MILDURA Regional Development (MRD) and partners have set a target of creating 50 jobs in 50 days to provide opportunities for the community to stay in the region and be employed locally.
Launching in November as a part of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan, MRD is calling on businesses to come together to create opportunities for local people to enter the workforce through apprenticeships, traineeships and employment pathways, ensuring a vibrant community by investing in local talent.
The initiative has been developed to create better links between registered training organisations and employment service providers to help boost the local economy, support the region’s collective strengths and assist in growing business workforces.
Since the Federal Government’s announcement of $1.2 billion to subsidise salaries of apprentices and trainees in the Federal Budget, MRD identified the concept as a great springboard for developing the region’s future workforce in alignment with the skills needed across industries and aims to improve linkages and offerings for trainees and apprenticeships in the local workforce.
