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Getting to know Maja- Workskil Australia's Learning and Development Manager
Hear from our Learning and Development Manager, Maja, who discusses her role at Workskil Australia and her passion for training and customer service, helping our staff help our customers....
Milestone Service Awards
Last year we celebrated 88 Workskil Australia staff milestone Service Award recipients who between them achieved more than 500 years of service!...
Tributes for our Rose
We're celebrating the career and achievements of Rose from our Work Ready, Release Ready (WRRR) team, who is retiring after being with us for 11 years as a Site Manager and WRRR Mentor. Rose was recently honoured by the Adelaide Women's Prison and Adelaide Pre-Release Centre, receiving a plaque to recognise her service and amazing support over the years....
Supporting Young People Into Their Next Phase
At this time of the year, many young people are looking to launch into the next phase of their life. Our Youth team are dedicated to helping young people to get ahead, linking them to opportunities such as work experience, internships, job vacancies and apprenticeships and supporting those who are disengaged with the traditional school environment. The...
2020 Festive Season Closure and Crisis Support Contacts
2020 has been a challenging year for us all and we are very proud to have assisted thousands of Australians during this difficult time. We must acknowledge that we couldn't have done it without the support of our staff, customers, employers, funders and partners.
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....
Introducing Ozkan Dincer – Workskil Australia’s Career Transition Assistance Coordinator
As part of International Day of People with Disability, we chat to one of our valued team members, Ozkan, who discusses living with vision impairment, his career and achievements and, mostly impressively, his selfless outlook on life....
Getting to know Natasha- Workskil Australia's Recruitment Advisor
Having started my employment at Workskil working at our Mile End office as an Administration Officer and Employment Broker, I felt it gave me the greatest advantage to be able to know what to look for when recruiting internally for the business....
World Values Day
World Values Day, October 15 2020, provides an opportunity to think on our most deeply held values and explore and act on them with others. In recognition of this and keeping with this year's theme, ‘Values In Action’, we want to acknowledge our amazing staff who not only live our values but also put them into practice daily....
Spotlight on Barwon
We currently have a listing of more than 2,500 candidates we are looking to place into work in the Barwon area. These candidates have broad experience and come from all walks of life. Our free recruitment service has been used by local businesses such as Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Live Clean, Live Green, who are thrilled with their new team members, Max* and Lisa....
Workskil Australia is here to help
Services Australia has announced that, from Tuesday 9 June 2020, if you are in receipt of JobSeeker payments and have been referred to a jobactive provider, you are required to attend at least one appointment over the phone or via email. Rest assured that we are here to help....
National Reconciliation Week
Each year National Reconciliation Week (NRW) occurs between 27 May to 3 June and explores a new theme which focuses on an area of importance to continue our reconciliation journey. The 2020 NRW theme is #InThisTogether. Reconciliation Australia have said that this theme “is now resonating in ways we could not have foreseen when we announced it last year, but it reminds us whether in a crisis or in reconciliation we are all #InThisTogether.”...
JobKeeper payment
The JobKeeper payment is a wage subsidy to help businesses significantly affected by COVID-19 by helping with the costs of their employees' wages. The JobKeeper payment consists of a payment of $1,500 per fortnight, per eligible employee, for up to six months....