{"id":2722,"date":"2019-05-10T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2019-05-10T00:30:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:30:34","slug":"regional-youth-employment-in-focus-for-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/regional-youth-employment-in-focus-for-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"REGIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN FOCUS FOR LABOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Shorten Labor Government\u00a0will invest $450,000 into a three-year project to boost employment outcomes for young people across the Newcastle-Hunter region.<br \/>\nThis election will be a choice between Labor, which will give students the education and opportunity they deserve, or more cuts and chaos under the Liberals.<br \/>\nMs Claydon said that current employment outcomes for young people were concerning.<br \/>\n\u201cA recent study found it can take two-and-a-half years for young people to gain full-time work after they finish their studies<a href=\"https:\/\/sharonclaydon.nationbuilder.com\/admin\/sites\/3\/pages\/486\/blog_post\/edit#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[<\/a>1]. More needs to be done to help young people transition into employment,\u201d Ms Claydon said.<br \/>\n\u201cIn its first year this project will provide up to 100 young people from across the Newcastle-Hunter region with intensive personalised support.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said face-to-face participation would be available in both Newcastle and the Central Coast, with online opportunities for those who find it hard to travel.<br \/>\n\u201cThe university will work with a range of partners including TAFE, local schools and community groups to identify prospective participants who have been out of work for six months or more.<br \/>\n\u201cParticipants will benefit from individual needs-assessments undertaken by career experts and support to boost their skillset and develop the personal qualities that employers are looking for. They will also get help to create effective resumes, and help preparing for interviews.\u201d<br \/>\nMs Claydon said the program would apply a new methodology based on research undertaken by the Foundation for Young Australians into \u2018soft skills\u2019 and \u2018enterprise\u00a0skills\u2019.<br \/>\n\u201cThe program will draw on the\u00a0university\u2019s expertise in delivering and evaluating equity and enabling programs that build resilience and connections for people experiencing disadvantage. It is designed to build on and complement existing job network services.\u201d<br \/>\nUniversity of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor Professor Alex\u00a0Zelinsky\u00a0AO said the project would reduce the gap between completing study at school, TAFE or\u00a0university and moving into a full-time job.<br \/>\n\u201cThis project will be a real collaboration across schools, TAFE, community groups and the\u00a0university to help young people gain the confidence and additional skills they need to move into the workforce,\u201d Professor\u00a0Zelinsky\u00a0said.<br \/>\n\u201cAn outstanding education is just one ingredient to getting a job \u2013 this project will help develop the complementary skills people need when they move into the world of paid work.\u201d<br \/>\nA Shorten Labor Government will uncap university places and invest $3.2 billion into TAFE, university and skills training.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sharonclaydon.nationbuilder.com\/admin\/sites\/3\/pages\/486\/blog_post\/edit#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0Foundation for Young Australians, \u2018New Work Reality Report\u2019 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Shorten Labor Government\u00a0will invest $450,000 into a three-year project to boost employment outcomes for young people across the Newcastle-Hunter region. This election will be a choice between Labor, which will give students the education and opportunity they deserve, or more cuts and chaos under the Liberals. Ms Claydon said that current employment outcomes for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/05\/10\/regional-youth-employment-in-focus-for-labor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;REGIONAL YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN FOCUS FOR LABOR&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}