Workskil Australia Addresses Mental Health Forum
Workskil Australia CEO Nicole Dwyer today presented at a packed CEDA forum on the mental health challenges facing the nation....
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Five fast tips to stand out in your next phone interview.
06 February 2019 Many hiring managers and human resources departments use phone interviews as a way to more efficiently and quickly narrow down their candidates. Here are five fast tips to stand out in your next phone interview....
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Greg's career is off the meter
21 January 2019 Greg returned to us after having some time off with health issues. When he first came to our Clarkson site, he mentioned he had limited work history, and hadn’t worked for six years. Together, Workskil Australia and Greg discussed some goals, where he mentioned that he had a car that wasn’t running and he would like to be able to get that fixed. With that goal in mind, we assisted him with a mobile phone, updated his resume and started to look at the kinds of work he would like to do to help fund his car repairs....
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Diversity no barrier to employment for Hume refugee
18 January 2019 For some job seekers, securing paid work is truly life changing. Somalian refugee Ayan left her war torn home arriving in Melbourne just one year ago, leaving behind aunties, uncles, cousins, a brother, and three young nieces and nephews....
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Emily is creating a better life
17 January 2019 After completing a Certificate III in Aged Care, Emily wanted to find work in the same field. She was referred to various cleaning and aged care roles, but wasn’t successful. As part of a Job Ready program, Emily volunteered to cold canvass and went in person to Baptcare to drop off her resume. A few days later, she got an interview call and was offered the job....
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New opportunities for Suresh
15 January 2019 Suresh arrived in Australia from India nearly 20 years ago. Together with her husband, Suresh started and ran a restaurant in Northcote, Victoria. Unfortunately for Suresh and her husband they lost the business and were left unemployed. Working with Workskil Australia, Suresh built her skills and confidence and has since found a job with Qantas (Q Catering)....
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Everything is panning out for Susan
11 January 2019 In 2016, Susan was referred to the Quality Training & Hospitality College by Workskil Australia. Finding it difficult to gain employment, Susan worked with one of our Employment Consultants and after discussing her future goals, it was discovered she wanted to cook and work in a Childcare Centre. Her career path way started off by enrolling in a full time Commercial Cookery program....
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Full steam ahead for Tenzin
08 January 2019 When Tenzin came to Workskil Australia she had been on unemployment benefits for 485 weeks and never held a full time job in Australia. During her first appointment her employment consultant, Rassarin, discovered she had owned a restaurant in Tibet....
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Christopher accomplishes his goals
24 December 2018 When Christopher had his first appointment at Workskil Australia he had not worked in five years despite having an employment history in retail and horticulture. Christopher was highly motivated and expressed particular interest in the construction industry, labouring or Retail, however was happy to be referred to any suitable employment options....
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Season's Greetings - Office Closures and Crisis Support Contacts
21 December 2018 It's been a wonderful year for Workskil Australia, but we couldn't have done it without you. As we enter into the holiday season once again, we would like to extend warm wishes and inform you of our office closures and crisis support contacts for over the holiday break....
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Youthgoss Term 4 is here!
14 December 2018 School’s (almost) out for the summer but before you get into holiday mode, take a look at what our Youth team have been getting up to in Term 4....
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Rewarding career for Donna
14 December 2018 When Donna started in employment services in 1977, the world was a very different place. For example, the average weekly wage was less than $150 and it only cost around 50c for a litre of petrol. Donna says “When I started working, I would run down to the post office with telegrams for our customers. Nowadays people just use their mobile phones and don’t even have home numbers.”...
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