Australian Bureau of Statistics released a survey and found twenty seven percent of businesses are struggling to find staff.
The accommodation and food services sector has seen a job increase of thirty six percent over the past year but is over fifty thousand positions short of its pre-pandemic levels, suggesting workers have moved into other sectors.
The health and social services sector may be one of those sectors, as it has seen a record increase of people in employed positions and now accounts for one in seven jobs.
The Federal Government this week expanded the number of applicable occupations under its skilled migrant scheme to help fill the missing worker gaps.