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$75 Million Jobs Plan Not Perfect – NFPs

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 17th November 2014 - Victorian Not for Profits have welcomed a $75 million Coalition promise to support businesses employ young Victorians who have been without a job for six months, but have said that…

NFPs Leading the Way on Gender Equality

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 17th November 2014 - Not for Profits have been recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, making the inaugural list of Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation holders with 76…

Youth Unemployment Continues to Rise

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.…

2095: The Year of Workplace Gender Equality

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 5th November 2014 - Gender parity in the workplace will not be achieved for 81 years at the current rate of progress, according to new figures from the World Economic Forum. According to the Global Gender…

Enforced Employment for Indigenous Australians

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 3rd November 2014 - Construction companies working on projects worth more than $500,000 will be forced to employ Indigenous people under a new Northern Territory Government policy. Minister for Infrastructure…

Hiring Managers Want Someone Just Like Them – Study

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 27th October 2014 - Male hiring managers prefer male job candidates and female hiring managers prefer female job candidates, but when it comes to making the final hiring decision a man is more likely…

230 Jobs in 90 minutes for Indigenous Aussies

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 27th October 2014 - Two hundred and thirty job pledges for Indigenous Australians were received from 16 employers in just 90 minutes at a breakfast in Sydney recently. Minister for Indigenous Affairs,…

Jobs Campaign for Vision Impaired

Xavier Smerdon, Monday, 20th October 2014 - A new campaign that aims to find more jobs for blind and vision impaired people has been launched. Guide Dogs NSW/ACT is urging business owners to “open their eyes” to…

Mental Illness Study Reveals Workplace ‘Fear Factor’

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 7th October 2014 - One in five Australians are potentially being overlooked for job opportunities due to the ‘fear factor’ in hiring people who have a mental illness, according to new…

Labor Reveals $1 Billion Jobs Plan

Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 7th October 2014 - The Victorian Opposition has announced that it will launch a $1 billion fund to create 100,000 full time jobs for unemployed youth and the long-term unemployed if it wins November’s…

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10 Top Tips for Getting a Job- Graeme Innes

Lina Caneva, Monday, 6th October 2014 - Former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes offers his 10 Top Tips for Getting a Job. I’m one of the lucky people with a disability in Australia- I have a job.…

Youth Jobs Program Cut

Lina Caneva, Monday, 6th October 2014 - The Federal Government has been accused of causing the demise of an employment resource that has been used by school students for almost 50 years. Shadow Assistant Minister for Education…

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