The skills shortage nobody’s talking about

Hi Reader, I spent last Wednesday at the Jobs and Skills Australia roadshow. (I geek out on employment data. Which makes me such a riot at parties.) One question kept nagging at me: If Australia has a skills shortage … why are we so bad at recognising the skills people already have? Most of you reading this have spent 15, 20 or 30 years building skills. Yet convincing an employer you can use them somewhere else can feel like trying to spend a Myer gift card at Bunnings. Declined. Look,...