BETTER CONNECTIONS

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BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER OUTCOMES

• IMPROVING LABOUR MARKET EFFECTIVENESS
• Gosford-Wyong - September 2005

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Agenda

• 9.30am Welcome and Introductions
• 9.40am Better Connections presentation
• 10.20am Wise Workforce Workshops David Bacon
• 10.30am Coffee break
• 10.45am Guest speaker Sue Hughes
• 11.00am Identification of the issues
• 11.30am Developing an action plan
• 12.45pm Drawing it together
• 1.00pm Close

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Origins of the workshops

• DEWR undertakes a range of research and analysis
  of labour supply and skill shortages
• DEWR, with other Government agencies, is looking
  at how to address Australias labour supply and
  skill shortages
• Run a series of workshops to share information
  and ideas

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Objective of the workshops

• Improve Labour Market Effectiveness by
• addressing labour supply and skill shortage
  issues
• increasing labour market participation (target
  groups mature aged, single parents, people with
  a disability, Indigenous Australians, people from
  culturally and linguistically diverse
  backgrounds, youth)
• establishing and further developing linkages
  between relevant organisations

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Gosford-Wyong Labour Force Region
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Population Growth
Source ABS Population projections 2002-2011 (Cat
no 3222.0) Series B
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Gosford - Wyong Profile

• Working Age Population (15-64) 190,000
• Unemployment Rate 4.8 vs 4.9 for the state
• Employment Rate (15-64) 74.1 vs 70.5 for the
  state
• Participation Rate 56.2 vs 62.9 for the state
• Diversity
• 18.1 of the population born overseas (30.6 for
  the state)
• 4.8 born in a non English speaking country
  (22.2 for the state)
• Education
• 42.7 of the population completed post school
  qualifications
• compared to 42.8 for the state

Source ABS Labour Force Survey 3 Month Averages
to July 2005, ABS Supplementary Labour force
survey 3 month average to May 04, ABS
Supplementary Labour force survey May 03
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Gosford-WyongMature Age Employment

• Participation rate
• Full and Part Time employment
• Average length of unemployment

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Value of Mature Age Workers

• Client focus match customer profile
• Loyalty lower staff turnover
• Adaptability experienced changes before
• Trainability apply life skills to new tasks
• Less absenteeism strong work ethic
• Organisational knowledge mentoring role
• Flexibility work hours, locations and contracts

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Jobwise Self Help Groups

• Self Help Groups (SHGs) will commence in Gosford,
  Wyong and Woy Woy in October 2005.
• Workshops to attract SHG participants will take
  place in late September/early October.
• Further details about SHGs can be obtained from
  www.jobwise.gov.au.
• In addition, local marketing strategies to
  promote SHGs will commence shortly.

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Gosford-WyongLabour Market Demand

• Industry
• Employment by industry vs state
• Employment status by industry
• Projected industry growth

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Labour Market Demand

• Skill Shortages
• Professionals
• Trades

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Skill Shortages Sydney Professionals
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Skill Shortages Sydney - Trades
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Central Coast Labour Market Demand

• All vacancies lodged and filled (Job Network and
  Job Placement Organisations)
• New Apprenticeship vacancies lodged and filled
  (Job Network and Job Placement Organisations)
• New Apprenticeship commencements (DEST 2003)

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Gosford - WyongLabour Market Supply

• Centrelink Customer Population
• Working age payment recipients
• Centrelink and Job Network populations
• Job Network quarterly referrals

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Upcoming activities and those already established
and underway

• Established
• Woolworths distribution centre
• Retail outlets at Westfield Tuggerah, Tuggerah
  Supa Centa and Bateau Bay
• Outrigger Resort - Ettalong Beach
• Magenta Shores development
• Proposed developments
• Business Park and retail centre at Somersby
• Links Industrial Estate at Bushells Ridge
• Somersby Industrial Park renewed interest
• Business park at Mount Penang

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Guest speaker

• David Bacon
• Executive Officer
• Central Coast ACC
• Wise Workforce Workshops for the Central Coast

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• Morning tea

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Guest speaker

• Sue Hughes Franchise owner Subway

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Range of DEWR Programmes

• Job Network
• Employment Innovation Fund
• Job Placement
• Community Work Coordinators
• Voluntary Work Initiatives
• Green Corps
• New Enterprise Incentive Scheme
• Transition to Work
• National Harvest Labour Information Service

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Possible issues for consideration

• Local labour force issues
• How to increase the participation of mature age
  job seekers (eg through a project focussed on
  retail or hospitality)
• How to increase the participation of sole
  parents?
• How to engage employers and industry to increase
  the participation of parents, people with a
  disability and very long-term unemployed?
• How can employment service providers make better
  linkages and increase the placement of job
  seekers (including mature age) into New
  Apprenticeships?
• How do providers better engage with industry and
  employers to take advantage of opportunities in
  the region (eg retail, construction and
  hospitality jobs arising from the developments
  outlined earlier in the presentation?)

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Action plan for each issue

• Focus on practical actions
• Identify stakeholders and linkages

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Evaluation strategy

• Workshop evaluation to be filled out today
• Follow up survey of participants to assess
  specific actions/strategies undertaken
• Longer term data analysis to assess measurable
  items and analysis of qualitative information
  relating directly to each workshop

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Finish

• Thank you