Reported significant improvement earlier this year in employment prospects for professionals in Australia’s exploration and mining industry has slowed, according to the latest Australian geoscientist employment survey results collected by the Australian Institute of Geoscientists for the quarter up to the end of June 2017. During the second quarter of 2017, geoscientist employment across Australia

It’s time for another quarterly snapshot of the geoscientist employment situation in Australia. This survey will provide data on trends in geoscientist employment in Australia during the second quarter of 2017. The March 2017 employment survey showed that unemployment and under-employment for geoscientists had fallen in three of the last four quarters – encouraging news after

Employment prospects for Australia’s embattled geoscientists improved during the first quarter of 2017 according to the latest Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Geoscientists during April. Unemployment amongst geoscientists during the survey period was 12.1%, down from 14.4% in the fourth quarter of 2016.  Underemployment (geoscientists unable to secure their desired

The improvement in employment prospects for Australia’s geoscientists evident during 2016 came to an end in the final quarter of 2016. At 31st December 2016, the unemployment rate amongst Australian geoscientists was 14.4% and the under-employment rate was 19.5%, up slightly from 13.9% and 18.8% respectively at the end of September 2016.  The unemployment and

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists continued to improve gradually in the three months between 30th June and 30th September 2016. The picture emerged in results of the latest quarterly survey by the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) in which respondents provided information about their employment prospects during the September quarter of 2016. At 30th

The latest Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey is open for contributions until 22 October, 2016.  Follow this link to complete the survey. The June 2016 quarter Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey revealed that employment prospects for geoscientists throughout Australia were potentially showing signs of improvement. At the end of June, the combined unemployed + underemployed rate was

Questions from several members prompted analysis of latest AIG Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey data to examine which fields of practice have been affected most by the prolonged downturn in geoscientist employment. The survey revealed an unemployment rate of 15.9% and under-employment rate of 20.2% amongst geoscientists nationally.  These rates were down from 19.5% and 23.4% respectively

Employment prospects for Australia’s professional geoscientists deteriorated even further in the opening quarter of 2016, driven down by mining’s negativity and dashing hopes for an improvement in the geoscientist employment situation. Around half of the unemployed has now been jobless in the sector for 12 months – and around two thirds of jobless have no

The December 2015 quarter Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey revealed that employment prospects for geoscientists throughout Australia were the worst since these surveys commenced. At 31 December 2015, the unemployment rate amongst Australian geoscientists was 18.7% and the under-employment rate was 23.4%. The combined unemployment and under-employment rate of 42.1% was the highest recorded since the

An improvement in employment prospects for Australia’s geoscientists evident in the September Quarter 2014 AIG Australian Geoscientist Employment Survey results proved to be short lived with unemployment and underemployment rising again in the December quarter. Australia’s geoscientists continue to struggle in response to a sustained downturn in employment prospects. The unemployment rate amongst Australia’s geoscientists