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Labour Force, 2001


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During the past decade, three key factors have shaped the nation’s workforce: A demand for skills in the face of advancing technologies and the ‘knowledge based economy’; a working-age population that is increasingly made up of older people; and a growing reliance on immigration as a source of skills and labour force growth.

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