BETTER CONNECTIONS

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BETTER CONNECTIONS BETTER OUTCOMES

• IMPROVING LABOUR MARKET EFFECTIVENESS
• Outer South Western Sydney - August 2005

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Agenda

• 11.30am Welcome and Introductions
• 11.40am Better Connections presentation
• 12.30pm Guest Speakers
• 12.45pm Break (working lunch to be served)
• 1.00pm Identification and discussion of
  issues
• 1.45pm Developing an action plan
• 2.45pm Drawing it together
• 3.00pm 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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Population Growth
Source ABS Population projections 2002-2011 (Cat
no 3222.0) Series B
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Outer South Western Sydney Profile

• Working Age Population (15-64) 160,000
• Unemployment Rate 5.0 vs 4.9 for the state
• Employment Rate (15-64) 74.1 vs 70.5 for the
  state
• Participation Rate 69.4 vs 62.9 for the state
• Diversity
• 34.9 of the population born overseas (30.6 for
  the state)
• 27.7 born in a non English speaking country
  (22.2 for the state)
• Education
• 37.9 of the population completed post school
  qualifications
• compared to 42.8 for the state

Source ABS Labour Force Survey three month
averages to July 2005, ABS Labour Force
Supplementary Survey May 2004 and May 2003.
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Outer South Western SydneyLabour Market Demand

• Industry
• Employment by industry vs state
• Employment by industry (full-time v part-time)

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Sydney 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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Macarthur 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 2003-04)
• Journey to work data

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MacarthurLabour Market Supply

• Centrelink Customer Population
• Working age payment recipients
• Centrelink and Job Network populations
• Quarterly referrals to Job Network by allowance

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Upcoming activities and those already established
and underway
Macarthur Youth Commitment Partners In
Employment Macarthur Apprenticeship Recruitment
Strategy (MARS) Macarthur Square
development Allied Mills flour
mill Opportunities created by high population
growth
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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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Guest speakers

• Peter Raymond
• Coordinator
• Macarthur Youth Commitment
• and
• Frances Jamieson
• Place Manager Airds Project
• for Partners In Employment

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Possible issues for consideration

• Local labour force issues
• How to better engage those not currently
  participating in the workforce, eg outreach
  services for residents of the public housing
  estates
• How to increase local skill sets to meet labour
  and skill shortages
• How to improve employment outcomes for Indigenous
  job seekers
• How to engage employers and industry to increase
  the participation of parents, people with a
  disability, mature age people, the very long-term
  unemployed, youth and Indigenous job seekers (eg
  through Macarthur Youth Commitment and PIE)?
• How can employment service providers make better
  linkages and increase the placement of job
  seekers into New Apprenticeships?
• How do providers better engage with industry and
  employers to take advantage of opportunities in
  the region (eg Macarthur Square)

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Developing a local action plan

• 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