Benefits to remote north Australian Aboriginal communities in having training and employment

Abstract

Australians of aboriginal communities have relatively much lesser employment rate than other people living in Australia. There are many reasons for the lower employment rate of aboriginal communities residing in Australia. These reasons include lower level of education, lower skills and training levels, inadequate health, residing in such areas where labor opportunities are much lesser, higher rate of arrest and dealings with the criminal or illegal justice system, unfairness and lower levels of job preservation. Aboriginal employment has been increased in the period between 1994 and 2008, particularly in the private or privileged sector. There must be some policies that will be helpful in the increment of demand for indigenous workers and also to increase the number of aboriginal employees, and there should also be availability of skills in order to occupy the vacancies. These policies will be beneficial for both the country's development and indigenous people who are living in north Australia. Through the formal training or education, their skills can get better. Pre-employment training should be provided in order to grant job seekers employment ready.

Abstract1

Introduction2

Government policies to increase indigenous employment2

Reasons for high unemployment rate of indigenous Australians4

Low education level4

Disability and Poor health4

Location4

Arrest5

Discrimination and job retention5

Benefits for increasing rate of employed Aborigines in Australia5

Conclusion6

Benefits to remote North Australian Aboriginal communities in having training and employment

Introduction

There is a lot of difference in the employment rate between non-indigenous Australians and indigenous Australians. In the year 2008, according to the researchers the employment rate of indigenous men in Australia was 59%, whereas non-indigenous people's employment rate was 85%. Similarly, there were 42% indigenous women, whereas there were 69% of non-indigenous women who were employed. Indigenous people experienced increment in the employment rate between the period of 1994 and 2008. This increment in the employment rate played an important role in decreasing the employment gap between non-indigenous and indigenous Australians. The great change in the employment rate of indigenous Australians appeared as compared to non-indigenous Australians. Economic growth became strong after 1994.

The low rate of employment of aboriginal Australians contributes to various social problems and economic depreciation. Indigenous employment will be helpful in reducing economic problems of the country and it will also grant with economic independence. This policy will allow the indigenous people to explore their talent and aspirations. Non-indigenous Australians have much higher employment rate as compared to that of indigenous Australians. There are some policies that turned out to be successful in increasing the employment rate of indigenous Australians.

Government policies to increase indigenous employment

There have been many policies aimed for increment in indigenous employment. These policies are under process since 1969. In 1977, launching of CDEP scheme took place. In the year 1987, launching of AEDP scheme took place. AEDP is basically Aboriginal Employment Development Policy scheme. The major component of this policy was TAP i.e. Training for Aboriginals Program. TAP was introduced in order to provide training skills, employment opportunities, career advice and development and placement ...