A report released by Anglicare has revealed that there are eight disadvantaged jobseekers for every entry-level position in Australia.
The report investigated how many jobs are available to persons with significant barriers to employment such as older people and whose how have been unemployed long term. This number is up from last year when it was reported that there was one position for every 5 and a half disadvantaged workers in the country.
Anglicare believes these numbers are a conservative estimate due to the increase of higher qualified individuals on jobseeker due to the coronavirus. If every Australian jobseeker is taken into account there are 106 people for every entry level position. The charity has called for greater public investment in job creation.