Attracting skilled migrants and attracting back skilled expatriates through the promotion of career and life opportunities in Tasmania provides Tasmania with an opportunity to increase its skill base, raise the level of population and provide employment and training opportunities for new work entrants.
Actions that encourage skilled people to relocate or return to Tasmania include those aligned with the following:
- State and Commonwealth skilled migration programs;
- promoting Tasmania interstate to people who may be looking to relocate to a new state and to those who may have left Tasmania in search of a career ;
- converting International students into residents;
- converting tourists into residents; and
- supplying information on career and life opportunities to skilled Tasmanian expatriates, nationally and internationally.
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The Department of Economic Development and Tourism promote Tasmania through Business and Skilled Migration and International Education Programs. (19)
(19) Department of Economic Development and Tourism (Skilled Migration) |
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Associate Professor Natalie Jackson, Director Demographic Analytical Services University of Tasmania
"Attracting skilled migrants to Tasmania is an imperative. We already have fewer people aged 20-29 than 55-64 years, our skilled Baby Boomers are planning to retire earlier and almost one-quarter of our young graduates leave the state soon after they graduate. Our skilled worker crisis is not going to go away of its own accord." |
Performance Measures & Targets:
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Increase the proportion of migrants coming to Tasmania (Tasmania Together)
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| Current (2007): |
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0.69% of the total migrant share |
| 2010: |
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1% total migrant share |
| 2015: |
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2% total migrant share |
Activity in this area:
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Tasmanian Skills Strategy
Increase Participation in Work and Community
