Currently, nearly 620,000 permanent migrants are working below their skill level – nurses, teachers, engineers, and other professionals unable to work in their trained fields despite critical worker shortages.
This skills underutilisation is costing the economy significantly and impacting essential services, leading to longer wait times and rising costs.
Activate Australia’s Skills is a coalition of 90+ business groups, community organisations, and unions.
How to Get Involved:
- Sign the open letter to support reform.
- Share your story if you’ve experienced skills underutilisation.
- Spread the word and encourage others to take action.
Each story strengthens the push for a simpler, faster, and fairer system for recognising overseas experience.
Settlement Services International Limited (SSI) is a national not-for-profit organisation delivering a range of human services that connect individuals, families and children from diverse backgrounds with opportunities. From settlement support, to disability programs, community engagement initiatives and training and employment pathways.
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SSI Group acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work. SSI Group remains committed to reconciliation and to working with First Nations peoples to realise “Makarrata” – a Yolngu word meaning the coming together after a struggle.