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Rush for the money in West - Fool's Gold for Engineers
26 February 2013
The latest Clarius Skills Index reports a reshaping job market for engineers as parts of the economy slow and mature age workers return to work.........read more
JSM Appointments bridges geographical divide at African Mining Indaba in Cape Town
1 February 2013
Mining Indaba Cape Town 4 February: MECS Africa - JSM partnership introduces a Perth-based presence for Australian companies operating across Africa...read more
Internet Vacancy Index Falls by 23% over the Year
20 December 2012
According to DEEWR's latest Vacancy Report, Internet Vacancy Index (IVI) decreased by 3.5% in November 2012 and is now at its lowest level since the series began in January 2006...read more
Ongoing Shortages among Engineering Professionals
22 November 2012
Threat to Australia's economic growth: Clarius Skills Index for September quarter reports persistent shortages for engineering professionals.........read more
MECS Africa and MECS Global ("MECS") enter into a partnership agreement with JSM Appointments
14 November 2012
MECS Africa partnerships with JSM Appointments to accelerate MECS' broad based partnership approach to growing the "MECS" brand both in South Africa and internationally...read more
457 Visa's in WA's Resources Industry - benefits for workers, employers and the nation
14 November 2012
A study into the use of 457 visas in the WA resources sector outlines benefits and costs for business, migrant families, and the community.......read more
JSM Cycles for Cancer Research
9 October 2012
JSM Appointments will be participating in the Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting the WA Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR), Western Australia's premier adult medical research institute...read more
Job Adverts Decline in Mining States of WA and Queensland
8 October 2012
The latest ANZ Job Ads Survey reports that adverts in the mining states of WA and Queensland declined in September on the back of recent project delays and cancellations in the mining sector....read more
Employers Report Weaker Hiring Intentions for Mining & Construction Sector
12 September 2012
Cautiously optimistic hiring plans for Quarter 4 2012 - Net Employment Outlook stands at +9%, while outlook weakens 6 percentage points in the Mining & Construction sector.......read more
Using a recruiter - a candidate's perspective
7 September 2012
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
7 September 2012
Preferred supplier agreements (PSAs) favour one size fits all recruiters. Are smaller specialised recruiters facing extinction under a modern regime of prescribed mediocrity?...read more
Where to for the Engineering Professional?
20 August 2012
John Masters sheds light on the current career climate and emerging trends in the engineering employment market in WA...read more
Senate Inquiry into the Engineering Skills Shortage - A Recruitment Perspective
August 2012
A Senate inquiry into the shortage of engineering skills across Australia, invited submissions to comment on the link between the demand for infrastructure delivery and the skills shortage...read more
Resource Nationalism Number One Risk for Miners
12 July 2012
The prosperity of the mining and metals sector at a time when other sectors are struggling has seen a new risk for miners - sharing the spoils....read more
Job Advertising Falls 1.2% in June
12 July 2012
Advertisement trends reflect the divergent fortunes between mining and other parts of the economy...read more
Internet Vacancy Index Falls by 10% over the Year
6 July 2012
According to DEEWR's latest Vacancy Report, Western Australia recorded an increase in vacancies despite the national decline over the year...read more
Watchdog Probe over Short-Stay Visas
23 June 2012
Temporary skilled migration is a clear necessity, but one that should be strictly controlled, says Engineers Australia...read more
Employers Report Weaker Hiring Intentions
18 June 2012
The Outlook for the Mining & Construction sector declines by nine percentage points and four percentage points for the Transportation & Utilities, says sector employers...read more
Australia Still Better than Africa
18 June 2012
BHP Billiton will pursue steady growth in its Pilbara iron ore business and dismisses suggestions the industry will turn to Africa for future expansion......read more
Labour Mobility Big Issue for Australia
11 June 2012
Jobseekers in other countries more prepared to move for work in mining states than Australians.......read more
Not a Good Year for Infrastructure Investment
30 May 2012
Infrastructure Report Cards recognise important changes and developments happened during the past decade but Australia's infrastructure is still in need of major improvements....read more
Funding More Places in Engineering
24 May 2012
EA policy not on the budget, Part 2. Best way forward to enable Australia to develop and train more of its engineers and lower dependence on skilled migration: Present policy framework well-funded....read more
