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... opportunities, and a lack of ‘job-readiness’ among some of the young people themselves. “Employers tell us that young job prospects often don’t have the ‘soft skills’ needed to enter the workforce, that ...
Monday, 09 January 2012
... Australia (JSA) system. Craig Armstead is a 29-year-old job seeker who had been registered with Mission Australia Employment Solutions for two years. Craig had been out of the workforce for an extended ...
Monday, 12 December 2011
3. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)
... for sector reform. Mission Australia also pushed for welfare reform, particularly better support for people on the Disability Support Pension to join the workforce. And we helped shape reforms to the ...
Monday, 21 November 2011
... Support Pension who shouldn’t be there – the financial burden of such a development plus the human cost of their disengagement from the workforce – is something we all have to bear. But addressing the ...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
... Australia-Queensland Reds Indigenous Employment Program is currently working with 33 young people to help them become engaged in the workforce, with several of the participants already finding employment ...
Friday, 23 September 2011
... from employment support through financial education, access to low-fee banking products, matched savings programs, tax help and community education. Pictured here is Lloyd Williams from the workforce ...
Thursday, 22 September 2011
... of our Australian workforce is made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within three years, when we introduced the hospitality industry’s first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) late last year. ...
Tuesday, 06 September 2011
... social enterprises. Social enterprises are businesses with social goals, such as helping people who are disadvantaged and long-term unemployed into the workforce. “Social enterprises are about getting ...
Monday, 29 August 2011
9. Toby Hall talks social enterprise
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... the workforce. “Social enterprises are about getting highly disadvantaged people into the workforce,” Mr Hall said. What we’re trying to do is get people ready for a job. Mr Hall spoke of Mission ...
Monday, 29 August 2011
... Island, SA. He has worked as a shearer, stockman and a tradesman in welding and engineering. Arthritis and a heart attack, however, forced him to leave the workforce and go on a disability pension. “Unaffordable ...
Thursday, 04 August 2011
... share ideas and plan partnerships to increase recruitment and retention of Indigenous workers. “The Centre of Excellence has identified that local councils are facing a crisis in long-term workforce ...
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
... greatest barriers to people contemplating entering or re-entering the workforce has been a lack of incentive. What’s the incentive in getting off income support when you’re financially worse off simply ...
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
13. Prime Minister visits Alice Springs
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... 20 are underway. These projects are also providing jobs, with more than 50 per cent Indigenous employment as part of the housing and infrastructure workforce. There are also 100 places that offer young ...
Wednesday, 08 June 2011
14. Mental pain catches bad backs
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... scheme, when people had used up all their sick leave or suffered episodic downturns, a package of welfare support was put together to support them while they got back into the workforce, he said. National ...
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
... per cent of their total workforce, coming from these backgrounds. Taste of Reconciliation - Wednesday, 25 May 2011 Time: 6.30pm to 10pm Place: Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, 25 Collins Street, Melbourne ...
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
... or Torres Strait Islander with 120 staff members, almost five per cent of their total workforce, coming from these backgrounds. Taste of Reconciliation - Wednesday, 25 May 2011 Time: 6.30pm to 10pm ...
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Government Media Release, 18 May 2011 The Australian Jobs 2011 report was released today, highlighting opportunities and encouraging all Australians to participate in the workforce in Australia’s current ...
Thursday, 19 May 2011
18. MA welcomes budget focus on disadvantaged areas
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... people the government is seeking to return to the workforce. “We hope that buried in the detail is more funding to build Centrelink’s capacity to understand the often complex issues around these people. ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
19. System fails jobless on disability support
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... need to offer disability support pension recipients who do have some capacity to work intensive assistance and incentives to encourage them back intothe workforce. After all, he argues, a welfare system ...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
... from our experience how difficult it is help sole parents – or anyone – into work when they have no skills and when they’ve been disengaged from the workforce for years. “And it’s not just the ‘hard’ ...
Thursday, 05 May 2011
... in terms of workforce participation but nothing that will make a serious and long-lasting difference. Australia needs root-and-branch welfare reform – reform that tackles the complexity of the income ...
Friday, 01 April 2011
22. Geraldton and Meekatharra / Mid West Gascoyne Region (WA)
(Community Services/Community Services)
... to participate more effectively in training or the workforce.  Visit the LLNP landing page Contact: LLNP Geraldton Level 1, Champion House 103 Marine Terrace Geraldton WA 6530 Call 1300 MPOWER (1300 ...
Monday, 28 March 2011
... for the women who participate is the confidence they gain, which translates into all aspects of their lives, such as parenting, social engagement and the workforce.” No one believes this more than Karen*, ...
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Mission Australia has proven itself to be a highly successful community services organisation with a nationwide service presence. We have a passionate workforce all of whom are committed to doing the ...
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Hobart teenager Bianca* had little interest in high school and left in Year 10 to enrol in a college course. After failing to complete the course, she entered the workforce but struggled to hold down ...
Monday, 18 October 2010
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