Doonside Technology High School hosts visit from NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli
New South Wales Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli and Member for Riverstone Kevin Conolly joined a group of students Doonside Technology High School (DTHS) at a Work Readiness Workshop. “A resume is all about selling yourself,” said Minister Piccoli as he worked with students who were compiling their skills and experiences of work. “Babysitting – that shows responsibility,’ he said as he encouraged students think of their transferable skills. The workshops, facilitated in partnership with Pure Insights, Extra Staff and GenerationOne meet the needs of students and the school. ... More...
14 May @ 03:55 Add your comment
GrainCorp – Harvesting Indigenous Employment Opportunities
Agriculture has long been described as the back-bone of the Australian economy. GrainCorp, one of Australia’s largest grain companies has not only focused on the supply chain services of grain production including harvesting, storage, logistics, malt production and export sales. Since 2011 it has been building employment opportunities for Indigenous Australians across its business. Peter Adams from Collarenebri has worked at GrainCorp for the past 3 years in various roles. “I was on tarps, which is putting the tarps on to cover up the wheat and sewing the tarps together; that was my first job. I went from there onto the lobsters, they throw the wheat and make it into stacks,” he said. ... More...
03 May @ 11:23 Add your comment
Hon. Adrian Piccoli Visits Work Ready Workshop
02.05.2013 MEDIA RELEASE Today NSW Education Minister, Adrian Piccoli will visit Doonside Technology High School in Western Sydney. Meeting with 20 Indigenous students who are part of the GenerationOne Pathway Program, the Minister will meet with students to discuss their career aspirations and opportunities. At a workshop hosted by GenerationOne, in partnership with Pure Insights, this small group of students is taking ownership of their futures. Opting out of their school athletics carnival, the group will work on resumes, interview techniques and presentation skills. ... More...
02 May @ 02:07 Add your comment
Muso's pitch for work and genuine change
Muso's pitch for work and genuine change JEREMY Donovan has vowed to put indigenous reform and jobs at the centre of the federal election campaign in his new role as national ambassador for GenerationOne. The internationally renowned didgeridoo player will push the Gillard government to accelerate reforms to end the disparity between black and white Australians. Donovan said Australian political leaders must be prepared to try radical new approaches to end welfare dependency and try new regimes that fundamentally changed indigenous people's lives. Indigenous people would have their lives transformed only through education and work. "Culture isn't a cape, it's something that runs inside us. Irrespective of the work you are doing, whether it is working in Woolworths or workin... More...
30 April @ 09:22 Add your comment
Pearls MiiHome: Building an Indigenous Workforce
Last month Pearls MiiHome joined Australia’s largest demand led Indigenous employment campaign, by signing an Australian Employment Covenant, a GenerationOne initiative. Announcing 100 Indigenous job opportunities to be filled over the next year, Pearls MiiHome have committed to ending the disparity through employment. In a very short space of time MiiHome has recruited 50 Indigenous staff in three separate recruitment drives. This month fifteen Indigenous job seekers will commence the Work Access Program – a training and employment program which runs for 10 weeks with a job with MiiHome at the end for successful participants. Darien Torrens is one Indigenous employee who is taking up a job opportunity in construction. ... More...
26 April @ 08:24 Add your comment
NEXT GENERATION FOR GENERATIONONE
Today, Mr Warren Mundine, who has spear-headed GenerationOne’s efforts over the last year as CEO and Chairman, will be stepping down from the organisation. “I have dedicated my time at GenerationOne to drive a strong policy agenda that ensures both sides of politics are focused on ending Indigenous disparity through jobs. Having achieved this, I believe now is the time to move on to a broader agenda to drive change," said Mr Mundine. ... More...
24 April @ 01:23 Add your comment
ISS Leaders in Indigenous Employment
In 2009 ISS Facility Services committed 50 jobs for Indigenous job candidates in 2009 through the Australian Employment Covenant (AEC). In February 2011 after fulfilling its first covenant, the company resigned and committed a further 265 jobs. At the beginning of March at a small event attended by GenerationOne in Queensland, ISS announced it has employed over 550 Indigenous people. Scott Wilson, ISS National Manager Employment Programs and Indigenous Development put the success of the program down to actions, ongoing support and the overall structure of the program. ... More...
19 April @ 10:56 Add your comment
Covenant Update
In the last month the GenerationOne movement to end the disparity between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians has grown. Two new employers, Pearls MiiHome and YMCA NSW have signed Employment Covenants. Both Pearls MiiHome and the YMCA NSW have joined the existing 335 employers to be part of Australia’s largest demand led Indigenous employment campaign. Pearls MiiHome, based on the Gold Coast has committed one hundred jobs over the next year. Working in partnership with Mission Australia Pearls MiiHome CEO Mark Winfield said this covenant is building on existing employment opportunities. ... More...
05 April @ 11:02 Add your comment
GenerationOne’s third birthday - a call to action
On the occasion of GenerationOne’s third birthday, founder Andrew Forrest and Chairman Warren Mundine hosted a senior executive’s breakfast in Parliament House, Canberra, to highlight the need for employer-directed training. GenerationOne used the event to call on policy makers to prepare Indigenous jobseekers for jobs that exist, and support only the models of employer-directed training. Training in isolation to the jobs market is futile. Representatives from over 100 employers, which partner with GenerationOne, shared their Indigenous employment experiences with Government Ministers, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, and Shadow Ministers. Mr Forrest congratulated the 335 employers who had built the demand for an Indigenous workforce through the creatin... More...
05 April @ 10:42 Add your comment
The YMCA has joined the generation for change!
The YMCA has joined 337 Australian employers in partnering with GenerationOne to end Indigenous disparity through employment. This week GenerationOne Chairman Warren Mundine and the New South Wales YMCA CEO Phillip Hare signed an employment Covenant in Sydney. The NSW YMCA has committed 500 jobs for Indigenous job seekers to be filled over the next five years. “There is only one way to tackle welfare dependency in Indigenous communities and that’s to give people the best viable alternative – a career. The YMCA is offering real career opportunities sport, recreation, camping and outdoor education,” said Mr Mundine. ... More...
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