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Rural Recruitment and Retention

Rural Recruitment and Retention. Attracting Skills to Regional Victoria. The Challenge. Skilled workforce issues in regional Victoria Target thirty placements in practical work experience Partnerships with tertiary providers Demonstrate regional employment opportunities to students.

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Rural Recruitment and Retention

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  1. Rural Recruitment and Retention Attracting Skills to Regional Victoria

  2. The Challenge • Skilled workforce issues in regional Victoria • Target thirty placements in practical work experience • Partnerships with tertiary providers • Demonstrate regional employment opportunities to students

  3. Partnership between Regional Development Victoria, Rural Councils Victoria and Country Education Project Expressions of Interest from Local Government Clear evaluation and recommendations for future action The Structure

  4. Partnership between Northern Grampians Shire Council and Monash University Architecture School Japanese architect and Monash artist-in-residence Hiroshi Nakao 21 students/5 weeks – community immersion Flood mitigation project – design and construction Multiple funding sources Utilizing Council engineering and local community expertise #1 Partnership Approach

  5. Steps Project

  6. Targeting identified skill shortages – planning, engineering, accounting, IT Regional focus – West Wimmera, Hindmarsh, Northern Grampians, Yarriambiack, Horsham municipalities Engagement with universities variable Expressions of Interest from 60 students and 20 businesses 20 student placements between November and February Local Government, local businesses, regional agencies Student immersion in workplace and community #2 Internship Approach

  7. Wimmera Project

  8. Project Outcomes Students • Practical work experience in regional environment • Appreciation of career opportunities in a regional community • Possible credit to course work • Supported accommodation and travel solved logistical issues Business/supervisor • New skills / new technical information in organisation • Contributing to greater regional development • Acknowledgement of students’ skills • Businesses encouraged community /social interaction • All businesses would participate again Regional • Changed perceptions for students about work opportunities in regional Victoria, particularly in skill shortage areas • Shared accommodation builds on community interaction • Work placements do translate to employment

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