PHOTO: The search for solutions to the regional workforce shortage is ratcheting up.
Our employers are facing a growing struggle to find workers as new analysis shows there are more than 1500 vacant jobs across the central west region.
The Regional Australia Institute (RAI) research shows there are more than 90,000 vacant jobs outside of capital cities in Australia – an all-time record high.
RAI is think-tank devoted to issues concerned regional Australia. It’s Chief Economist, Dr Kim Houghton told the Western Plain App “the job vacancy rate has been growing strongly for the past two years roughly since around October 2021…