Connecting with industry: Deadly Jobs Expo
On Friday 28 October 2022 the Deadly Jobs Expo was held at VU Polytechnic’s Sunshine Skills Hub. This free event offered current employment opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities within the metropolitan area and beyond.
In collaboration with The Exchange and hosted by VU Polytechnic’s Skills and Jobs Centre, the expo showcased over 25 organisations across a wide range of industry sectors including:
- retail
- tourism/hospitality
- building/construction
- civil construction
- big build/major projects
- apprenticeships/traineeships
- defence forces
- Victoria Police
- administration/support
- healthcare
- sport/recreation.
By bringing together employers and community in a vibrant, face-to-face setting, the intention was to help fill current vacancies and provide future employment opportunities to those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates who identified as ‘ready’ to work. Attendees were provided with an opportunity to speak directly with employers, apply on-the-spot for both current and future roles, including apprenticeship opportunities, learn more about the training requirements of pathways towards various jobs, and to tour facilities at our Sunshine campus.
Skills and Jobs Centre staff, along with Jobs Victoria’s Job Advocates and Indigenous Career Counsellors, were also available onsite to work with candidates to determine what additional training or resources they may need in order to gain employment.
Beyond the event, the Skills and Jobs Centre will continue to connect these individuals with suitable opportunities once they have fulfilled their job-readiness needs. The strength of the Skills & Jobs Centre lies not only in its attendance to individual client needs, but also in strong partnerships with community and local industry, linking training and skills development to relevant employment opportunities and local economy growth.
For further information on how to access their services, including employment opportunities, individual career counselling and online workshops, visit Skills & Jobs Centre.
Pictured above:
Alex Traynor – Senior Jobs Victoria Coordinator, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
Kylie Bell – Apprenticeship Support Officer, Victoria University Polytechnic
Catherine Oldham – Manager, Skills and Jobs Centre, Victoria University Polytechnic
John Graves – Demonstration Project Manager, Major Projects, Apprenticeships Victoria
Kristie Dawe – Project Coordinator, The Exchange, Western BACE
David Turnbull – Employment Facilitator, Western Melbourne, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
