SUMMER
JOBS CAMPAIGN — BUSSELTON–MARGARET RIVER
426. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Minister for Regional
Development:
I assume Hon Darren West is picking
up regional development. I refer to the minister's media statement of
10 November 2021 entitled ''New campaign to address hospitality worker
shortage in Busselton–Margaret River region'' by encouraging 14
to 17-year-olds to take up summer jobs.
(1) Has the
campaign concluded; and, if so, when did it conclude?
(2) How many
Busselton–Margaret River hospitality businesses have registered or
signed up to the ''ctrl your summer job'' campaign?
(3) How many 14
to 17-year-olds were successfully placed in Busselton�Margaret River businesses
under the ''ctrl your summer job'' campaign?
(4) How is the
success or failure of this campaign determined and what was the predetermined
criteria for this campaign?
(5) What feedback
has the government or the South West Development Commission received about this
campaign from employers and participating workers?
Hon DARREN
WEST replied:
We may have found our new PFAS!
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the
Minister for Regional Development.
(1) The social
media and customer care components of the campaign concluded on 10 April 2022;
however, the website continues to be maintained.
(2) As at 13 May
2022, 97 businesses in the Busselton–Margaret River regions had
registered to use the site, with 104 jobs advertised; 121 job seekers had
registered and around 80 of those were teenagers—year 10, 11 and 12
school students.
(3) As with other
major job platforms, data on successful placements is not available. The
platform sought to connect businesses with job seekers directly.
(4) A key indicator used to measure the success of the
campaign was the number of applications received from registered job seekers for jobs advertised on the
site. As at 13 May 2022, 216 job applications were registered.
(5) Employers
provided positive feedback on the jobs platform and confirmed that they had
successfully filled positions drawn from the
pool during that peak period. Several young job seekers' parents also
praised the efforts the government was making to encourage their
children to take up casual work in the region. Feedback from industry was that
the campaign played an important role at a point in time.