Aussie businesses cry “skills shortage” wolf
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Another bogus report has emerged claiming that half of all NSW businesses are experiencing “skills shortages”:
Skills shortages are impacting on more than half of NSW businesses, with a survey revealing a critical mismatch between training and an organisation’s needs.
Of the 1259 businesses that responded to the 2019 Workforce Skills survey, 55.4 per cent said they were experiencing a skills shortage…
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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