- Title
- Employing Indigenous Australians: strategies for success
- Creator
- Dyer, Sharlene
- Relation
- Managing Diversity in Australia: Theory and Practice p. 137-152
- Relation
- http://www.mcgraw-hill.com.au/html/9780070146273.html
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples hold a unique position in Australian society, yet they are the most disadvantaged group in the community. This disadvantage is a direct result of the effects of the European invaston of Australia. Historically, they have been systematically excluded from many aspects of Australian society, including the social security, industrial relations and education systems. The unemployment rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is three times the national average, the highest unemployment rate of any group in the Australian labour market. Their labour force participation rates, skills, qualifications and income are, in general, all well below those of the non-Indigenous population. Recently, both federal and state governments have attempted to correct these past policies by being proactive in promoting Indigenous education and employment and by putting policies into place to redress the disadvantage that Indigenous peoples face. This chapter considers a range of employment issues that relate particularly to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and some of the employment strategies utilised by governments and organisations to manage diversity and to improve the employment prospects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
- Subject
- Indigenous Australians; Australian labour market; unemployment rates; employment strategies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/928824
- Identifier
- uon:10453
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780070146273
- Language
- eng
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