously, businesses have upgraded their
investment plans.
New private capital expenditure (capex) grew by a
seasonally adjusted 3.3 per cent in the three months to
June to $24 billion, according to Australian Bureau of
Statistics data released recently.
The report also showed that businesses had upgraded
their investment plans for the current financial year.
The third estimate of expenditure for 2009/10 was $90.56
billion compared to $78.45 billion in the previous
estimate. The Government had forecast investment to
slump by 18.5 per cent in 2009/10, before growing 3.5
per cent in 2010/11.
Actual capital spending will feed into next Wednesday's
June quarter gross domestic product (GDP).
All this adds up to more jobs in skilled trades and
professions.
On a major scale, the nation’s manufacturing and
transport industries are gearing up, with a raft of new
projects coming online.
In Western Australia, the Gorgon and Pluto gas projects
will employ thousands of people and place heavy demand
on local manufacturers.
On the east coast, a number of LNG projects are in train
for Queensland, and new power stations to be built in
that state and in NSW.
Federal Government stimulus spending on infrastructure
projects is due to start soon.
Peter Meade, of CE Bodybuilders in Perth, which makes
vehicle fittings, says companies like his are getting
ready to work with each other in meeting demand.
"Any company in our industry that gets a full order
book, it affects the rest of us, because that means a
buyer has got to look to somewhere else to buy to get
his product made," he says.
It seems opportunities for skilled immigrants will once
again be on the increase, as Australian industry
seeks to fill shortages in many skilled trades and
professions. At the same time, ambitious small business
operators and entrepreneurs will be able to build
businesses from niche marketing and tapping into the
growth of minerals, gas and infrastructure projects.
There is no better time than now to start the visa
process that could open up new horizons for you and help
you establish an expansive new lifestyle. Australia has
a huge amount to offer. Don’t miss out on you share.
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