Employment services
Briefing paper
Tasmania’s regional jobs hubs network
The Regional Jobs Hubs network brings local employers and jobseekers together to create employment pathways and training and job outcomes for Tasmanians in their local communities. This paper provides an overview of the initiative. It finds that the network has had a real impact and provides a working example of a place-based network operating at...
Guide
Yarning about careers: a connected community approach to career exploration
This series of career exploration activities and worksheets is designed to support young people to open up conversations with important people in their lives. These conversations can help build relationships and strengthen the connections between young people and their elders.
Report
Good Sammy open employment trials
Good Sammy Enterprises (GSE) is a not-for-profit social enterprise in Western Australia. GSE is trialling new models of employment support to people with intellectual disability to build their capacity and secure open employment outside GSE. This interim report evaluates the impact, outcomes and effectiveness of the trials.
Evaluation
AgFutures: an evaluation of a place-based workforce innovation project
This evaluation reports on a program designed to address agricultural workforce shortages and improve pathways to entry-level work for young people. It finds positive outcomes for young people and employers, but challenges with adapting to changing local conditions.
Report
Informing a partnership on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander economic development
This report finds that governments' reluctance to properly engage in genuine partnership around economic development has contributed to poorer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and businesses. It calls for greater community control, stronger partnerships with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, and reforms to employment programs to make them culturally safe and effective.