Employment and Skills Gaps in Outer Metropolitan Growth Areas
Working
with Melbourne firm, Essential Economics, we undertook a study into the
economic conditions and prospects for the 25 councils that make up the
National Growth Areas Alliance. Geografia developed a jobs and skills deficit
measure that plotted each council according to whether their priority
concerns were a lack of jobs, skills or both. The current trajectory for each
council was also plotted. A strategy for intervention was prepared. Its
foundation was the creation of skills ecosystems that would target 20,000
more jobs in two years.
Image: Employment rates NSW growth areas (Geografia, 2012)
