By Industry
What is the top employment industry in Australia?
a) Construction
b) Education and Training
c) Retail Trade
d) Healthcare and Social Assistance
d) Healthcare and Social Assistance (2.36 Million)
Which occupation has the most part time employees?
a) Sales workers
b) Labourers
c) Community and personal service workers
d) Professionals
c) Community and Personal Service
What method is most commonly used by employers to recruit new employees?
a) Word of mouth
b) Social Media
c) Newspaper
d) Recruitment and company websites
d) Recruitment and company websites
Which of the following jobs is ranked highest on Australia's top 50 jobs in demand?
a) Electricians
b) Secondary school teachers
c) Software and application programmers
d) Registered nurses
Which of the following occupations has a skills shortage?
a) Web developer
b) Translator
c) Physiotherapist
d) Architect
c) Physiotherapist
What is the most populated employment industry for young people aged 15-24?
a) Accommodation and Food services
b) Construction
c) Retail Trade
d) Mining
c) Retail Trade
Which occupational group has the highest percentage of workers with Bachelor Degrees or higher?
a) Clerical and administrative workers
b) Managers
c) Professionals
d) Technicians and trade workers
c) professionals
Of those who graduate from a VET certificate what percentage end up employed 6 months after completing their training?
a) 77.3
b) 54.8
c) 91.2
d) 27.4
a) 77.3
Which of the following occupations is projected to add the highest numbers of new jobs over the next 5 years?
a) Chefs
b) Child Carers
c) Software and application programmers
d) Aged and disabled carers
d) aged and disabled carers
Which occupation do you think has a 'strong' future demand?
a) ICT Security
b) Roof plumbing
c) Glazier
d) Street sweeper operator
a) ICT Security
What was Australia's biggest employment industry in 1988?
a) Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
b) Manufacturing
c) Healthcare and Social Assistance
d) Construction
b) Manufacturing (16%, down to 6% in 2025)
What occupational group is projected to have a drop in the number of people employed in the next 5 years?
a) Machinery operators and drivers
b) Secretaries
c) Bank workers
d) Labourers
b) Secretaries
What percentage of employers prefer that job applicants have workplace experience?
a) 25
b) 78
c) 50
d) 100
b) 78%
Which of the following occupations is projected to fall the most over the next 5 years?
a) Farmers and farm managers
b) Personal assistances and secretaries
c) Machine and stationary plant operators
d) Primary school teachers
b) personal assistants and secretaries
Which occupation do you think has no skills shortage and the future demand is considered to be low?
a) Actor
b) Park Ranger
c) Chemist
d) Police officer
a) actor
What percentage of females work in the Health and Social Assistance industry in 2025?
a) 75.9
b) 95.2
c) 27.3
d) 51.1
a) 75.7
In what occupation group is one in four people aged 55 years or older?
a) Professionals
b) Clerical and administrative workers
c) Machinery operators and drivers
d) Managers
d) Managers
Which of the following employability skills is most often mentioned in online job postings?
a) English
b) Energetic
c) Multi-tasking
d) Positive disposition
c) Multi-tasking
According to the Financial Review which industry has seen the most job losses since COVID-19?
a) Accommodation and food
b) Construction
c) Arts and recreation
d) Manufacturing
a) Accommodation and food
Which of these occupations has a skills shortage and has strong future demand?
a) Cafe manager
b) Clinical psychologist
c) Fitness centre manager
d) Librarian
b) Clinical psychologist
Which industry has t he highest number of employees with no post-school qualification?
a) Mining
b) Accommodation and food services
c) Construction
d) Retail trade
b) Accommodation and food services
What occupation group is most highly represented in regional areas?
a) Labourers
b) Machinery operators and drivers
c) Professionals
d) Community and Personal Services Workers
a) Labourers
Which of the following employability skills is the most often mentioned in online job postings?
a) Writing
b) Organisational skills
c) Communication skills
d) Computer skills
c) Communication skills
According to the Financial Review which industry has seen the most job gains since COVID-19?
a) Education and Training
b) Mining
c) Public Administration and Safety
d) Retail
c) Public administration and safety
For what occupation is there a skills shortage only in regional areas?
a) Optometrist
b) Arborist
c) Childcare Worker
d) Deer farmer
a) Optometrist