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Past webinars

Title: Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect webinars – as part of Queensland Small Business Month 2023

Dates: 

  • Tuesday May 23, 2022 – 9am – 10am
  • Thursday May 25, 2022 – 1pm – 2pm

Overview:

Small businesses needing to attract and retain the right staff with the right skills can now benefit from a free webinar offering practical advice to help them with workforce planning as part of Queensland Small Business Month 2023.

Hear from labour market expert Joshua Rayner, Executive Director of Jobs Queensland, as he showcases a suite of free tools and resources available for Queensland small and medium-sized enterprises.

Effective workforce planning is crucial for businesses seeking to overcome economic and labour market challenges. Jobs Queensland’s free Workforce Planning Connect toolkit and workbook can help tackle this challenge.

There are also free workforce planning short courses and one-on-one support that is available right now to help businesses get the workforce they need – now and into the future.

Slide pack: Access Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect webinar presentation  (PDF, 6.84MB)

Session recording: Access Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect webinar recording (MP4, 154MB, 35:42 minutes)

Title: Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect webinars

Dates: 

  • Tuesday May 24, 2022 – 10am – 11am
  • Wednesday May 25, 2022 – 2pm – 3pm


Overview:

Jobs Queensland invited small businesses across the state to participate in online webinars to learn and gain skills in workforce planning.

These webinars showcased the benefits of workforce planning for small and medium-sized enterprises. Effective workforce planning is crucial for businesses seeking to overcome economic and labour market challenges. Participants were introduced to Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect toolkit and workbook, which offer tangible support to undertake a workforce planning process.

Title: Re-examining future work: The place of lifelong learning and preparing small business
Dates: 

  • Thursday 25 November 2021 – 10am – 10:45am.
  • Thursday 25 November 2021 – 2pm – 2:45pm.

Overview

The Re-examining future work: The place of lifelong learning and preparing small business webinar provided overviews of Jobs Queensland’s Lifelong learning: The foundation of future work and Future work for small business: Skills, capabilities and potential report.

The webinar also examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and impacted some of the key themes and findings from Jobs Queensland’s 2019 report, Future work, future jobs: Preparing Queensland for the evolution of work.

To find out more about Jobs Queensland’s Future work research series, visit www.jobsqueensland.qld.gov.au/futurework

Slide pack: Access Re-examining future work webinar presentation (PDF, 2 MB)

Session recording: Access Re-examining future work webinar recording (MP4, 221 MB, 44:37 minutes)

Title: Workforce Planning Connect – Workforce planning for SMEs
Dates: As part of Queensland Small Business Month, Jobs Queensland hosted a number of webinars to support small and medium-sized businesses through the workforce planning process.

  • Monday 17 May – 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • Tuesday 18 May – 9am – 10am
  • Tuesday 18 May – 4pm – 5pm
  • Thursday 20 May – 11.30am – 12.30pm.

Overview

This webinar provided an overview of the benefits of workforce planning for small and medium-sized enterprises. It also gave participants an introduction to Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect toolkit, which aims to support businesses through the workforce planning process.

Building capability in workforce planning helps small and medium-sized businesses to successfully build the skills to achieve their goals and plan for the future. Is your business ready to: respond to changes in staffing; explore growth and expansion; and/or start planning for the future?

Slide pack: Access Workforce Planning Connect webinar presentation (PDF, 1.69 MB)

Session recording: Access Workforce Planning Connect webinar presentation recording (MP4, 82 MB, 29:24 minutes)

Title: Future work, future jobs
Date: Wednesday 5 February 2020, 11am – 12pm

Overview

This webinar explored Jobs Queensland’s recently released report Future work, future jobs: Preparing Queensland for the evolution of work. It provided an overview of the report, outlined how the research was conducted, its key findings and the recommendations it has made relevant to future work in Queensland.

Title: Supporting workforces during industry transition: Key elements for success
Date: Wednesday 16 October, 12:30pm–1:30pm

Overview

This webinar was held as part of the Australasian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA)’s OctoberVET series and explored the findings of Jobs Queensland’s Supporting workforces during industry transition report.

Learn more about OctoberVET at https://avetra.org.au/pages/octobervet-.html and read more about the industry transitions project here.

Title: Workforce Planning Connect – Workforce planning for SMEs
Date: Wednesday 13 August, 11:30am–12:30pm

Overview

This webinar provided an overview of the benefits of workforce planning for small and medium size enterprises and an introduction to Jobs Queensland’s Workforce Planning Connect toolkit, which aims to support businesses through the workforce planning process.

Slide pack: Access Workforce Planning Connect webinar presentation.