If you’re an accountant, a nurse, a physiotherapist, an IT guru or in childcare, expect to be in demand over the coming year!
The latest Quarterly Report from recruitment firm Hays has tipped the healthcare, IT, energy and finance industries to experience skills shortages in the first quarter of the year, with demand from employers exceeding the number of qualified job candidates.
The Senior Regional Director of Hays, Peter Noblet, said that companies will also be looking at ways to help staff work more flexibly in some industries – obviously not in healthcare.
"There's a fairly hefty move towards bringing your own device to work and working remotely," Mr Noblet said.
Mr Noblet said accounting employers would also find it hard to find adequately experienced people because the field was highly specialised.
"They're always in demand, professional advisers to corporate and individuals, because everyone wants to get the best advice they can when it comes to financial matters," he said.
"And there are so many areas; super, acquisitions, takeovers, mergers and liquidation and receivership-type work which we have seen a lot more of over the last 12 months."
Mr Noblet added that registered nurses and physiotherapists continue to be in high demand, particularly as the aged care industry grows.
The report, based on Hays clients' hiring plans for the coming quarter, also predicts the energy sector will face fierce competition for skilled workers against the higher salaries of the oil and gas industry.
Skilled childcare workers are also in high demand with employers looking to shore up staff before the Government's introduction of new qualifications standards for early childhood educators on 1 January 2014.
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