Month: <span>September 2018</span>

Skills certification drives project management success

Skills certification drives project management success

A recent article entitled “Top 5 Project Management Certifications To Become A Great Project Manager!” from Peter Taylor of Simplilearn shows us the Sector Four skill credentials project managers utilise in the US. In the past few years, project management jobs have increased by 425%. Read more here… In Australia […]

Employers facing critical skills shortage

Employers facing critical skills shortage

Can Sector Four be harnessed to take up this challenge? David Myton from Campus Morning Mail reports that Australia’s employers are facing critical skills shortages and almost all are reporting low levels of literacy and numeracy among employees. They are also encountering difficulties in recruiting employees with STEM skills and in […]

Sector Four IT will drive top jobs growth

Sector Four IT will drive top jobs growth

Statista reports that LinkedIn have revealed the top emerging jobs in Australia, and technology has emerged as a common factor behind the growth of each role. The position to experience the highest rate of growth from 2013 to 2017 was that of Customer Success Manager, which according to LinkedIn is fuelled by the […]

Time to ditch ‘academic inflation’?

Time to ditch ‘academic inflation’?

As more graduates appear on the market, is their relevance for employment on the decline? Are we building a ‘qualified’ population that bears little resemblance to the needs of industry for employability? Too many Uber drivers with PhD’s? This article from the ABC’s ‘The Conversation’ from early 2017 has ongoing […]