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Western NSW Training Awards Finalists Announced
National Careers Week aims to celebrate careers and […]
SkillForce500 is officially finished! See what we achieved!
Each year, Skillset drives a campaign to increase […]
Skillset welcomes the Federal Government’s Apprentice and Trainee Stimulus Package
On March 12, 2020, the Federal Government announced […]
Did you know from 1 January 2020, all traineeships will be fee-free?
Trainees commencing a government-funded traineeship course after 1 […]
2019 Skillset Christmas Scholarship Recipients
Skillset has awarded their annual Skillset Christmas Scholarships […]
Mentoring Program Helps Thousands of Apprentices and Trainees Stay on Track
In March 2018, Skillset launched the Mentor Plus […]
Skillset Trainee Takes out Top Award and Empowers Young Women to Work in Tech
Bathurst local and Skillset Workforce Trainee Laycee Covington-Gorst has won the prestigious 2019 Trainee of the Year at the Western Training Awards Gala Night held at the Orange Ex-Services Club, last Friday.
Chelsea’s found her calling and you can to!
Skillset Youth Connect is performing at an all time high following the success of Skillset’s SkillForce360 jobs and skills growth campaign. In their third quarter results, Youth Connect have exceeded their annual registration target by 16% and already achieved 6% over their annual target for placements! This showcases the number of young people’s lives our team have truly impacted.
Good News for Regional Unemployment Rates as Jobs Campaign Reaches Target
Skillset’s 2018/19 jobs and skills campaign “SkillForce360” has reached its target by placing 428 people into apprenticeships, employment or training across central and western NSW. Following on from the successful 2016 and 2017 “Pledge250” jobs campaign, Skillset raised the bar to 360 with this year’s campaign focusing on skills as well as jobs.
4 valuable lessons learnt after school
With the retirement age expected to rise to 67 by 2026-28, young people will soon work for 50 years or more. So it’s important to find what you love doing and make it into something that you’ll be happy spending half a century working on.
Skillset would like to acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work.We are honoured to be on the ancestral lands of those whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. We pay respect to the Elders, past, present and to the younger generation of the community who will be the future leaders in years to come.