“Simply put, each individual jobseeker and caseload is different. In regional areas, some locations may have higher concentrations of disadvantaged participants in their caseloads. For example, at VERTO’s Walgett site, the current caseload is 86% Indigenous. In Nyngan, 42% of VERTO’s caseload are Ex-offenders”.
That revelation has come in VERTO’s recent survey of its 88 employees. Verto, an employment services provider which also has offices in Coonamble, Gilgandra, Lighting Ridge, and Narromine, recently presented its results to the House Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services.
In the results revealed to the Inquiry into Workforce Australia Employment Services, VERTO employees seem to want more carrot and less stick as a way of getting people back into employment in our region. Their colleagues at Joblink Plus seem to agree…