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BigBlackCock
Okay, so there's an alleged skill shortage. The number of job ads has increased to a 5 year high and certainly the demand for WA's minerals and resources and ore/fuel projects are being signed.
But the reason I ask about how allegedly big the boom is, is that I suspect that like before; the economy is of a two parrallel type - one is the escalating mining boom economy and the other is your plain normal every day economy comprising things like retail, construction etc.
So what do you readers think of this so called boom we're having - is it so isolated to the minining industry only? A friend of mine advertised for a Customer Services Officer and was stunned to find close to 180 emails waiting for her today. She thought she'd get a quarter of that compared to the last mining boom we had about 5 years ago. Mind you, in these days it's so easy to just click on a mouse to send an application and she did find almost three quarters of the applicants weren't what she was looking for and weren't exactly unemployed either.
She's in the banking/finance sector but I gather retail's going through a harder time - again depending on the product you sell. One company selling lawnmowing equipment told me that the lousy winter rains last year and the excessive sun this year has seen them go through a lean patch for the first time in ages.
Another in the electrical goods industry admits he gets huge crowds over the weekend but the margins he makes on many of his goods are so small, he said he hasn't really made that much compared to previous years.
Any opinions or feedback? I find the statistical evidence versus the anecdotal views differ quite a bit.
But the reason I ask about how allegedly big the boom is, is that I suspect that like before; the economy is of a two parrallel type - one is the escalating mining boom economy and the other is your plain normal every day economy comprising things like retail, construction etc.
So what do you readers think of this so called boom we're having - is it so isolated to the minining industry only? A friend of mine advertised for a Customer Services Officer and was stunned to find close to 180 emails waiting for her today. She thought she'd get a quarter of that compared to the last mining boom we had about 5 years ago. Mind you, in these days it's so easy to just click on a mouse to send an application and she did find almost three quarters of the applicants weren't what she was looking for and weren't exactly unemployed either.
She's in the banking/finance sector but I gather retail's going through a harder time - again depending on the product you sell. One company selling lawnmowing equipment told me that the lousy winter rains last year and the excessive sun this year has seen them go through a lean patch for the first time in ages.
Another in the electrical goods industry admits he gets huge crowds over the weekend but the margins he makes on many of his goods are so small, he said he hasn't really made that much compared to previous years.
Any opinions or feedback? I find the statistical evidence versus the anecdotal views differ quite a bit.