Jacynta Kettle from Ambulance Victoria and Carlee Maher from Baw Baw Shire practicing CPR.
Jasmine MacPherson (centre) discusses a career in policing with leading senior constables Paula Fowler (left) and Warren Briggs (right).
Cooking up a sausage sizzle at the expo are members of the Drouin Men's Shed, Dennis Auld, Michael Garvey, Chris Green, Steve Bone and Peter Broughan.
Damien Skeen and Pauline Lee from Latrobe Regional Health were ready to discuss careers in health.
The team from Safety Edge Training - Steve Forbes, Sally Alexander and Rod Alexander had plenty on display at the expo.
Andrea McNamara launches Gippsland Jobs Hub in Baw Baw Shire
Cr Danny Goss opening the expo.
Representing the groups that organised the Baw Baw Employment Expo are (back from left) Krystal Barr, Tamara Weitenthaler, Local Jobs Program employment facilitator Darren Beggs, Cr Danny Goss, (front from left) Caitlyn Guppy and TAFE Gippsland Skills and Job Centre engagement co-ordinator Andrea McNamara.
Right: Kiara and Rebecca Possamai discuss what TAFE Gippsland has to offer with Tammy Borg.Below: Cooking up a sausage sizzle at the expo are members of the Drouin Men's Shed, Dennis Auld, Michael Garvey, Chris Green, Steve Bone and Peter Broughan.
Carolynne Le Page and Julie Metselaar from Baw Baw Shire Family Day Care were on hand to discuss careers in early childhood education.
About 220 local job seekers explored a variety of local learning and employment opportunities last Thursday at the Baw Baw Employment Expo.
Organised by Baw Baw Shire Council with support from Workforce Australia and TAFE Gippsland Skills and Job Centre, the expo featured stalls from 29 local businesses.
Opening the expo, mayor Danny Goss said council was "very pleased" to be part of the employment expo.
"On behalf of the councillor group and the council itself, I wanted to say how pleased we are to be able to put this on again in conjunction with Workforce Australia and TAFE Gippsland Jobs and Skills Centre," Cr Goss said.
"Anything that can bring employers and job seekers together, we're in favour of."
The expo also marked the official launch of the Gippsland Jobs Hub online platform in Baw Baw Shire. Described as a "free SEEK", Gippsland Jobs Hub is an online jobs portal designed to connect job seekers and employers across the Gippsland region.
TAFE Gippsland Skills and Job Centre engagement co-ordinator Andrea McNamara said Gippsland Jobs Hub showcased "real Gippsland jobs for local people."
"We've been madly behind the scenes creating this website for our local people so that we can promote jobs in Gippsland to prevent talent drain to the city, and also attract talent to the Gippsland region to build our economic viability," she said.
"It is Gippsland centric, it is like SEEK but with two main differences. It is totally free for industry and businesses to advertise their roles on the platform, and job seekers can look really precisely for work on there. You can look by suburb, you can look by postcode, or you can look by region."
"It is a really great platform for people to link in with jobs in our region."
With almost 600 job listings already on the site, Ms McNamara encouraged job seekers to take a look.
"Hopefully it will grow and grow and benefit not only the people of Gippsland, but also the economic viability of the Gippsland region too," she said.
"This benefits everyone, and it couldn't have been done without the help of the Local Jobs Program and all of the six local government shires across Gippsland."
