Congratulations to John, Barbara, committee and all involved.

Fantastic Effort!

Qld’s Friendliest Beach TPC Dec09 (2)

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For Immediate Release – Monday 31^st March 2009

Sea FM and Signature Staff worth $1.8 Million!

It’s no secret that Cairns is suffering from the worst unemployment numbers in over a decade – arguably the worst in Australia.

However 99.5 Sea FM was eager to do something about it rather than just point out the facts!

Together with Signature Staff and the assistance of ITEC Employment, Sea FM set out to find $1 Million worth of work for Cairns during the month of November.

We are happy to announce that over $1.8 million worth of work was found as part of the “Sea Fm Million Dollar Workforce” campaign. $800,000 in excess of our target!

Mats Eriksson from Signature staff said that “51 new positions were created by over 40 employers” this means that there were on average 2 new positions per day over the month of November.

Cairns Media Centre General Manager, Campbell Stewart said “ This is an amazing result for Cairns and goes to show what can happen when people take a proactive approach toward the regions problems. Sea Fm are particularly proud of this result and thankful for the great amount of effort and generosity of the Signature Staff team.”

Media opportunity: If you have any questions please contact the Program Director Ryan Khay on 0429 729 523 or the promotions Manager Sarah Tenni on 0432 166 873.

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Cairns company simplifies access to training funds

Signature Staff has launched a new division to help Far Northern businesses secure a slice of the Federal Government’s $800 million in funds earmarked for training, development and employment.

Managing Director Vlasta Eriksson said Training and Development Officer Jenny Joyce had joined the Cairns-based recruitment company in its Human Services and Community division, called People Plus.

“Jenny will work with businesses needing to access funds for training to fill skills shortages, as well as devising initiatives to inspire disadvantaged people to support participation in education and employment,” she said.

Signature Staff was recently appointed by the Federal Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to three funding panels including the Indigenous Employment Program.

The Employment Broker Panel will ensure employment service and training providers focus on the needs of local employers to address skills shortages and connect job seekers to the relevant training, while the Innovation Fund Panel is for projects to help disadvantaged job seekers including the homeless, people with mental illness and people from jobless families or who are living in areas of entrenched disadvantage.

For the past decade, Innisfail-born Ms Joyce’s career has spanned both the employment and training industries with various roles at Worklink, the Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE and Signature Staff.

One of the Mamu people, Ms Joyce has a particular interest in helping indigenous people find employment.

“This role brings together a number of my areas of interest, so I’m looking forward to helping businesses secure funds to train and develop new staff, backed up by the professional team at Signature Staff who are experienced in finding the right person for the job,” she said.

“New and emerging businesses will benefit as the funds can be used to help them find a workforce solution. For example, a company could get financial assistance to find and recruit new employees as well as specific training as requested by the employer.