{"id":744116,"date":"2026-06-18T08:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744116\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:53:10","slug":"australia-lands-among-the-top-nations-for-career-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744116\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia lands among the top nations for career accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia ranked fifth in the index with a 67.95 score, emerging as one of the most attractive destinations for career growth in the Asia-Pacific region and globally.<\/p>\n<p>The market&#8217;s strong placement is due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/au\/specialisation\/recruitment\/australias-unemployment-rate-hits-45\/576048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">its strong employment rate<\/a> (63.8%), high LinkedIn penetration (76%), and a relatively balanced cost of living (67.9).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Australia continues to appeal to professionals seeking both career progression and quality of life,&#8221; the report read.<\/p>\n<p>Australia falls behind Singapore, which ranked first in the index, with a 74.76 score. The market saw the highest GDP per capita in the index, coupled with a strong employment rate and high digital connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>It is also behind the United Arab Emirates, which placed third with a 68.68 index score. It saw the highest LinkedIn penetration in the index with 78%, with a strong employment rate and a comparatively lower cost of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia ranked fifth in the index with a 67.95 score, emerging as one of the most attractive destinations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,358305,5449,44,7595],"class_list":["post-744116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-career-accessibility","tag-human-resources","tag-news","tag-recruitment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}