I don't know much about the other countries, but here in Australia, though there are some genuine skills shortages in some areas, for the most of the so called skills shortages are baloney. Those skills shortages include I.T, hair-dressers, chefs, trades-people and etc. Does Australia lack these skills, or is there a government-global business conspiracy to lower wages and conditions further by importing cheap workers on 457 Visas and also expanding the multi-billion dollars foreign students into the TAFE (Community Colleges) sector, so their fees contributes further to the economy? My masseuse is a Thai foreign student who is paying $5000 a semester to learn English in a college. She and her colleagues are exploited and paid far-less in wages and conditions than their Australian counterparts. For a while now, skilled Aussies have been migrating overseas and especially to New Zealand ( Reverse migration for Somalis moving from New Zealand to Australia to drive cabs--bigger market for Taxi drivers). Australian politics will soon mirror at what happened In America due to both of the major political parties disregard to the lower echelon of society. They lack access to jobs and decent wages. This will trigger (already happening) the xenophobic parties to wield more power. Those fuckers in Davos and their political puppets should wake up before another socialist-nationalist global Hitler emerges. They should listen to the people.
Revenge of the Kiwis: the tide turns in New Zealand’s favour.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/lif...r/news-story/cf7153aeafe6260bbe205f8cc84f0f3e
New Zealanders used to flock to Australia: what happened?
http://www.theage.com.au/good-weeke...-australia-what-happened-20161011-grzwmc.html
Foreign workers still taking our jobs
PIG farmers, amusement centre managers, bed and breakfast operators and flower growers are some of the foreign workers still actively being imported into Australia on skilled worker visas.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...s/news-story/cec228c891e9a434964da453769c3b05
New visas threaten Australian jobs.
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/new-visas-threaten-australian-jobs-20160606-gpchab.html
Thousands of foreign IT workers flood Australian market as locals struggle to find work.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vi...k/news-story/9d9aa8ed5ee2473607513ad26c7819ad
Engineers imported from overseas as Australians struggle to find jobs
http://www.smh.com.au/business/work...ns-struggle-to-find-jobs-20161220-gtes3q.html