Articles tagged: Employment
Macca’s job blitz
McDonald’s will host a one-day hiring blitz tomorrow in an attempt to fill 5000 jobs across the state.
Barwon Water employment program applauded
Barwon Water has won a national award for its Aboriginal Employment and Retention Strategy.
Jobs agency loses its contract
A major employment agency in Colac, Apollo Bay and Lorne has lost a Federal Government contract for the region and says it will look at redeploying staff – but it is unclear how many.
Career opportunities at AKD
Major Colac employer AKD is recruiting for its 2022 intake of apprentices, graduates and gap-year employees.
Colac workers help build jail
Colac residents are among people to find work building a new prison near Geelong.
Pickers’ pay under debate
A labour union is pushing for a guaranteed minimum wage for farm workers. Otway Blueberries’ Wayne Knight said the proposed change wouldn’t affect his business, but warned of impacts on low-value crop producers.
Samoan solution for ALC: Colac lamb processor tackles staff shortage
Forty new workers from Samoa will arrive in Colac next month to help replenish the workforce of one of the city’s biggest manufacturers.
District welcomes visa plans
Colac district farmers are set to benefit from a dedicated agricultural visa aimed to deliver workers to the agricultural sector, Colac district employers say.
Recruits’ valuable training
A Victorian jobs program has helped upskill a dozen people in Colac and sparked careers in the environment sector.
Training push for region
A Western District youth network wants Vocational Education and Training, or VET, to lose its “poor second cousin” status.
Jobs growth fuelling recovery
Colac’s business community is showing signs of recovery, with hundreds of new opportunities opening up for the region’s jobseekers after a horror 2020.
Jobseeker finds the perfect role
Finding the right job when you have to work around the needs of young children is not easy, and for Colac mother Tiffany, it proved challenging.
ALC looking for workers amid coronavirus crisis
With hundreds of people across Colac and district now facing the reality of unemployment due to coronavirus restrictions, one Colac employer is continuing to support locals.
Jobless rate falls across district
COLAC'S jobless rate has fallen to below Victorian and national levels in the latest figures, with just 340 people unemployed and major employers increasing their search for workers.
PLEASE EXPLAIN: Colanda staff angry about closure plans
EMPLOYEES at Colac’s Colanda centre have told union officials they are angry at the lack of consultation from the State Government on the centre’s closure.
TRAVEL PLEA: Extra trains would help jobless
A COLAC employment service manager says Colac’s inadequate train service is a “massive disadvantage” for the district’s job seekers.
Colac’s jobless rate halves in just a year
COLAC’S unemployment rate has more than halved in 12 months with the number of jobless residents plummeting to 4.4 per cent.
State could privatise Colanda centre jobs
THE DISABILITY workers union says it’s disgusted with a State Government decision which could see almost 200 jobs at Colac’s Colanda Centre privatised.
District industries receive $4M boost
COLAC businesses have received a boost after the Federal Government announced almost $4 million in grants to help create 40 new jobs for Colac and district.
Colac district’s unemployment at five-year low
COLAC and district’s unemployment rate has dropped to a five-year low and Colac’s mayor says the future is bright, with more jobs growth to come.
Workers retrenched at Colac dairy plant
BULLA Dairy Foods’ new chief says the retrenchment of 13 employees at its Colac factory was “of vital importance for the company to move forward”.
New initiative aims to create 1000 Colac jobs
A REGIONAL program to tackle disadvantage aims to create up to 1000 jobs within a decade for Colac people.
Welfare worry as Colac’s jobless rate hits 9.1 per cent
COLAC’S unemployment rate has hit 9.1 per cent, four points higher than in 2010 and more than three percentage points higher than the national rate.
Colac workers consider action
Bulla Dairy Foods workers will vote on taking protected industrial action after months of wage negotiations with the Colac-based company and a failure to reach an agreement.
