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Work experience, in its many forms, offers many opportunities for
strategic human capital management. For example, offering a placement
just one day per week will expose someone to real on-the-job experience
and learning, but at the same time it offers employers the opportunity
to be exposed to potential employees who may be returning to work after
a prolonged absence, looking at entering the work force for the very
first time or wanting to access exposure within a targeted working environment.
In times of skill and labour shortages, creativity in recruitment and
retention strategies, which add value and work toward developing a reputation
as an employer of choice, can have ongoing positive effects. To some
extent, people are like magnets and are attracted to what they see and
like! It works for both, those who are looking for particular experiences
and for those who are looking for particular people to fulfil job roles.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia
CCI WA is a private, not-for-profit business organisation - the largest
of its kind in Western Australia. The mission of CCI WA is to help foster
an economic environment that encourages the growth of responsible private
enterprise and to provide a range of relevant and cost-effective services
to business. CCI WA have been very supportive in the development of
the Centre for Work Experience.
The attached WA Labour Market Snapshot has been kindly
compiled by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia’s
Economics Division. It provides some broad trends of the state of the
Western Australian labour market and, where appropriate, comparisons
have been made to Australia generally to illustrate whether there are
any divergent labour market conditions.
Resources:
Australian: WA Labour Market
Snapshot - [.pdf | 83.02 kb]
Compiled by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia’s
Economics Division, CCI Economics.
Australian:
The Hudson Report - Employment and HR Trends
“An IT employer has … developed a simple framework and
have revised their recruitment, selection and promotion practices to
measure the potential of new recruits, manage the career of the existing
staff and promote on more than just technical skills”
Experience
- it "ain't what it used to be"
A perspective on experience in the labour market. How does yours measure
up?
International:
Follow your leader.....
Work experience is a CV must, yet few students can afford to do it
for nothing. Don't panic, says Andrew Shanahan, there is a better way
to get your foot in the door - work shadowing
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