Indigenous Employment Program: A Step Towards Providing Jobs to the Most Unnoticed Community
Despite the 2008 ‘Close the Gap’ framework, there is still an obvious big employment gap between non-indigenous and indigenous Australians. In an effort to actually close that gap, programs continue to be implemented by both the government and not-for-profit organisations, which emphasise the importance of education to enhance the chance of aboriginal Australians gain meaningful jobs. Moreover, there is Australia’s indigenous employment program known as IAGDP (Indigenous Australian Government Development Program) helping Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal people who may be interested to work in the APS (Australian Public Service). The indigenous employment program aims to improve the employment outcomes, opportunities, and experiences for all indigenous Australians in the APS. They value the skills, unique life experiences, and capability of Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal employees, and draw from those, too. Thus, they are committed to developing a versatile and tale