With an educated workforce and a population of 19,855,288 (2006 census) I do not understand why Australia has a high demand for skilled professions, i.e. the Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) found at www.migrationexpert.com.
Is there something unique about Australia's workforce or education system, that they choose to give preferential treatment to immigration applicants in these particular skilled professions?
2007-09-03 11:52:56 · 2 answers · asked by monkeybean123 1 in Social Science ➔ Economics
The number of workers needed in some professions has increased because of changing technology and businesses want labor costs as low as possible. Increasing the supply of workers in skilled professions by immigration is cheaper that training domestic workers to do the jobs , or offering high enough salaries so domestic workers will have incentives to pay for their own training. Such policies also benefit the workers not in the high skill professions by keeping prices down and making Australian products more competitive in world markets.
2007-09-03 15:04:39 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's similar situation in many other countries...
Australia is experiencing economic growth, and in some cases, more job vacancies are being created than filled.
Australia needs immigrants- that's why they come. Obviously, there are economic and other benefits- for Australia.
2007-09-03 19:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by Filip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