Here’s what we’ve seen, heard and talked about this week:
Where the jobs are
How do we prepare for growth on the other side?
Staying safe, keeping others safe
Where the jobs are
Right now, we have a number of job opportunities in the following sectors and locations across NSW and VIC. Over 30% of those jobs are in the Construction sector.
Economic and social analysts are telling us that when we emerge on the other side of COVID-19, the way we work and live will be changed.
Although we cannot predict those changes, we can head in the right direction by asking ourselves some critical questions:
Where will the jobs of the future be?
What will we have to do differently?
Where are the opportunities to do things better?
Right now, we’re seeing indicators that on the other side of COVID-19, there may be increased demand for skilled workers in a number of industries and sectors, such as:
Advanced manufacturing and automation
Agribusiness
Commercialisation of research and development (R&D)
Cloud-based corporate service and productivity platforms
Construction, particularly infrastructure and home improvement
Data science
Digital and tele-service delivery
Ecommerce
Emarketing
Emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, robotics, wearables that monitor health etc.
Energy and water services
Essential services such as the police force, health services, aged care, teaching, social assistance and food services
Government innovation at local, state and national levels
Marine science
Medical and health technologies and pharmaceuticals
Mining equipment technology services
Remote learning and work technology
Renewable energy
Software engineering
Supply chain and logistics
Surveillance systems
Textile, clothing and footwear
Transport, postal and warehousing
Waste management
What employers will look for may also change. The fourth industrial revolution has been reshaping the skills we need in a modern economy for a number of years. Now COVID-19 has accelerated demand for these skills, such as:
We’re all proud of the way our communities are flattening the curve, but the rise in the COVID-19 growth factor to 1.11 on 25 April reminds us that staying safe and keeping others safe is still the priority:
Stay at home unless you are: shopping for what you need, receiving medical care, exercising or travelling to work or education
If you must go out, keep 1.5 metres away from others
Wash hands and use hand sanitiser regularly
If you have respiratory symptoms including a cough, get tested
