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Employers

Mid Coast CONNECT (MCC) is a not-for-profit, organisation dedicated to the youth of our region. 

We are the point of contact for 27 high schools including Government, Catholic and Independent as well as TAFE.

Our two programs are:

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOUR BUSINESS?

  • Be promoted by Mid Coast CONNECT as an organisation supporting youth. This could be via local newspaper articles, local news reports, on Mid Coast CONNECT promotional material and on our website  
  • Be recognised as a good citizen of our community
  • Over 1000 companies are currently benefiting from these great programs
  • Be associated with Mid Coast CONNECT– an organisation dedicated to the youth of our region
  • Opportunity to promote your business – its services and products
  • Access to potential new recruits
  • Opportunity to increase awareness of business requirements in relation to recruitment, including skills shortages
  • Give the youth of the Mid North Coast a go!

Benefits of providing work placement:

  • You will have an additional pair of hands to assist you
  • It is not Year 10 work experience; its an essential course component 
  • Students are keen to work as they don’t receive their HSC until they successfully complete their ‘hands on’ learning in the workplace
  • You get to interview the student before taking them on
  • A student undertaking work placement is the best way to try out potential new staff.
  • You choose when you want the student/s
  • You may increase or decrease this need at your convenience
  • You are under no obligation
  • Students are fully insured by their school or college
  • You will have access to the workforce of the future
  • Mid Coast CONNECT has over 2500 students to place this year and due to a high demand for these great vocational courses this number will increase next year
  • Remember when you were a kid and needed an opportunity to show what you could do?
  • It’s FREE

Apart from providing work placement, business can register their interest with Mid Coast CONNECT to be involved with Partnership Brokers.

 

To find out how your business can become involved with any of the above programs, please contact the Contact the co-ordinator in your area.