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Skills

Shortage “ Research shows

that Gen-Z will
probably have 18 jobs
over six careers. We
he hard border restrictions need to start to think
Tare also amplifying the skills what we are going to do
shortage in WA. Veldsman said to attract them.
Roy Hill had already begun
innovating its way out of the
labour crisis, approaching
grounded Qantas pilots and
Defence Force graduates, to
address its workforce needs.

hey [Qantas] have a bunch of very ly needs to be a focus on how we can
Tvaluable assets, their international we engage students into the industry
pilots,” he said. “They do need those because the gap is going to get pretty
pilots to go back to flying planes when large and it’s going be really concern-
international borders open up, but they ing.
don’t have jobs for them at the mo- “Pitching to investors and raising
ment. We need more labour now locally money is obviously still super impor-
in Australia until borders open up. By tant, but I think being able to pitch to
training them to come work for us, we’re future generations to join the industry is
taking somebody off JobKeeper and giv- just as important because you can’t do
ing them a real job. Our first pilot has these projects without them.”
started, he finished his first two weeks Companies such as Roy Hill have
of driving trucks.” already started making those
Another issue stalling important investments into
recruitment is the on- Gen-Z which Veldsman
going public percep- believes will be the
tion mining is a mainstay of future
“dirty” business. mining work-
Abbi Ver- forces.
mey, found- “Your next
ing director emp l o y e e
of executive is prob-
recruitment ably going
firm Aca- to be Gen-
cia, believes Z,” he said.
now is the “ R e sea r c h
perfect time shows that
to highlight Gen-Z will
the important probably have
but perhaps un- 18 jobs over six
derappreciated link careers. We need
between the mining to start to think what
industry and the growing we are going to do to at-
clean energy thematic which tract them. What we’ve done
resonates strongly with the younger in the past to attract people won’t work
generation. in the future. This generation is looking
“I think it [the skills shortage] is going for something different.”
to get far worse, particularly in the next
10 years,” Vermey said. “There definite-

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