News Updates
05 – Jobs of the future – Keeping each other safe
Jobs of the future, plus more useful things to know and do for all the employers, contractors and job seekers in the Spinifex community
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/hololens
Here’s what we’ve seen, heard and talked about this week:
- Where the jobs are
- How do we prepare for growth on the other side?
- Staying safe, keeping others safe
Where the jobs are
Right now, we have a number of job opportunities in the following sectors and locations across NSW and VIC. Over 30% of those jobs are in the Construction sector.
For more information, take a look at our current job opportunities https://spinifexrecruiting.com.au/jobs.php
Also check out the Australian Government Jobs Hub https://www.dese.gov.au/covid-19/jobs-hub
How do we prepare for growth on the other side?
Economic and social analysts are telling us that when we emerge on the other side of COVID-19, the way we work and live will be changed.
Although we cannot predict those changes, we can head in the right direction by asking ourselves some critical questions:
- Where will the jobs of the future be?
- What will we have to do differently?
- Where are the opportunities to do things better?
Right now, we’re seeing indicators that on the other side of COVID-19, there may be increased demand for skilled workers in a number of industries and sectors, such as:
- Advanced manufacturing and automation
- Agribusiness
- Commercialisation of research and development (R&D)
- Cloud-based corporate service and productivity platforms
- Construction, particularly infrastructure and home improvement
- Data science
- Digital and tele-service delivery
- Ecommerce
- Emarketing
- Emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, robotics, wearables that monitor health etc.
- Energy and water services
- Essential services such as the police force, health services, aged care, teaching, social assistance and food services
- Government innovation at local, state and national levels
- Marine science
- Medical and health technologies and pharmaceuticals
- Mining equipment technology services
- Remote learning and work technology
- Renewable energy
- Software engineering
- Supply chain and logistics
- Surveillance systems
- Textile, clothing and footwear
- Transport, postal and warehousing
- Waste management
What employers will look for may also change. The fourth industrial revolution has been reshaping the skills we need in a modern economy for a number of years. Now COVID-19 has accelerated demand for these skills, such as:
- Adaptiveness
- Cognitive flexibility
- Collaboration and coordinating with others
- Communication
- Complex problem solving
- Creativity
- Critical thinking
- Customer service orientation
- Data analysis
- Digital fluency and confidence
- Emotional intelligence
- Evidenced-based decision making
- Forecasting / predicting
- Institutional knowledge management
- Judgement and decision making
- Negotiation
- People management
- Service orientation
- Social collaboration
Learn more about what the challenges and opportunities created by the collision of COVID-19 with fourth industrial revolution https://www.weforum.org/focus/fourth-industrial-revolution
Now is not the time to relax
We’re all proud of the way our communities are flattening the curve, but the rise in the COVID-19 growth factor to 1.11 on 25 April reminds us that staying safe and keeping others safe is still the priority:
- Stay at home unless you are: shopping for what you need, receiving medical care, exercising or travelling to work or education
- If you must go out, keep 1.5 metres away from others
- Wash hands and use hand sanitiser regularly
- If you have respiratory symptoms including a cough, get tested
- Take care of your physical and mental health
- Look out for one another
- Stay informed https://www.australia.gov.au/
It’s also important that employers continue to keep their people safe by adhering to the National COVID-19 Workplace Principles released by the government on 24 April https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/covid-19-information-workplaces/other-resources/national-covid-19-safe-workplace-principles
| Scott C Small | Victoria Bila |
| Managing Director | Group Manager – Operations |
| Andrew Egan | Damien O’Donnell |
| Group Manager – Regional Operations | Group Manager – Regional & Executive |
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