Staff Reporter, Monday, 14th March 2016 - Funding and advocacy Not for Profit, Social Ventures Australia, has released a report identifying the underpinning principles behind successful youth employment programs. The…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 22nd February 2016 -
Youth unemployment in Australia remains “unacceptably high” according to one of the country’s largest community service organisations.
In its pre-budget submission, Mission…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 15th February 2016 -
Some of Australia’s leading companies have signed on to a new competition that aims to showcase the skills and talents of young Australians and show employers why they need to look…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 8th February 2016 -
Australian Not for Profits working to support disadvantaged youth are being offered the opportunity to partner with the charity founded by Charles, Prince of Wales.
The Prince’s…
Staff Reporter, Monday, 1st February 2016 -
Some of Australia’s leading companies have signed up to a program designed to change the way the employment system works, with employers and service providers working together to…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 9th November 2015 -
Seven years after the Global Financial Crisis hit, the event is still creating havoc for young jobseekers, with teenage boys and young men who are in the labor market today more likely…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 14th September 2015 -
Four Australian Not for Profits have pocketed more than $840,000 to tackle youth unemployment.
The Citi Foundation has announced that it will launch two programs this month to address…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 22nd June 2015 -
A specialist youth employment academy, described as an Australian first, has been launched by a Melbourne entrepreneur to give young people a better chance of finding meaningful…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 20th April 2015 -
Australia’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly fallen to 6.1 per cent, with the dollar receiving a boost on the back of the jobs news.
The latest figures from The Australian…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 23rd March 2015 -
Australia’s peak welfare body has called on the Federal Opposition and crossbenchers to vote against Abbott Government proposals it says will deprive young people of any…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 2nd March 2015 -
One in five unemployed Australians is a teenager, according to a new report released today by national welfare agency, the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
The Teenage Dream Unravels:…
Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 10th November 2014 -
Youth unemployment has risen to its highest level since 2001 and the issue is acting as a “handbrake on the Australian economy”, according to the Federal Labor Opposition.…