Employment prospects for Australia’s embattled geoscientists improved during the first quarter of 2017 according to the latest Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Geoscientists during April. Unemployment amongst geoscientists during the survey period was 12.1%, down from 14.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016.  Underemployment (geoscientists unable to secure their desired

The Australian government yesterday (18th April, 2017) announced an overhaul of the 457 temporary work visa scheme.  The announcement of the proposed changes lacked detail but in essence: The new working visa scheme announced will have two- and four-year categories, and workers will be required to have two years’ relevant experience in the field that they

The improvement in employment prospects for Australia’s geoscientists evident during 2016 came to an end in the final quarter of 2016. At 31st December 2016, the unemployment rate amongst Australian geoscientists was 14.4% and the under-employment rate was 19.5%, up slightly from 13.9% and 18.8% respectively at the end of September 2016.  The unemployment and

The latest Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey is open for contributions. The survey takes only a few minutes to complete and can be accessed here. The survey is the latest instalment in the series, introduced to examine the impacts of the global economic downturn of 2009 on geoscientist employment in Australia.  This instalment in the survey series

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists continued to improve gradually in the three months between 30th June and 30th September 2016. The picture emerged in results of the latest quarterly survey by the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) in which respondents provided information about their employment prospects during the September quarter of 2016. At 30th

The latest Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey is open for contributions until 22 October, 2016.  Follow this link to complete the survey. The June 2016 quarter Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey revealed that employment prospects for geoscientists throughout Australia were potentially showing signs of improvement. At the end of June, the combined unemployed + underemployed rate was

Questions from several members prompted analysis of latest AIG Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey data to examine which fields of practice have been affected most by the prolonged downturn in geoscientist employment. The survey revealed an unemployment rate of 15.9% and under-employment rate of 20.2% amongst geoscientists nationally.  These rates were down from 19.5% and 23.4% respectively

The survey can be accessed here.  The survey will be open for contributions until 16th July 2016.  You do not need to be an AIG member to participate.   It takes only a minute or two to complete and collects no personally identifiable data. The latest Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey is collecting data for the

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment situation. Around half of the unemployed has now been jobless in the sector for 12 months – and around two thirds of jobless have no

The December 2015 quarter Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey revealed that employment prospects for geoscientists throughout Australia were the worst since these surveys commenced. At 31 December 2015, the unemployment rate amongst Australian geoscientists was 18.7% and the under-employment rate was 23.4%. The combined unemployment and under-employment rate of 42.1% was the highest recorded since the