{"id":5518,"date":"2021-09-02T05:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T05:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=5518"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:33:33","slug":"queenslands-state-wide-talent-program-providing-an-innovative-approach-to-enhancing-the-employability-of-global-talent","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/events\/queenslands-state-wide-talent-program-providing-an-innovative-approach-to-enhancing-the-employability-of-global-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland&#8217;s State-wide Talent Program: Providing an innovative approach to enhancing the employability of global talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ms Aleesha Ware<sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"AbstractBookAffiliations\"><em><sup>1<\/sup>Study Queensland, , Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Study Queensland will discuss the importance and key successes of a state-wide talent and employability program to connect students, education providers and employers.<br \/>\nUnderstanding the need to nurture a talent pipeline alongside the challenges faced by Queensland\u2019s international students in securing meaningful work opportunities, Study Queensland has utilised experiential learning platforms to develop a state-wide employability program. Launch U connects students, employers, and education providers through different talent and employability experiences designed to build in-demand professional skills. Through these experiences, students develop skills for the future world economy using Study Queensland\u2019s micro-credentialing platform to evidence these skills and earn a government backed micro-credential.<br \/>\nSince launch in June 2020, the Launch U initiative has supported approximately 2,000 students and connected with over 200+ Queensland businesses and over 17 education and training providers. By facilitating these connections and offering a variety of talent and employability opportunities Queensland students have successfully built relevant, real-world professional skills, effectively articulated their capabilities to employers to enter the local workforce.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><br \/>\nAleesha Ware is the Senior Partnerships Officer at Study Queensland, leading all onshore student experience programs including employability, talent, student experience and support in the international education and training sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms Aleesha Ware1 1Study Queensland, , Australia Study Queensland will discuss the importance and key successes of a state-wide talent and employability program to connect students, education providers and employers. Understanding the need to nurture a talent pipeline alongside the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123483,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[72],"class_list":["post-5518","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","hentry","mec_category-employability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/5518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5518"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/websitefordemo.com\/isana-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=5518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}