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ABC News Article - Calls for national overhaul to career advice to tackle uni-centric focus for school students
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The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) follow young Australians from the age of 15 up until they are 25, exploring young people’s experiences as they leave school, begin post-school study, and enter the workforce.
Generation Z: life at 22 brings together information from LSAY participants who commenced the program when they were 15 years old in 2015. Using findings from their interviews in 2022, we look at their engagement with study and work and how this has changed over time. We also explore their levels of financial stress, mental health, and satisfaction with life and how this compares with 22-year-olds in 2016.
The latest Labour Market Update for the September 2023 quarter has been released by Jobs and Skills Australia. The report shows that we’ve experienced strong labour market conditions over 2022-2023 and particularly strong growth in female full-time employment (up by 6.0%), more than double the growth rate for men (2.7%).The report highlights the importance of Vocational Education and Training (VET) with around 91% of total employment growth in occupations that typically require post-school qualifications. Just over half (51.9%) of total employment growth was found in occupations where VET qualifications were the primary pathway.Over the year to May 2023, employment increased in all eight major occupational groups. The largest increases in employment were recorded for Professionals (4.2%), Community and Personal Service Workers (6.0%) and Technicians and Trades Workers (3.5%).The report also highlights that Aged and Disabled Carers, Registered Nurses and Child Carers, all care sector occupations, were the three strongest growing occupations over the last year.Electricians are in high demand in regional Western Australia and Queensland and demand is expected to increase with Australia’s clean energy transformation, as a number of key regions are actively planning the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Furthermore, Jobs and Skills Australia have provided a range of future focused reports which are summarised in the Towards a National Jobs and Skills Roadmap - Summary which discusses skills gaps, mega trends in the workforce and the value of further education (both VET and Higher Education). It provides an initial assessment of current and future skills needs and opportunities for the national skills system.
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