Young Workers Sought to Fill 70,000 Railway Jobs Gap

Young Workers Sought to Fill 70,000 Railway Jobs Gap
A CityRail commuter train leaves Circular Quay railway station in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 2, 2010. Greg Wood/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia’s peak railway body has kicked off a campaign to recruit young workers in a bid to address a skills shortage of 70,000 roles in the industry.

The Australasian Railway Association’s Work in Rail campaign is designed to attract school graduates after research showed workers under the age of 25 represented just four percent of the industry’s workforce.