Increasing the Number of Engineers Trained
23 May 2012
Engineers Australia's first Policy Note in a series of three discusses that emerged from the 2012 Federal Budget to improve the study of mathematics and science in schools....read more
Job Advertising Falls 3% in April
10 May 2012
ANZ currently investigating reliability of data which has been driving the recent improving trend in job advertising....read more
Carnegie Secures Funding for Wave Project
4 May 2012
Carnegie Wave Energy says it has secured $31 million to proceed with its Perth wave energy project....read more
Karara Finalises Transmission Access Agreements - Electricity Grid to Transmit to Mid-West WA
1 May 2012
Agreements reached with Western Power allow high-voltage electricity to be transmitted to the Karara Iron Ore Project in WA’s Mid-West via 330kV line...read more
23 April 2012
Survey results predict +13% net employment outlook with the strongest hiring activity forecast in the Mining & Construction sector...read more
Hiring Intentions Continue to Improve
12 April 2012
Job advertising suggests stabilising labour market conditions...read more
Shortage of Engineers: A Matter of Urgency
4 April 2012
To deliver on its infrastructure and nation-building needs Australia needs to address the shortage of engineers as a matter of urgency...read more
Turnout of Engineering Graduates Not Enough
4 April 2012
Critical shortage of Engineers blamed on a lack of suitable teachers...read more
Mining boom to shift into overdrive with $60bn export surge
26 March 2012
The pay-off from the surge in resource investment is at hand, with rapid growth in export volumes...read more
Internet Vacancy Index Continues to Decline
26 March 2012
The Internet Vacancy Index has fallen to 42.1% below the March 2008 peak according to DEEWR's latest Vacancy Report...read more
Visa Changes to Lure More Permanent Workers
12 March 2012
Federal government immigration reforms have been introduced aimed at fast-tracking employer-sponsored permanent visas...read more
Unemployment Up but rise in Job Advertisements Continues
12 March 2012
Mining, energy and infrastructure investments are still driving job creation in Australia with job advertisements at highest level since November 2008 despite marginal rise in unemployment rate...read more
Local Engineering and Design Priority for WA Government
7 March 2011
WA State Government signals resource project proponents priority of sourcing local engineering and design...read more
1 March 2012
More and more the world is reporting to Engineer bosses...read more
Engineering Recruiter Grows Partnerships in Electricity Sector
31 January 2012
JSM Appointments' strategy to focus on the electricity and civil infrastructure sector received a boost after winning a three-year contract with The Northern Territory Power and Water Corporation...read more
Unemployment down 0.1 percent to 5.2 percent in December 2011
19 January 2012
The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show 29,300 jobs were cut last month, indicating a slowdown in the economy...read more
Unemployment rate to rise to 5½% by mid-2012
16 Janauary 2012
ANZ job index shows the number of job adverts fell 0.9 per cent in December compared with the previous month while trends reveal that Australia is set for higher rate of unemployment in 2012...read more
Mixed Employment Outlook for 2012
John Masters, 20 December 2011
DEEWR's Internet Vacancy Index may have recorded a decrease in demand for engineers for November 2011, but the job outlook for 2012 remains upbeat...read more
DEEWR index shows modest decline in demand for Engineers
16 December 2011
DEEWR's Internet Vacancy Index recorded a decrease of 0.9% in demand for engineers for November 2011, with five of the eight occupational groups decreasing over the month in WA...read more
WA Leads Positive Hiring Intentions into 2012
15 December 2011
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for quarter 1/2012 shows ongoing strength of hiring intentions in mining and construction sector, and WA employers forecast strong job growth in Quarter 1 2012...read more
Job Advertisements Flat in November
8 December 2011
While the pace of monthly falls in trend job advertisements have slowed since June, November was the eighth consecutive month of trend decline....read more
Skilled Labour Shortfall Tipped for 2020
30 November 2011
The growing skills shortage is forcing more and more West Australian employers to look overseas to secure skilled workers...read more
Job Advertisements Ease Further in October
11 November 2011
Highlights of the latest ANZ Job Advertisement series show that job advertisements on the internet and in newspapers decreased by 0.7% in October, the sixth fall in seven months...read more
Australia Passes Controversial Carbon Pollution Tax
11 November 2011
Australia's parliament approved a controversial pollution tax on Tuesday, after years of bitter debate over the reform which is aimed at lowering carbon emissions blamed for climate change...read more
