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Green jobs leap, bucking the trend

By Georgina On February 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As anticipated, the February 2012 Green Job Index shows a substantial improvement in the number of green jobs being advertised – just short of the high seen last July.  Green jobs are up 56% on last month’s figures, from 1640 jobs mid-January to 2574 mid-February 2012. Of course, this month’s improved figures reflect seasonal employment [...]

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Renewable energy investment is not an unemployment solution

By Georgina On January 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

With the Prime Minister’s claim of 6 million Australian jobs to be created over the next few years on the back of the Clean Energy Future Package, the Managing Director of GreenCollar Talent, Peter Hooper, cautioned that whilst the investment in renewable energies is crucial, we should not be tempted to dress up renewable [...]

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Demand for rare skills keeping green job ads up

By Georgina On December 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

At this traditionally quiet time of the year in Australian recruiting it’s not unusual to see a drop in jobs advertising overall.  In the green jobs sector, however, we are seeing hiring for green jobs picking up again  in relation to the market as a whole.

Despite global economic uncertainty, here in Australia improved political [...]

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Green job growth paused due to global uncertainty

By Georgina On November 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment

As the rest of the world waits for the European sovereign debt crisis to play itself out, the Australian job market holds its breath. There are clear signs of caution across all job sectors, and the green job market is no exception. Despite expanding Gross Domestic Product figures of 1.2% in the [...]

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Green jobs stable: Clean Energy Future package promises boom – where will the new jobs be found?

By Georgina On October 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The anticipated green jobs boom, as a result of the passing of the Carbon Tax bill is still a few months off, according to GreenCollar Talent’s Green Jobs Index. Green job figures have remained stable, with green jobs making up 1.4% of all advertised jobs – just 0.1% down on last month’s figures. But the [...]

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September 2011 Green Job Index figures stable at 1.5% of all jobs

By Georgina On September 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Latest figures from our Green Job Index show that the number of Australia-wide ‘green’ jobs being created is stable at almost 1.5% of all jobs. This is despite the decidedly lack-lustre performance from the solar industry. The end of federal subsidies and the cuts in New South Wales and Victoria to the feed-in tariffs has [...]

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Green Jobs Down in August – Along with a Rise in the General Unemployment Rate

By GreenCollar On August 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The number of new green collar jobs advertised has been steadily increasing since March last year –until now. Apart from the end of year Christmas period – which is traditionally a time of low job creation –  this is the first time we have seen a midyear drop in green collar job advertising, down 8% [...]

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Australian Green Jobs Advertising Continues Impressive Growth Despite Big Falls in NSW

By Joe On July 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The number of green job ads in Australia has risen by 7.68% since the last measurement period on 14 June. This can be compared to a 5.95% increase in all jobs in Australia over the same period, clear proof that the “green jobs” market is on average outperforming the wider employment market. The percentage of [...]

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NSW Shows Lowest Percentage of Green Jobs per State

By Mashael On June 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Data collected on the number of job advertisements listed in the previous month indicates that the state of NSW has the lowest percentage of green jobs despite of having the highest number of actual job listings. The graph below shows that NSW had 691 green job listings in the middle of June.

However, this translates [...]

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Positive News in a Cautious Market

By Joe On June 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Advertising for the Green Jobs market has continued its strong positive growth trend despite the negative trend currently affecting the wider Australian employment market.

Reports of job losses and slowing employment growth across the wider Australian market appear to be correct according to our analysis.  There has been a steady decrease in employment advertising since [...]

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