The Benefits of Career Education

30^th June has ticked past, and we welcome a new financial year. And I have got to admit that the new financial year doesn’t look to have a lot to recommend it. The prices of essential commodities (ie food) are up, petrol is exorbitantly priced, interest rates have affected our mortgage repayments and the list goes on. While there is some relief from the new labour government with changes to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and family benefits to name a few, these are not going to assist most businesses. And then of course in the background, we have the Ukraine War and more floods on the Eastern seaboard. There is not a lot to lighten our souls. And we did know that if we expended huge sums of money protecting ourselves against COVID we would eventually have to pay for it.

Deciding on a career can be difficult and takes research, goal setting and knowledge of what you want to do. Guiding someone through their career plan can be even more difficult. There are many different resources we can use to help with this process. Today I'd like to use this article to highlight three that the team at Skills Strategies International have found the most useful

Currently, all WA businesses suffer from an extreme skill shortage across various industries. The Hospitality industry has been hit the hardest. Statewide we currently have 15,000 vacancies, with this number only growing as staff must isolate due to COVID-19. As a result, many restaurants are operating half-staff, and some businesses even have to shut down due to being understaffed.