Reports and insights

AKG released the results of a survey into the impact of digital skills and resources on finding work. The Digital Divide white paper, releases under MAX Employment, seeks to provide a better understanding of the challenges that people with unequal access to digital technology and skills encounter in securing and maintaining employment.

An often-repeated claim about digital technology is that it opens up a wealth of economic opportunities. While this may be true for some, those who don’t have the skills or the access to digital resources are effectively denied these opportunities. When you consider that those who lack reliable internet access, their own PC, or solid digital skills, often experience economic, physical, or cultural disadvantage, it becomes a serious equity issue. Digital skills, while important for Australia’s economic future, are far more wide-reaching in their impact as digital technology becomes enmeshed in our everyday lives.

New research by AKG, formerly known as MAX, and not-for-profit, HOST International, has revealed that only 1 in 5 (21%) skilled migrants in Australia have their overseas qualifications recognised for employment, despite skills shortages in critical sectors around the nation.

A majority of large employers intend to increase the size of their Indigenous Australian workforce in 2021. But those looking for work remain very cautious about the future, according to a new MAX report on Closing the Gap.

We surveyed our Indigenous Australian customers at the end of 2020 on topics including the support they most value from employers and their expectations for the future. A separate poll of large and medium size employer partners was launched at the same time.