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

  • Written by: Melissa Parris, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Business School, Deakin University
Underuse of migrants’ skills is costing us billions. Discrimination often starts at the job interviewDavid Gray/AFP via Getty Images

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.

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