Your employees are eager to skill-up fast: here’s how to invest in their development

Skills are in demand on both sides of the desk as employers grapple with a competitive labour market and employees look to future-proof their employment prospects.

Late last year, the National Skills Commission released its skills priority list. The Commission found that 31% of occupations are in shortages nationally and some additional skills are in shortage in various states and territories. 

“A tightening labour market will generally indicate that employers will increasingly compete for workers, resulting in a greater number of occupations in shortage as employers are unable to fill advertised vacancies.” Tightening is mostly gauged from the low unemployment rates and a fast surge in demand for workers as the lockdown era comes to a close.