HUME'S unemployed residents are getting their foot in the door with potential employers thanks to a free work skills program called Job Club.
Hume City Council and Youth...
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Broady jobless rate reaches 16pc
13/07/11
HUME is home to the highest number of welfare recipients in Victoria as the region's unemployment rate soars above the state and citywide levels.
Broadmeadows' Centrelink...
Important information for job seekers
23/06/11
The Government is introducing changes from 1 July 2011 that may affect Centrelink payments for job seekers that don't attend appointments or activities with their employment...
Jobless thrown a lifeline - Hume Weekly
17/05/11
HUME employment service providers are hopeful a federal government package will be able cut high jobless rates in the area.
The Calwell electorate was named in last week's...
Hume makes top ten for government help
11/05/11
Local youth welfare and employment agency Youth Projects says that the Hume area should see new opportunities to address youth unemployment and household joblessness now...
Penalising the Poor - The Age Letters 11/02
11/02/11
THE demand for skilled labour alongside an increase in long-term unemployed (''Number of long-term jobless on rise'', The Age, 9/2) points to the rising gap between the haves...
Leading barriers to youth unemployment
29/10/10
New Youth Projects research reveals that homelessness, mental health issues, family concerns and poor public transport are the leading barriers to jobs for young people,...
Jobless numbers up in Sunbury
25/08/10
BY CHARLOTTE CULLUM JENKINS 27 Apr, 2010 08:38 AM SUNBURY'S jobless numbers have been rising steadily over the past 12 months. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace...
Youth Projects awarded new employment services contract
24/08/10
Glenroy based not-for-profit Youth Projects is one of only eight agencies in this area to win a
new contract providing services to young job seekers.
Youth...
Youth Projects to access $41 million job fund
24/08/10
Glenroy‐based Youth Projects has been selected to join a panel of agencies who can access a new
$41million funding pool to assist job seekers.
The agency will...
