New Project to Boost Jobs and Tackle Skills Shortages
Source: Victoria. Minister for Skills and Workforce Participation. Media Release
"A new $5 million Brumby Government employment initiative will help more than 400 Victorian job seekers secure jobs Skills and Workforce Participation Minister Jacinta Allan said. “New Workforce Partnerships takes over from the Brumby Government’s successful Workforce Participation Partnership program, which since 2006 has partnered with more than 1500 employers to create more than 3000 jobs. This new project will link disadvantaged jobseekers, such as recently arrived migrants, refugees, people with disabilities or a mental illness, indigenous people and at-risk young people with employers."