PHOTO: Finding early childhood workers, as well as staff for other positions is proving difficult for Lachlan Shire Council.
The unemployment rate in Australia sits around 3.4 per cent. Good news for jobseekers but Lachlan Shire Council say it is having a big impact on being able to find suitable employees.
Council currently has 13 vacant positions advertised and five positions with applications going through the recruitment process.
There are another 10 vacancies that Council hasn’t been able to fill recently, that will need to be readvertised. In total, that’s 28 vacancies out of 166 positions Council employs or approximately 17 per cent of the Council workforce.
The vacancies exist right across Council’s workforce from all areas, including child care workers, plant operators, mechanics, customer service staff, administration officers, trainees and apprentices.