Skills and Employment

To help jobseekers overcome employment barriers, and to meet Queensland's need for a skilled workforce, the Department of Education, Training and Employment administers programs to improve and increase opportunities for employment.

Indigenous employment
Find out about community-based employment and training programs designed to help Indigenous Queenslanders compete in the jobs market.

Jobseeker projects
Locate current employment or training projects running in your area to help you increase your job skills and opportunities for employment.

School to Jobs Alliance
is a Queensland Government initiative which aims to help transition school leavers in Central Queensland into training, further education or employment.

Previous initiatives

The Breaking the Unemployment Cycle initiative was introduced in 1998, at a time of near record unemployment. Funding for the initiative ended on 30 June 2007, when it was replaced by the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.