Category: shortages
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17,500 Visa Workers Help Keep Australia’s Trade Workforce Afloat
Temporary skilled visa workers are playing a vital role in keeping Australia’s construction and trades sectors moving, filling critical labour gaps during a period of strong demand and persistent skill shortages. New analysis from job management platform NextMinute shows that, while visa holders make up just under 2% of the national trade workforce, some states are…
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Construction Labor Shortage? How Tech Helps Contractors Adapt
Headlines about labor shortages in the construction industry are nothing new—for years, contractors have known that there was plenty of work but never enough workers. Even so, the construction labor shortage seems to have taken on a new acuity. According to Newforma’s 2025 AECO Project and Information Management Survey, 41% of firms in the AECO…