Unemployment rates have started to rise and there are other signs of economic downturn in the world’s major economies. The International Labor Organization predicted that at least 20 million jobs will be lost by the end of 2009, pushing the global unemployment level above 200 million for the first time. The number of unemployed may increase by more than 50 million in 2009 if the recession deepens. Advanced economies such as the US, Canada, Brazil, China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Taiwan, the Gulf, South Africa, Spain, Germany, France, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Russia and Australia have begun to feel the effects of the recession.
Unemployment in Australia rose to its highest level in almost four years in February 2009, showing that the global recession continues to hit despite big interest rate cuts and the government pumping billions of dollars into the economy. economy.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics in the March 2009 report stated that unemployment rose to 5.2 per cent from 4.8 per cent in January. Economists expected the unemployment rate to rise to 5 percent. Total employment rose by just 1,800 to 10.8 million, but full-time employment fell by 53,800. Part-time employment increased 55,600.
“These figures show that the global financial crisis and the global recession are affecting Australia and affecting jobs for Australians,” Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard told reporters in Canberra. “The government has always said that we would not be immune from the global financial crisis and the global recession that has wreaked so much havoc on economies around the world.”
The global recession that began to hit last year brought about a swift turnaround in fortunes for Australia’s economy, which has enjoyed 17 straight years of growth fueled by voracious demand from China and elsewhere for its mineral exports.
Although Australia is not yet officially in recession, figures released on March 9 indicate that it could be heading down that path. Australia’s economy contracted 0.5 percent in the last quarter of 2008, the first contraction of the economy in eight years.
Having said this, jobs for skilled labor are on the rise in Australia. Unemployment level for skilled labor is at its lowest level in Australia for a decade. Australian jobs are open to people in any field of expertise, including accounting and finance, arts, design and media, management, computer software and hardware, telecommunications, customer service, engineering and medicine, travel, tourism and transport, asset management, human resources, legal and consulting, marketing and sales.
The budget for 2008-09 foresees an increase of 300,000 work visas to cover the deficit of skilled jobs. The Australian Department of Immigration publishes the ‘Migrant Occupation Demand List’ (MODL) which is updated twice a year based on information received from various Australian Government departments. The list identifies the employment sectors in which a market deficit is identified. The current list shows a shortage of child care coordinators, engineering managers, accountants, anesthetists, architects, chemical engineers, civil engineers, computer professionals, dental specialists, dermatologists, electrical and electronic engineers, emergency medical specialists, external auditors , general practitioners, hospital pharmacists, mechanical engineers, radiographers, mining engineers, obstetricians, gynecologists, occupational therapists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, pathologists, petroleum engineers, physical therapists, podiatrists, psychiatrists, quantity surveyors, radiologists, registered nurses and midwives, retail pharmacists , medical specialists, speech pathologists, surgeons, chefs and many more occupations.
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