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So, you’ve heard the government offers SMEs incentives to hire new staff, but aren’t quite sure how to go about it? What time-hungry business can tackle that for urgent vacancies?
It might be worth your while when you hear there could be a $10,000 wage subsidy payable to your business when you hire a new worker – conditions apply, but it’s not rocket science to sign up. Tap into the potential that jobseekers could offer your business.
Forget what you already think about jobseekers
Unemployed people looking for work usually get bad press, but they could be looking for opportunities by relocating from regional areas to metro areas to secure work. There’s actually a “Relocation Assistance to Take up a Job” program to help them move from an area of few job opportunities to the big smoke if they have a job offer there. Check out a YouTube video about the program.
Who knows what talent, enthusiasm and loyalty is out there amongst Australians looking for work beyond your geographical area.
One-stop shop for hiring incentives info
Your starting point is right here. Flick through info on your smart phone, download the jobactive factsheets or contact the employer hotline 13 17 15 to get help with your recruitment needs.
Check out the website and “jobactive” will sing out to you as the way the Australian Government is moving ahead to get more Australians into work. The jobactive program connects jobseekers with SMEs like yours through a network of jobactive providers in more than 1,700 locations.
What you didn’t know jobactive offers
- Professional recruitment services from go to whoa costing your SME zilch
- Visits to your workplace or phone chats about your business hiring needs
- Screened and shortlisted job-ready candidates based on your job requirements – they’ll send the list of best-fit candidates to you at no cost
- Pre-employment training and work-related equipment for the new workers for your business
- Support to settle in the new workers including wage subsidies (check to see eligibility)
Or you take the reigns by managing your own vacanicies via the jobactive website or app (on iTunes or Google Play). Register as an employer in just 90 seconds here. Create a shortlist of candidates without even advertising a job – here’s .
Not sure if it’s for your SME?
There’s a range of factsheets to help employers save time and money in navigating recruitment. A Facebook page with more than 13,000 likes gives updates about employment tips and issues. Hook into the jobactive ‘find the right fit’ blog posts for more, too.
You’ll find more info there about jobactive programs, such as jobactive Restart which links employers with new workers aged 50 and above. More than 9,000 jobactive Restart Agreements have helped businesses with financial incentives of up to $10,000 to employ Australians 50 years of age and over. Hear what other businesses .
The info on the jobactive site is short, sharp and punchy. It has to be. Your time is precious.
Produced in partnership with jobactive, the Australian Government’s employment service
