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How People get Jobs In Australia
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Job Search Experience (Cat. No. 6222.0) July, 2011; Feb. 2014.
Some Facts
1.7 Million Australians got a job in the year ended June 2013.
14% of these were young Australians aged 15-19 years of age.
GETTING A JOB IS LIKE DATING!
Either
You ask an employer for a job
Or
an employer asks you!
Or
an employer asks you!
15-19 year olds
Whether they had prior knowledge that the job existed - June 2013.
15-19 year olds
Whether they had prior knowledge that the job existed - June 2013.
Making direct approaches to employers is becoming more important.
June 2013
June 2010
There are Many Ways to Find a Job:
Examples of steps taken by people who got their first job ever held in the year ended June 2013
| Method | % who used this method |
|---|---|
| Wrote, phoned or applied in person to an employer | 57.3 |
| Answered job advertisements in newspapers | 10.7 |
| Answered job advertisements on the internet | 35.2 |
| Answered job advertisements on job noticeboards | 4.9 |
| Had interviews with employers | 68.1 |
| Contacted friends and relatives | 34.8 |
| Advertised for work | 2.4 |
| Registered with Job Services Australia | 9.6 |
| Registered with other employment agency | 4.8 |
| Registered with Centrelink | 9.7 |
| Did not take steps (i.e., an employer asked the jobseeker to work) | 19.0 |
Summary
There are many ways to get a job.
Many available jobs are not advertised.
Young Job seekers should use all available ways of finding work, especially:
Making direct approaches to likely employers by phone, in writing or in person.
Networking with friends and relatives to source job leads.
Checking job vacancy and company websites on the internet for job vacancies.
Checking job advertisements in the newspaper.
