THE region’s Clontarf academies are on track to have 80 per cent of their students employed, or in tertiary education, after high school.
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Aboriginal students from Moree, Inverell, Quirindi and Tamworth came together on Thursday to talk with a range of industries and potential employers and potentially begin a path to employment.
The employers got just a few minutes with each student to spruik the benefits of their respective industries.
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Clontarf employment officer Ross Fraser said the organisation had a good strike rate linking its boys with employers.
“We’ve experienced in the past, there’s been job offers on the table at these type of events,” Mr Fraser said.
“We aim to have 80 per cent of those boys once they finish high school go into further study or employment.”
Mr Fraser said last year’s 34-strong cohort fell just short of that benchmark.
“Currently, with the boys who finished last year, we’re at 74 per cent, so we’re tracking pretty nicely, but there is always more work to do,” he said.
Set up in a “speed-dating” format, Mr Fraser said the Australian Defence Force representative, Shane Cox, was always a hit and said one of last year’s students from Moree was about to head to Kapooka with the army.