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Engineering Recruitment Newsletter
2 September 2010
The engineering sector is coming in from the cold and consolidation is high on the agenda. SKM back in hiring mode...read more
EnergyAustralia has its own hefty bill to pay
2 September 2010
Demand for engineering skills likely to continue as Australian electricity distributor gets set to spend almost $8-billion on its electricity network...read more
WorleyParsons profit slides as $A bites
26 August 2010
A key employer of engineering professionals, WorleyParsons, expects a focus on securing work in developing nations will help return it to profit growth...read more
Port Hedland set for city facelift
26 August 2010
Site-based Engineering jobs in WA's booming resources sector may become more attractive as northwest town transitions in to a regional city...read more
2010 Federal Election Campaign
Scope for engineering employment in the IT and telecommunications sectors as federal government allocates funding to broadband healthcare plan....read more
Infrastructure funding through bonds
2010 Federal Election Campaign
If elected on Saturday the federal coalition plans to attract massive private sector investment in infrastructure projects. A boost engineering employment in the infrastructure sector?...read more
Online Job Advertisements Down for Building and Construction
13 August 2010, Advantage Job Index - July
The Advantage Job Index slipped 1.30% in July, with building and construction and Human Resources taking significant hits....read more
Recruiting engineers overseas inevitable to meet labour demand?
23 July 2010
Political debate over population is in danger of scapegoating migrants to cover up for a lack of adequate government planning...read more
2010 Pound Poms - Why Engineering Professionals from the UK are being lured to Australia
Compiled by Paula Beezhold. 21 July 2010
Thousands of Britons are leaving their home country to work abroad but employers of engineers in Australia may need to provide a competitive alternative if they want to attract sought-after skills...read more
Employers upbeat about Australia's economic prospects despite heightened external risks
ANZ Job Advert Index, 9 August 2010
Total print and internet job adverts increased by 1.3% in July, to be 36.1% higher than they were last July (seasonally adjusted). Total job ads grew 1.8% month-on-month and 34.1% year-on-year....read more
Low unemployment, rising construction backs WA economy's rebound
26 July 2010
Western Australian economy powers ahead, underpinned by low unemployment, firm retail spending and rising construction...read more
Anger as lucrative engineering jobs go overseas
30 July 2010
Professional Engineers tell the WA government they are fed up with receiving the “crumbs” from tenders run by major project operators as the most lucrative work goes overseas...read more
Pilbara set for further expansion through Rio Tinto's iron ore operations
6 August 2010
International mining group, Rio Tinto, is to invest a further US$790 million to expand the capacity of iron ore operations in the Pilbara to 330 million tonnes per annum...read more
NSW infrastructure in average to poor condition
23 July 2010
Engineering report card finds that three-quarters of New South Wales infrastructure sectors need major to critical changes...read more
Shortage of professional engineers threatens growth
6 August 2010
An annual survey by Consult Australia has warned that engineering skills shortages will continue to constrain Australia's growth and limit innovation...read more
New Financial Year bodes well for Engineer Recruiting
9 July 2010
Australia's job market will experience a flurry of recruiting activity in the New Financial Year, according to the July September Hays Quarterly Report....read more
Professional Engineers should look to Australia for work
Mercer Cost of Living Survey. 6 July 2010
The world's most comprehensive cost of living survey ranks Australian and New Zealand cities as most competitive destinations for global workers in the Asia Pacific region....read more
by John Masters. 22 April 2010
Engineering Leaders: the real stars in the 2010 FIFA World Cup?...read more
HR Consulting specialists behind Cross Cultural Training
6 July 2010
JSM Appointments supports training initiatives to help newly migrated engineering families and professional engineers in Australia adapt to their new lives....read more
Engineering recruitment outlook may be dampened by resource industry driven uncertainty
26 June 2010
Western Australia cited as the main drag on overall index of a leading employment indicator, with Engineering and financial executive demand the main contributors...read more
Resource Super Profits Tax: Engineering Jobs in the Balance?
Rio Tinto, 17 June 2010
Rio Tinto Limited continues to share its concerns for the mining sector regarding the Government's proposed Resource Super Profits Tax....read more
WA and Qld lead Aust population growth
25 June 2010
Increase in mining investment sees need for engineering recruitment....read more
Rise in engineering employment and mining jobs.
Advantage Job Index, 15 June 2010
10.46% rise in engineering employment and mining job opportunities. WA is the strongest performer according to the May Advantage Job Index....read more
WA's super telescope bid set to create engineering jobs
Australian Governement Media Release, 9 June 2010
The Rudd Government will invest $47.3M in WA to ensure solar energy and the nation's largest direct heat geothermal facility power in Australia's bid to host the world strongest radio telescope...read more
A Meeting Point for Professionals
Compiled by Paula Beezhold. 18 May 2010
Engineering careers can offer global opportunities. Negative outcomes for the relocation process, often at the expense of the employer, can be mitigated through Cross Cultural Training initiative...read more
Most Brits considering life downunder
from The West Australian, 10 May 2010
Engineering Career enquiries received by JSM Appointments from UK engineers has increased in recent months. A survey reveals that most Brits may be considering a move to Australia...read more
Locals might lose out on engineering jobs
10 May 2010
US engineering firm will fight it out with local engineering professionals for a slice of the Murray Darling scheme....read more
Using a recruiter - a candidate's perspective
Published in The West Australian, 17 April 2010
JSM Appointments candidate discusses his experience using a recruiter to find his current position as principal planning engineer in Principal Planning Engineer in Perth...read more
WA Engineers support Regulation of their Profession
John Masters, 26 February 2010
Public submissions on the regulation of engineers in WA indicate there is support among engineers to introduce a regulatory system. talent torque reports on feedback from the WA building commission....read more
The Gorgon Project - a missed opportunity for Engineers?
Compiled by Paula Beezhold, 14 October 2009
Has Australia missed an opportunity for Perth to rival established centres for LNG Engineering? talent torque explores the facts....read more
Regulation? Exclusion? Where to for the engineering profession in WA?
Regulating the Profession in WA, 14 October 2009
The question of whether the WA engineering profession should be regulated or not, has been put to the public for comment....read more
A Matter of Manner - Predicting behaviour, predicting performance
14 October 2009
talent torque takes a look at Harrison Assessments - the assessment tool used by the likes of Boeing, Microsoft and Panasonic....read more
Engineers and the recession - Vacancies and skilled people without jobs - why?
14 August 2009
Results of a recent survey reveals that 49% of employers in Australia are continuing to struggle to fill available positions despite the economic crisis....read more
Shortfall of mining engineers to be addressed
21 July 2010
Mining companies forced to take greater responsibility for predicting their workforce needs at the time they apply for project approval under reforms recommended by a federal government review....read more