Outcomes

Great work is being undertaken and, in many cases, through a collaborative approach. Organisations going above and beyond to ensure quality work and outcomes. New thinking and new working.

The variances between different generations and considerations to make all generations feel valued in the workplace with the particular focus on youth entering/transitioning to work. The authenticity and passion was rather special.

A reality check from the Rangatahi panel whose kōrero challenged me to open my eyes and mind wider when viewing our world from their positions. Tautoko the kōrero “rangatahi join people not programs”. The need to redesign our education system!

Community led solutions make the biggest difference, we should be focused on local application of holistic employment support principles.

Maybe having an information point so organisations can leave cards/flyers, web details, etc so those people that don’t connect can pick up further details. Or something on the website pre-event about attendee organisations.

A lot of the workshops were focused on businesses employing young people, would be good to have more workshops from organizations about how they are helping/assisting young people.

I felt the youth panel could have been more diverse to get a more accurate cross section of the views and experiences of rangatahi. One of the ways this could be done is through reaching out to different people/organisations planning to attend or present the symposium to put forward a young person that they work with.

Interactive workshops. Speakers focusing on what tools or approaches for working with rangatahi instead of validating information we already know about or are already doing.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to be involved in your amazing mahi Shirley, to share some of my knowledge and thoughts on embedding Human Rights into employment practices. I was blown away with the number of questions, engagement and connection from the attendees, around creating supportive workspaces. A TON of work will need to be done in NZ over the next decade if we are to catch up to the rest of the world in this space – but we are a resourceful bunch, and when there is positive impact, we tend to embrace quickly and learn as we go. My heart is filled up with hope – thank you.

Thank you again Shirley and Emma for making this happen and giving us the opportunity. Loved being around everyone in the Youth Employment space, sharing our highs and lows with lots of laughs in between! Always inspiring being surrounded by other people who are passionate as we are.

Taylor-Rose Lealaisalanoa and I had the opportunity to represent Talent RISE yesterday at the Youth Employability Aotearoa (YEA) symposium, it was a wonderful experience to share with both Taylor and Katerina Hobson our RISE kaitiaki team. We were very blessed to be able to share our own personal stories around how passionate we are sending the elevator back down, elevating and uplifting the mana of our rangatahi. Creating opportunities for those who have experience barriers to securing employment alongside an abundance of other rangatira from the industry. Mihi to the rangatira who we spent the last 2 days with.