Jobs, Employers and Job Network Providers - Western Sydney

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Jobs, Employers and Job Network Providers - Western Sydney

Maximising Placement & Retention

Key Trends and Issues of the Local Labour Market

Background

In the NESA whitepaper “Workforce of the Future&rdquo, retention was highlighted as a major area of concern for the employee and employer, which in turn has a major impact of industry and the Job Network Providers.

As we know, when a new employee starts with an organisation he or she usually delivers zero productivity until they develop the specific skills required to perform the required tasks.

Creating Sustainable Employment Opportunities

The whitepaper went on to say that:

“Creating sustainable employment opportunities for less skilled and highly disadvantaged job seekers, services and support to assist them to become productive more quickly was required.”

While the paper suggested there was probably a need for employers to be subsidised for taking on these less skilled staff to compensate for lost productivity, there was a need for the training and support, both pre and post placement, to be addressed.

So, we know that there are skills shortages and training gaps in the current system that require new or modified programs and services. In Workshop 1, two questions were posed to identify the shortfalls of the current system and training gaps in particular.

Workshop 1 - Maximising Placement & Retention

What are the main barriers of the current system with respect to filling these training gaps?

Question 1: Participants were asked to consider this question from 3 perspectives, the employer, the job network providers and the job seeker.

See the results: Employer - Job Network Provider - Job Seeker

Question 2: What could or should be changed and where are the opportunities?

Participants considered this question in terms of obstacles and solutions.

Obstacles - Solutions

Workshop 2 - The Road to 26 Weeks