Building bodies say more needs to be done to attract and retain people to trade jobs. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) By Emily Verdouw in Canberra A deepening skills shortage and plunging housing starts threaten the nation’s ambitious target of 1.2 million new homes by 2029. Housing construction data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday is expected to reflect the worst year for new home building in more than a decade. Housing starts in …

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Skills crisis, slowing starts hammer big housing target

The construction industry is calling for better worker retention, migrant visas and support for apprentices as a skills crisis chips away at housing targets.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative factor for companies around the world. Its impact is revolutionizing operational processes and, to a large extent, redefining the skills that collaborators need to stay relevant in a constantly evolving work environment. And at this point we need to pay more attention. It advances and increases the concern about job loss because, definitively, various roles will disappear as we know them, giving r…

La inteligencia artificial (IA) es un factor transformador para las empresas de todo el mundo. Su impacto está revolucionando procesos operativos y, en amplio grado, redefiniendo las competencias que los colaboradores necesitan para mantenerse relevantes en un entorno laboral en evolución constante.Y a este punto debemos darle mayor atención. Avanza y aumenta la preocupación sobre la pérdida de empleos pues, definitivamente, diversos roles desap…

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Task for HR: Leading the development of skills to leverage AI at work

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AI and the Skills Crisis: Facing a widening skills gap, businesses are turning to AI-powered strategies for workforce planning, skills-based hiring, upskilling, and driving economic mobility to future-proof talent. Source The post AI and The Skills Crisis: Why Business as Usual is No Longer an Option appeared first on News Talk 94.1/AM 1600.

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AI and The Skills Crisis: Why Business as Usual is No Longer an Option

A few years ago, coding bootcamps were seen as the golden ticket to breaking into tech. Three to six months of intense training, a portfolio of projects, and boom—you’d land a job as a software engineer. Except now, that promise is falling apart. It’s not that coding bootcamps don’t work at all—some people do land jobs. But if we’re being real, for a lot of graduates, bootcamps are setting them up for failure. And after watching layoffs hit deve…

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Why Coding Bootcamps Are Failing Developers

This year, I’m committed to ensuring our engineering and development teams can increase the amount of time they spend on strategic work by integrating AI into their workflows. Tech leaders must understand and balance the risks of AI while upskilling teams to take advantage of the technology. Optimising at an individual level is great, but optimising at the team level is even better. Last year was a pivotal point in this journey. Once perceived a…

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AI, skills and cybersecurity: tech leaders' priorities for 2025

A few years ago, coding bootcamps were seen as the golden ticket to breaking into tech. Three to six months of intense training, a portfolio of projects, and boom—you’d land a job as a software engineer. Except now, that promise is falling apart. It’s not that coding bootcamps don’t work at all—some people do land... The post Why Coding Bootcamps Are Failing Developers appeared on Rmag.

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A deepening skills shortage and plunging housing starts threaten the nation’s ambitious target of 1.2 million new homes by 2029. Housing construction data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday is expected to reflect the worst year for new home building in more than a decade. Housing starts in 2023/24 plummeted 8.8 per cent to 158,690 – a concerning trend for housing affordability and supply. The Housing Industry Association has f…

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