The Personnel Group provides a new Pathway to Work

The Personnel Group has developed a new pre-employment program – Pathway to Work – to build life skills, soft skills and employability skills.

In mid-2019, only 24 per cent of working-age NDIS participants were in paid work. The National Disability Agency is not on track to reach its target of 30 per cent in paid work by June 2023.

“Pathway to Work will help address this,” says The Personnel Group’s Program Development Coordinator, Aleisha Mouritz.

“Pathway to Work has been researched and designed to address the essential skills required by employers today: problem-solving, communication, creativity, critical thinking, teamwork, financial literacy and digital literacy.

“The program focuses on building the transferable skills we know employers look for in new employees.

“Our goal is to ensure every young person who accesses our services has a career pathway – not just a job.”

The inaugural course has received positive feedback.

“My daughter Jorja is a client here at The Personnel Group and has been going through the employability skills course,” says participant parent, and high school teacher, Tracey Lee.

“I’ve seen big changes in Jorja in terms of her confidence and thoughts on jobs.

In the coming months, Pathway to Work will be rolled out across The Personnel Group’s footprint.