Employing Chefs in Queensland: A Content Analysis of Employment Advertisements

This research was commissioned and funded by the Hospitality Training Association Inc on behalf of the Queensland Hospitality and Tourism Industry with the research conducted by The University of Queensland.

In 2001, A Recipe for Change suggested that for the following five years some 16,000 to 17,000 cookery recruits were required annually to fill Australia’s hospitality and tourism skills shortages, to accommodate for industry growth and occupational attrition.

The research paper Employing Chefs in Queensland was pilot research focusing on chef advertisements collected between 1st September 2007 to March 2008 in Queensland.

The researchers collected 6227 advertisements, but they also noted that this number was probably understated due to the fact that some establishments have simply given up advertising for chefs.

Tourism and Hospitality Scoping Paper

The Tourism & Hospitality Scoping Paper, focused on the issue that the tourism and hospitality industry will struggle to position itself as a preferred employer through the strategies outlined in the Queensland Tourism Strategy, unless additional resourcing and funding is available to influence the traditional methods, mindsets and perceptions of people in the industry.

But as the research unfolded it became apparent that the current recruitment and retention strategies of the industry have to become more than one – dimensional in order to attract and retain employees in the industry.

The research used the example of the building industry, to set up a fund for annual income that could be used to brand, market and educate the industry.

Education Export Strategy 2009-2010

The hypothesis for this paper is that the education industry in Queensland does not have a holistic business plan in place capable of effectively planning, developing and marketing the export of education in order to achieve satisfactory levels of growth, effective brand recognition and promote education as an essential export industry.

Specifically it is the contention of this paper that:

• Queensland education exports are underachieving and have failed to keep pace with the state's growth;
• the industry's planning authorities have failed to establish competitive targets and grow market share;
• not enough private providers are being encouraged to participate in the export market as a result of the legislative/regulatory and planning barriers still in place;
• there has been a failure at state level to clearly articulate and deliver the brand values necessary to position Queensland to prospective markets.

Access Economics - The Australian education sector and the economic contribution of international students

A Report by Access Economics Pty Limited for the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET)

This report outlines the economic contribution of trade in education services to the Australian economy.  It features three main components:

1. the economic contribution of students and the associated flow-on effects;
2. an analysis of the domestic education sector;
3. an overview of Australia's standing in the international education market.

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National Long Term Tourism Strategy

As you may be aware, the ‘National Long Term Tourism Strategy' Steering Committee has presented its report - The Jackson

Report - to the Federal Minister.   The report outlines a number of recommendations for the future growth of Australia's tourism industry and its contents will be considered as valuable contribution to the development of the national long-term tourism strategy to be finalised this year by the Federal Government.  It may also inform future funding from the Commonwealth.

To view the full eNews Article click here.