{"id":7740,"date":"2026-06-30T15:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/?p=7740"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:35:01","slug":"skillset-recognised-at-western-nsw-business-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/updates\/skillset-recognised-at-western-nsw-business-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Skillset recognised at Western NSW Business Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Skillset is proud to have been recognised at the Business NSW Western NSW Business Awards, taking out the Excellence in Large Business Award and celebrating a major achievement for the organisation and its team.<\/p>\n<p>The award reflects the impact being delivered across regional New South Wales through employment, education and training, as well as Skillset\u2019s ongoing investment in people and future growth. This recognition is a testament to the dedication of the entire Skillset team, whose work continues to create meaningful opportunities and support communities across the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Recognising leadership in regional NSW<\/h2>\n<p>The evening also marked an individual achievement for Skillset CEO Narelle Stocks, who was awarded Outstanding Business Leader (21 Employees &amp; Over). The award recognises leaders who demonstrate strong vision, innovation and impact. Since stepping into the CEO role in 2023, Narelle has led meaningful change across one of the region\u2019s largest workforce organisations, bringing clarity, direction and a strong people-first approach. Her leadership continues to make a positive difference across both the organisation and the wider community.<\/p>\n<h2>A proud moment for the Skillset team<\/h2>\n<p>These awards highlight not only organisational success, but the collective effort of a team committed to creating life-changing opportunities across regional NSW. Skillset extends its thanks to its people, partners and communities who contribute to this work every day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skillset is proud to have been recognised at the Business NSW Western NSW Business Awards, taking out the Excellence in Large Business Award and celebrating a major achievement for the organisation and its team. The award reflects the impact being delivered across regional New South Wales through employment, education and training, as well as Skillset\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7744,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7740\/revisions\/7744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/7743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skillset.com.au\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}