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New programme to support Pacific Youth get skilled jobs.

Date: August 18, 2010

Pacific unemployment in the Auckland region reached 15.2% in the year ended June 2010; an increase of 4.2% in the past 12 months and the highest of any other group.

To effect change in this trend a new targeted careers programme is being developed to support Pacific youth to attain skilled jobs by making study and career choices aligned with future skills needs in the job market. By contrast to some other programmes Auckland Pacific Careers (APC) provides a comprehensive approach for student achievement – with the capability to track students at both individual and regional levels - that is inherently grounded within Pacific communities.

The programme is 3-phased:

• Orientation day - where students and their families come along to find out what’s on offer, meet with tertiary training providers, businesses and successful Pacific role models, and hear about opportunities.

• Registration - to become part of a web based talent tracking system and get linked to education providers and employers. This system will profile student skills and experience to both employers and education providers to enable identification for job or scholarship offers, targeted training and career advice and professional networking opportunities.

• An ongoing programme of workshops and seminars with a “whole of community” approach to supporting youth into skilled work.

To ensure APC is connected to the Pacific communities it serves, a partnership has been established between the Pacific Islands Chamber of Commerce (PacificBiz), Trades@School, the C-Me Mentoring Trust, Career Services and Accelerating Aotearoa.

To meet the costs of staging Auckland Pacific Careers programme, financial support is being sought from both public and private sector partners.

The inaugural event for Auckland Pacific Careers will take place on September 25th at Clover Park Middle School in Otara.