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Industry restructuring and job loss: helping older workers get back into employment

Restructuring in the Australian manufacturing industry has resulted in many Australians being displaced from their ... Show more
Restructuring in the Australian manufacturing industry has resulted in many Australians being displaced from their jobs. This particularly impacts older, lower-skilled workers. Involving an extensive review of past research and case studies in four states, this research identifies practices that can assist with the successful skills transfer, re-skilling and the attainment of new jobs by displaced older workers in the manufacturing industry.
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Authors: Callan, Victor J.; Bowman, Kaye

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; New South Wales ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Employment; Industry; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
Transition to where?: thinking through transitional policies for Victoria's automotive manufacturing industry

The transition confronting workers, businesses and communities that have historically relied on Victoria's automoti ... Show more
The transition confronting workers, businesses and communities that have historically relied on Victoria's automotive industry is highly significant. The decision by Australia's three remaining carmakers - Ford Australia, General Motors Holden (GMH) and Toyota Australia - to wind down local car manufacturing operations will have a major impact on closure-affected regions, especially in Melbourne and Geelong. Despite the scale of the challenge, much is being done by community organisations, businesses and governments to offset the negative impacts of the transition. But how effective will these efforts be?
This report finds that: (1) the automotive industry transition is a process that governments and communities can shape, influence and change in order to learn lessons and achieve positive outcomes; and (2) we cannot rely upon forecasts based solely upon past studies of large-scale closures, layoffs and redundancies in order to understand the current auto industry transition. For example, the closure of Mitsubishi's car manufacturing operations in Adelaide between 2004 and 2008 occurred in a context in which alternative car manufacturing job opportunities existed and in favourable economic conditions underpinned by the mining boom in South Australia. In the current environment, employment in car manufacturing will no longer be an option and economic conditions, particularly in closure-affected regions, are likely to be significantly less favourable for jobseekers.
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Authors: Barnes, Tom

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Victoria; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Library Fellowship paper (Victoria. Parliamentary Library and Information Service)

Subjects: Industry; Employment; Culture and society ... [+] Show more
Helping displaced older workers get back into employment: good practice guide

This good practice guide is based on the report 'Industry restructuring and job loss: helping older workers get bac ... Show more
This good practice guide is based on the report 'Industry restructuring and job loss: helping older workers get back into employment' by Victor J. Callan and Kaye Bowman [indexed at TD/TNC 122.10]. The aim of the research was to identify evidence-based practices that led to successful skills transfer, re-skilling, training and the attainment of new jobs for older workers displaced from often lower-skilled jobs in the manufacturing industries. This guide informs employers, employment placement agencies and related support services, training providers and overall coordinating agencies in the design of programs that help displaced older workers find new jobs.
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Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; New South Wales ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Guide

Subjects: Employment; Industry; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
Food for thought: supporting job access and social impact in regional food systems

Across many regional areas of Australia, food and fibre underpins the regional economies and supports the welfare o ... Show more
Across many regional areas of Australia, food and fibre underpins the regional economies and supports the welfare of its communities. Many people hold negative perceptions of the sector, and food and fibre businesses commonly report finding suitable employees as a major barrier to growth and productivity gains. Traditionally there have been views across employers that employees should be 'job-ready' with little tolerance for those who do not meet expectations. Where businesses do wish to give job seekers with barriers to employment 'a go', often they do not have the capacity or skills to do so effectively. This Fellowship focused on social innovation and work across food systems in the USA and included participation in the 2019 Harvard Social Innovation Conference (SECON). The Fellowship has explored a range of innovative strategies, with an emphasis on place-based approaches which engage job seekers, government, industry, and other stakeholders.
The Fellowship had a broad focus on the following streams of inquiry, identifying: (1) strategies and practices to overcome the challenges of job seekers facing barriers to employment to secure and sustain employment, thus reducing the risk of their future long-term labour force exclusion; (2) strategies and practices that demonstrate new and innovative approaches to engaging employers in the delivery of employment support to job seekers facing barriers to employment; (3) place-based or innovative strategies to support job seekers impacted by changing employment and industry landscapes (e.g. loss of major employers, increased patterns of young people migrating from regional to metropolitan Victoria, other) to enter mainstream employment; and (4) best practice government intervention to delivering employment support to job seekers facing barriers to employment. A varied set of recommendations have been described under the themes of: supporting social innovation and enterprise across regional food systems; supporting industry in being recognised as businesses 'for good'; and place-based strategies, which include a focus on systems leadership and governance.
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Authors: Watts, Nicola

Date: 2020

Geographic subjects: Victoria; Australia; Oceania ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship report

Subjects: Industry; Employment; Governance ... [+] Show more
21st century employment: skill education and training

This report is based on an International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship study tour to Barcelona in 2017 to ... Show more
This report is based on an International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship study tour to Barcelona in 2017 to identify models and practices designed to significantly extend and enhance the reach, range and impact of employment skill training and education to those likely to or who are currently experiencing disadvantage in access to education and employment. The changing nature of work in the 21st century means that increasing people face this experience. The author investigated innovative and successful social and community engagement and enrichment skills education offered in Barcelona, a global leader in such programs.
The report proposes solutions to a complex issue faced by government and educators in Victoria: how best to provide relevant and cost effective re-training for those in trades, occupations and professions that are declining in, or have lost, relevance; while also ensuring mainstream education has adapted to and is delivering skilled graduates ready, competent and capable to participate in the new forms of work and career paths rapidly emerging in the 21st Century. Show less

Authors: Robinson, Louise

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Victoria; Australia; Oceania ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship report

Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Employment; Equity ... [+] Show more

Industry restructuring and job loss: helping older workers get back into employment

Transition to where?: thinking through transitional policies for Victoria's automotive manufacturing industry

Helping displaced older workers get back into employment: good practice guide

Food for thought: supporting job access and social impact in regional food systems

21st century employment: skill education and training