Are you a rural or regional employer who wants to take on an apprentice? Senator Michaelia Cash, has announced support for regional and rural businesses with a trial Apprentice Wage Subsidy. The trial aims to encourage greater uptake of apprenticeships by rural and regional businesses. It is a substantial commitment for a small business in […]
Read more...Did you know – training subsidies are available right now when you sign up a part-time or full-time employee into a nationally accredited traineeship or apprenticeship? The best bit… You may also be eligible for Government financial incentives of up to $4,000! Are you still hiring casuals? By converting your casual staff to part-time you […]
Read more...Special Offer For Hospitality Businesses: FREE ENROLMENT DURING OCTOBER!! Improve your staff performance, retention and become and employer of choice. Certificate III in Commercial Cookery for your apprentice cooks Certificate III in Hospitality (streams available for accommodation, kitchen, restaurant, hotel/bar and café) Certificate III in Hospitality (Restaurant Front of House) – front of house apprenticeship […]
Read more...Check out my Top 5 Time Saving Social Media Tips for Hospitality Businesses that DIY Social Media At AVTES we help hospitality business owners and managers to build their businesses with skills and knowledge across all areas of hospitality business. Marketing is one of my areas of expertise and I believe that hospitality businesses can DIY […]
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An Industry in Crisis: Attracting and Retaining Hospitality Workers How You Can Have A Great Team And Profit Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ll know there are skill shortages across the entire hospitality industry. And it isn’t going away. Attracting and retaining hospitality workers continues to be an urgent and important issue for […]
Read more...How To Plan Your Way To Success In 5 Steps Why Plan Your Way To Success? If you don’t have a plan, it’s like you are going to an unknown destination without a map… We have worked with over 800 hospitality businesses in Victoria over the past 20 years and in our experience we’ve found […]
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HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT STAFF: 5 STEPS TO RECRUITMENT SUCCESS I often hear hospitality employers say they can’t find good staff. I get it. Hiring is a challenging process. And in the hospitality industry where retention is also difficult, hiring the wrong employee is costly – in terms of money, time, and potentially […]
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AVTES Students Recognised Finalsts in Fonterra Proud to be a Chef competition. AVTES is proud to announce that 3 apprentice chefs undertaking training with AVTES have been recognised in the national Fonterra Proud to be a Chef competition. The following apprentices were selected as one of 32 finalists from a pool of competitors for their […]
Read more...Apprenticeships and Traineeships Made Simple If you’re like most hospitality business owners and managers, when someone starts talking about apprenticeships and traineeships you tune out. Sure you’re keen to train your staff, but it all seems too complicated… Wouldn’t it be great if you knew the basics so you could confidently find and implement training […]
Read more...Today is the 20th Anniversary of AVTES. On 12 December 1997 Chris and Louise Fitzgibbon registered the company Australian Vocational Training and Employment Services. It’s been a long journey. And while they are very modest and would never make a big deal about it, I think this achievement should be celebrated and congratulated. Since I’ll […]
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