Engineering Graduates Miss out on Skills
2 November 2011
WA university students graduating with mining industry qualifications exceeds the capacity of industry to provide work placements, leaving some unable to formally complete their qualifications...read more
New Royal Charter Granted and By-laws Approved
2 November 2011
Australia’s Governor-General has granted Engineers Australia’s 2011 Royal Charter and approved Engineers Australia’s 2011 By-laws, having become effective on 26 September 2011...read more
Perth: Rudd to push African mining ahead of CHOGM
24 October 2011
The Australian foreign minister will announce a $30 million initiative to promote mining development in Africa ahead of the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth...read more
Skills shortage drives growth in temporary skilled migration
21 October 2011
KPMG's Skilled Migration Survey of 300 Australian businesses in July and August 2011and confirms that Australia is experiencing a skills shortage increase of about 10% over the past 12 months...read more
DEEWR index shows decline in demand for Engineers
20 October 2011
DEEWR's Internet Vacancy Index recorded a decrease of 3.8% in demand for engineers for September 2011, with for all eight occupational groups decreasing over the month in WA...read more
Job advertisements fall further in September
13 October 2011
Number of job advertisements continued to decline in September, falling 2.1% m/m to be just 3.1% above year ago levels...read more
BHP gets nod for expanded Olympic Dam
13 October 2011
Federal government approves the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine in South Australia...read more
11 Golden Rules for Job Seekers
7 October 2011
"The biggest misconception a job seeker makes is that they assume because a headhunter agrees to meet them, that headhunter will find them a job"...read more
Companies Look Overseas for Staff
1 August 2011
Almost two-thirds of large companies are considering hiring staff from overseas to overcome skills shortages, an Australian Institute of Management national salary survey shows...read more
by John Masters, 18 July 2011
Effective recruiters accurately assimilate the selection criteria, scratch beneath the surface of a candidate's CV, ensure all relevant attributes are considered then place the Goldilocks Engineer...read more
Perth Trades City Status for Country Town
21 July 2011
Perth is often described as a big country town. The description is now official. The federal government has declared the city a regional centre as part of an attempt to solve a looming labour shortage...read more
Miners move to lock in skills while academics question the wisdom of high migration intake
18 July 2011
Companies hire engineers not yet needed to avoid having to compete for skills later in the year, while a report argues that cutting migration will not hurt the resource industries...read more
Immigration slide hits population growth
24 June 2011
Population growth has slowed to its weakest pace in four years as the nation's intake of migrants has plunged...read more
Kiwis head to Australia in record numbers
23 June 2011
New Zealanders are migrating to Australia in record numbers following the Christchurch earthquakes, official data shows...read more
Massive solar projects get green light
23 June 2011
The federal government has committed more than $750 million to build two of the largest solar power stations in the world in Queensland and New South Wales....read more
Resources boom to keep rolling
9 June 2011
The global mining boom has shifted into top gear because of growing demand and surging commodity prices, with profits of the world's 40 largest miners reaching a record $US110 billion last year....read more
Australia's Federal Budget - Doors thrown open to skilled labour
12 May 2011
Responding to complaints from business about skills shortages, the government has increased its permanent migration target for the 2011-12 financial year to 185,000...read more
Engineering Reputation in Jeopardy
15 April 2011
Australia has always been a great engineering home but is it in danger of losing it because of a serious skills gap?...read more
Skills suffer as Australian migrant intake dives
30 March 2011
Slump in migration to Australia - ACCI warns that the nation will pay the price of falling net migration in higher inflation and delayed projects unless it gets the immigration settings right...read more
State Government plan to supplement Western Australia's skilled workforce
23 March 2011
The West Australian Government has released a strategy that outlines an integrated and targeted approach to address a future skills shortage by supplementing Western Australia’s skilled workforce....read more
Using ABNs: Is your Engineering Employment Contract arrangement compliant?
23 March 2011
Engineers and employers using ABNs should ensure that work arrangements comply with legitimate contracting structures as Australia's one million contractors face tougher scrutiny from 3 regulators...read more