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The Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) provides funding for private organisations to run structured training and employment programs for Indigenous adults with a view to increasing Indigenous employment in the private sector. This research report is based on a need to determine how best to ensure that participants enter into these programs and gain the skills required to integrate into private sector organisations. Participants within these programs were surveyed by a questionnaire to determine what they viewed as their entry needs into the program and on ways in which they believed the program could be tailored to better address those needs. Recommendations for facilitators include small group learning and practical demonstrations, input from participants, open discussions and the encouragement of the use of Aboriginal English.