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Addressing Skill Shortages: An Industry-Government Partnership: The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry ACCI have been working with the Australian Government and the member organisations to identify the reasons for, as well as solutions to, the issue of skill shortages. Skill shortages are one of the most significant concerns for business and ACCI is determined to...; Tags: ACCI, Management, Shortage, Skill Shortage, Strategy; White papers 2006-04-01

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Recovery 'will Revive Skills Shortage': A re-emergence of a skills shortage is expected within 12 months despite business doing all it can to hold on to staff during the economic downturn, a survey finds.The Australian Industry Group Ai Group and consultant Deloitte warn that the skills shortage will re-emerge when trading conditions improve because...; Tags: Deloitte LLP, Recovery, Survey, Skills Shortage, Marketing Research, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Marketing, Human Resources, AAP; News items 2009-10-29
Debunking the IT Shortage Myth: While Microsoft, Google, and Oracle are lobbying Congress to increase the number of H-1B temporary worker visas so they can meet what they describe as a shortage of skilled technology workers, many skilled technology workers who are already in the U.S. are reporting having trouble finding jobs. InformationWeek recently explored...; Tags: Benefits, H-1B, Worker, Salary, Information Technology, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Nicole Solis; Blog posts 2007-07-23
Phased Retirement Mutually Beneficial: The case study says that even in the current economic environment, Employment Policy Foundation EPF research forecasts a labor and skill shortage of up to 35 million by 2030. Failure to eliminate the shortage will result in slower economic growth and a lower standard of living than otherwise would be...; Tags: HR.com, Labor, Benefits, Strategy, Human Resources, Management; Case studies 2003-04-21
Limited BI Skill Sets Driving Companies Toward On-Demand BI Application Strategies: Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), revealed today that 30% of companies rate "Lack of internal BI Skill Sets users" as a top concern toward the delivery of actionable information to the enterprise. Additionally, industry Average and Laggards are twice as likely to have Data Quality issues as Best-in-Class organizations....; Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Databases, MARKETING, on-demand, Pricing, SOFTWARE, strategy; Research articles 2007-08-07

Managers Still Suffering Skill Shortages in the Recession: It seems surprising that while organisations continue to reduce headcounts, a third of senior HR professionals we recently surveyed reported skill and staff shortages as a continuing problem, despite having to make layoffs. With pay freezes, bonus pools reductions, ongoing redundancies and training plans shelved, this creates...; Tags: Job, Performance, Recession, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Performance Management, Human Resources, Stuart Woollard; Blog posts 2009-05-22
Early Retirement? You're Dreamin' | BTalk Australia: The AMP Superannuation Adequacy Index recently demonstrated that many Australians don't have enough money for a comfortable retirement. Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Michael Davison, CPA Australia's Superannuation Policy Advisor, who is most at risk and how realistic is it to expect an early retirement. ...; Tags: Retirement, Contingency, Benefit, Income, Super, Operational Accounting, Finance, Phil Dobbie; Blog posts 2008-06-08
National Center for Construction Education and Research Joins with Monster to Address Skill Shortage in Construction Industry: GAINESVILLE, Fla. and MAYNARD, Mass. -- New co-branded site will provide career resources for employers and job seekers in construction industry; Tags: construction industry, Monster; Research articles 2005-07-07
Yoh to Bridge the SAP® Talent Gap at SAPPHIRE 2008: Chief Executive Officer to Share Advice and Best Practices on How to Overcome the SAP Skill Shortage; Tags: SAP AG, talent; Research articles 2008-05-01
Engineering shortage hurts CNY: SYRACUSE - Upstate is competing on a national level to attract and retain highly qualified engineers needed to fill sudden increases in job openings.Labor analysts say the region's engineering shortages only will be solved by retaining engineering students here upon graduation, retraining engineers to fill new jobs, and recruiting on...; Tags: job, U.S. Department of Labor; Research articles 2004-10-08
[2166] Report shows accounting skill shortage is not being met.: Byline: Terry Hayes Dec 04, 2006 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The importation of skilled accountants from other countries is not really addressing Australia's lack of accountants. This is according to "The Changing Face of the Accounting Profession in Australia",...; Tags: accountant, accounting, Australia, FINANCE, Monash University; Research articles 2006-12-04
Skill levels: all isn't as it seems.: Byline: Geoff Maslen Oct 29, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Bob Birrell, of Monash University, and Virginia Rapson have written a new report. The 21-page study, which was commissioned by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum from Monash's Centre...; Tags: Government, Monash University; Research articles 2006-10-29
Beattie calls for bigger skill pool.: Byline: Simon Hayes Nov 14, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Queensland Premier Peter Beattie wants a national accreditation system established for the technology industry. This will...; Tags: Australian Computer Society, Strategy, worker; Research articles 2005-11-14
Fighting the war against the skills shortage.: Manufacturers and Labor Department join torces According to a recent study by the American Management Association AMA, 41.7% of manufacturing job applicants have basic skill deficiencies and over 38% of all job applicants lack the necessary reading, writing, and math skills to do...; Tags: American Management Association, CAREER, job, Manufacturing, training, worker; Research articles 2000-11-01
Let The Games Begin: A New Platform For Virtual Learning And Skill Enhancement: The increasing shortage of skilled workers is a concern worldwide, especially in developed countries. Traditional learning methods may not be enough to produce the cutting-edge knowledge and complex skills needed to perform 21st century jobs, so savvy businesses are turning to gaming technology to fill the gap. The opportunities to...; Tags: Deloitte LLP, Games, Personal Technology; White papers 2008-03-25
A view to a skill: It seems like a great idea. Solve the skills shortage by taking people out of the poverty loop and training them. But can it ever work? Darran Gardner talks to the founder of the Govan Initiative to find out IT would be easy to use statistics as...; Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Scottish Enterprise; Research articles 2001-11-04
Show us the money: workers cash in on skills crisis.: Byline: Elizabeth Kazi Jan 11, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian workers are demanding one thing from prospective employers as the skill shortage begins to hurt...; Tags: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Research articles 2006-01-11
Finding staff becomes a game of skill.(Human resource management)(Brief Article): Jan 31, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) In Australia, solutions need to be found to reverse a shrinking pool of executive talent. So says former General Electric and Apple Computer human resources head, Jim Cutler, now the head of the ...; Tags: Monitor Group; Research articles 2005-02-01
10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews: 10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job InterviewsMissing mistakes at interviewsThe most annoying mistake Managers make at interviews is to fail to manage time. Interviews commonly run over time, leaving other applicants who have planned carefully to arrive promptly, with the feeling that the employer/process is dodgey. In the present competitive...; Tags: hire, job, Job Interview, Managers Make; Discussion threads 2007-02-15
Robert Half International Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Andrew Steinerman with Bear Stearns. Go ahead, please. Andrew Steinerman - Bear Stearns Good evening, gentlemen. I am going to need a little more explanation on why Protiviti operating margins didn’t increase sequentially even though there...; Tags: Robert Half International Inc.; Earnings calls 2007-10-20