Australia's mining workforce has grown by more than 20,000 people in the past year and supported 5000 new apprentices as the nation's unemployment rate continues to fall, according to the Minerals Council of Australia.
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Geoscientist under-employment falls amid pandemic
Continued activity in Australia’s exploration sector has helped keep geoscientist employment relatively stable during the September quarter.
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Geoscientist unemployment rate drops below 10 per cent
The employment rate for geoscientists across Australia has improved during the second quarter of this year despite the coronavirus pandemic.
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Geoscientist jobs set to overcome coronavirus despite taking hit
Unemployment rates for geoscientists continued to rise in the 2020 March quarter, however fears of a severe impact to the sector from COVID-19 has not yet transpired, according to the Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey.
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Geoscientist job prospects up but self-employed still struggle
Unemployment among Australian geoscientists has continued to fall in the first quarter of 2019, however those that are self-employed continued to struggle.
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Demand for workers in Queensland’s resources sector continues
Queensland is teeming with hundreds of jobs in the resources sector, from Townsville and Mt Isa in the north, to Toowoomba and Roma in the south and in corporate headquarters in Brisbane.
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Geoscientists’ employment rate continues to plummet
Employment opportunities for geoscientists in Australia have continued to drop during the first quarter of 2016.
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Geologist employment continues to dive
Geoscientific employment in Australia continues to plumb new depths, with record underemployment since the start of the Australian geoscientist employment survey in 2009.
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Mining slump creating skills shortage
The ongoing mining decline is creating a skills shortage as professionals exit the industry, and an unemployment rate triple that of the rest of the nation.
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New opportunities for newly unemployed miners in Tasmania
The Tasmanian state government has formed an economic task force in the wake of more than 350 mining job losses on the state’s west coast.
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WA miners bombarded with job applications
Major projects in WA are being flooded with job applications, as the unemployment rate climbed from 5.2 per cent in January to 5.9 in February, the highest level of unemployment seen in the mining state since 2003.
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Western Australia close to recession: economist
A leading economist has warned that Western Australia is close to a recession as unemployment in the state continues to rise.
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WA unemployment rate rises on the back of mining downturn
Western Australia’s jobless rate has hit highs not seen since the GFC, with many blaming the downturn in the mining sector.
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