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Working for Victoria

The $500 million Working for Victoria initiative is helping Victorian jobseekers find work and employers find workers. This includes people who have lost their jobs and businesses who need workers due to the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19). Working for Victoria is part of the Victorian Government’s $1.7 billion Economic Survival Package.

Jobseekers can register on the Working for Victoria online jobs platform to find work and free training.

Employers can find workers by registering for the Working for Victoria online jobs platform.

Artist Kaff-eine working on a mural  

Street artist Kaff-eine creates art for heart’s sake in Melbourne's CBD

by Working for Victoria | 14 Dec 2020

Street artist Kaff-eine joins more than 150 creatives - designers, music producers, light specialists & more, being recruited to revive the city lanes

Image of Thanh Do  

Personal experience drives professional passion in Working for Victoria recruit

by Working for Victoria | 10 Dec 2020

Learn how a communications professional was placed in the frontline of getting crucial health information to non-English speaking communities.

Portrait shot of Tsion  

Securing jobs for Victorians who are ready to get back to work

by Working for Victoria | 18 Sep 2020

Having found a full-time job herself, see how one community leader in Victoria’s Ethiopian community is helping others find work through.

David at his home  

Success is all in the numbers for new Brotherhood of St Laurence employee

by Working for Victoria | 14 Sep 2020

Stood down from an analytics role in the airline industry, David flew into a new community role thanks to the Working for Victoria jobs program.

Adam working with Miepol  

Working for Victoria delivers a new job – and new joy – for Adam

by Working for Victoria | 25 Jun 2020

After a heartbreaking start to 2020 for Adam, things are finally turning around.

Fletcher cleaning playground equipment  

A clean start for 500 Victorians with new jobs

by Working for Victoria | 9 Jun 2020

Five hundred people are being employed to improve hygiene and safety across the city as part of the $500 million Working for Victoria fund.

Nicholas in front of the secondbite truck  

A second bite of the employment apple

by Working for Victoria | 4 Jun 2020

Amid widespread job loss and uncertainty, a Victorian Government employment program matches the newly unemployed with businesses.

Lucy in her protective cleaning gear  

Government pandemic response helps Victorians return to work

by Working for Victoria | 3 Jun 2020

Thousands of Victorians have returned to work as part of the Working for Victoria initiative.

Nate with protective gear cleaning the streets  

The employment initiative getting people back into jobs

by Working for Victoria | 20 May 2020

Meet Nate, a hospitality manager who lost his job due to the coronavirus pandemic. He is now working, thanks to Working for Victoria.

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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) RESPONSE

Victorians are responding to coronavirus (COVID-19) in innovative and inspiring ways, helping us to see a new future.

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