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Dear << Test First Name >>,

Great news! We’re thrilled to announce that the Queensland Government has refunded the Redlands Regional Jobs Committee, allowing us to continue supporting local employment and tackling workforce challenges.

What’s New for 2024 and beyond?

With renewed funding, we’re excited to share our 2024 Action and Communications Plans. Here’s a glimpse of what’s in store:

1. Redlands Coast Futures Forum

We’re connecting youth with employers to boost work experience, traineeship enrollments, and informed career choices. We’ll facilitate discussions, identify barriers, and create a vision for the future workforce.

2. Grow Your Own Workforce

Our goal is to help diversify the local workforce, boost job readiness in underrepresented groups, and reduce job vacancies. We’ll connect small businesses to workforce advisors, develop local employment solutions, and promote employer education campaigns.

3. Redlands Coast Jobs

Our goal is to enhance job connectivity via the Redlands Coast Jobs website. We’ll track user data, analyse job vacancies, and develop job seeker guides to facilitate efficient job matching and reduce unemployment.

4. How to – Employ!

We’ll help small businesses improve HR practices with workshops, employer guides, and HR expert connections to boost employment retention and provide practical guides.

5. Redlands Get Skilled

We seek to help increase training enrollments and provide accessible training resources by maintaining and promoting the Redlands Get Skilled directory and advocating for new training offerings.

For further information, download our Action Plan summary:

Stay Connected

We’ve developed a Communications Plan to keep our community informed and updated. Your involvement and feedback are crucial to our success. We encourage you to engage with us through these channels and contribute to our ongoing efforts to make the Redlands Coast a thriving hub for employment and business growth.

Social Media: Follow us on Instagram and Facebook for weekly updates.

Website: Visit our resource hub for monthly updates on initiatives and resources.

Quarterly Email: Look out for our in-depth quarterly emails.

School Newsletters: Term updates for parents and youth about career opportunities.

For further information, download our Communications Plan summary:

New Leadership Announcement

We are excited to introduce Des Kerr as the new Chair of the Redlands Regional Jobs Committee. Des brings over 20 years of experience in HR, Learning & Development, and Operations across various industries, including hospitality, engineering, and retail.

A dedicated Redlands resident for 25 years, Des is also the President of the Coochiemudlo Island Surf Life Saving Club, with over 1,000 hours of volunteer service. As a People & Culture Consultant, he helps small to medium businesses navigate employee-related matters, ensuring compliance and fostering positive outcomes.

We also extend our heartfelt thanks to Suzie Tafolo for her exceptional support as our caretaker Chair. Her guidance has been invaluable during this transition period. Suzie will still remain a valuable committee member.

Thank you for your continued support and commitment to enhancing the Redlands Coast community.

The Redlands Regional Jobs Committee is proudly supported and funded by the Queensland Government.

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