by Nicholas Wyman | Australian Career Practitioner | Volume 27 | Issue 2 | Winter 2016 |
Australia is abundant in natural resources (iron ore, coal, diamonds, gold, oil), indeed it is ‘the lucky country.’
However, while Australia has enjoyed a growing economy and relatively low unemployment for the past 20 years, a few years ago the GFC wiped out a quarter of a million jobs and caused youth unemployment to skyrocket to over 20% nationally.
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Caption: Newcomb Secondary College P-TECH Students visit the Barwon Health University Hospital in Geelong.
Nicholas Wyman is a speaker and expert on applying real-world solutions to the challenges companies face in finding skilled employees. He is CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation, which develops mentoring programs for corporations and places people in apprenticeship and training programs globally. He has an MBA and has studied at Harvard Business School and the Kennedy School of Government. 
