Australia could reach full employment if employers chose to embrace diversity hiring practices, new research has revealed.
The Diversity Council of Australia (DCA) has found that although Australia is experiencing a 50-year record-low unemployment level, nearly a third of Australian organisations have noted that they can’t find suitable staff to fill jobs.
CEO of DCA Lisa Annese said in a media release that there is a wealth of talent in the Australian market with more than three million people looking for work or who want more work.
According to the DCA research (pdf), of the three million jobseekers in Australia, most are likely to be from marginalised groups, including people with a physical or social disability like autism, carers, and older jobseekers….