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Mature age workers an asset for project management

Keeping mature age workers happy is a key factor in easing skills shortages in the project management sector. According to the Diversity Council of Australia, age discrimination now occurs in over a third of Australian workplaces.

February 13, 2012

News

Mining projects threatened: Deloitte

Capital project risk and labour shortages are just two of the top 10 challenges that will face the mining industry this year, according to the Tracking the Trends 2012 report issued by leading professional services firm Deloitte.

January 17, 2012

News

5 project management predictions for 2012

I’m no clairvoyant, but I believe I can see where project management will head this year. Given that project management survived 2011, a year of disasters—natural and man-made—it wouldn’t be glib of me to say that project management will not only live another day but grow stronger in 2012.

January 13, 2012

Blogs

Experts predict rise in project-based employment

Organisations will increasingly be forced to seek employees for their skills, not to suit a role, in order to counter the ongoing skills shortage, says Matthew Franceschini, CEO of contractor management specialist Entity Solutions.

December 13, 2011

News