Tag: Australian Government

Adelaide job seekers fast-tracking their way to work

Group of people posing for photo

Adelaide job seekers are accelerating their way to work with the help of MatchWorks as part of the Australian Government’s new jobactive employment services trial, which will redesign the way services are delivered. Under the new jobactive trial, job seekers who are job-ready and digitally literate will initially access online tools and services, and contact…

Special phone app set to empower and motivate youth to find employment

YOUth Community participants in Strathpine, QLD.

MatchWorks kicked off a new employment program this week for youth in Bendigo (Victoria), Noarlunga (South Australia) and Strathpine (Queensland) using a specially designed phone app. MatchWorks is delivering the Australian Government’s Empowering YOUth initiative through the YOUth Community model over the next two years. Empowering YOUth supports new, innovative approaches to help long-term unemployed…

Norlane job seeker gains employment from Australian Government internship

MatchWorks Employment Consultant Chris Fowler, Powercom Pacific Managing Director Barry Ford, MatchWorks job seeker Jesse, Sarah Henderson MP and MatchWorks jobactive Director Mark McCoy.

A Norlane job seeker is enjoying his first employment opportunity thanks to an Australian Government internship and was congratulated by Federal Member for Corangamite Sarah Henderson today. Jesse, 18, had never worked before when he first presented to St Laurence (now called genU) in February 2017, but was willing to make a change in his…

MatchWorks assisting young people into work

Youth community will include gamifications and rewards through a specialised phone app.

MatchWorks will provide assistance to young people to overcome barriers to unemployment through a new Australian Government initiative. The Empowering YOUth Initiative seeks to empower young people who are disengaged from the workforce or school and who face complex issues that affect their future. MatchWorks will deliver the initiative through the Youth Community model across…