Underuse of migrants’ skills is costing us billions. Discrimination often starts at the job interview

By Melissa Parris, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Business School, Deakin University
Maggie McAlinden, Senior lecturer, Edith Cowan University
Uma Jogulu, Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

Pathways to resolving Australia’s skills shortage were a key discussion point at the government’s recent economic reform roundtable. One of those discussions specifically focused on the need to streamline skills recognition for qualified migrants.

The Productivity Commission has highlighted the continuing mismatch for…

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