Literacy issues within Victoria's Job Network, job search training programs
This report is the result of research into the extent of literacy deficits amongst job seekers in Victoria undertaking job search training (JST) programs as part of Centrelink's mutual obligation requirement. The research found that as many as one in five job seekers had significant literacy deficits, suggesting that the Job Seeker Classification Instrument (JSCI) used to categorise job seekers was not proving effective in locating job seekers in need of literacy intervention. Another major problem identified by the research was the lack of dedicated referral pathways between Job Network provi ... Show more
Authors: Quelch, John
Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC)
Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Language Australia, 2000
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 39 p.
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