Workforce Specialists

Refugee and Migrant Employment Specialists

Connecting employers to untapped talent. Community Corporate are national leaders in culturally inclusive recruitment, training and job coaching.

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) has appointed Community Corporate under Workforce Australia as a Workforce Specialist

National project aims to increase the economic participation of refugees and migrants

As a specialist in diversity and inclusion recruitment, Community Corporate will be delivering the Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) career connections project until December 2026.

This three-year national project will seek to build capability, confidence and connections between employers and refugee and migrant job seekers.

The project will bridge the gap between refugee and migrant job seekers and employers to increase access to meaningful job opportunities and career pathways by delivering upskilling initiatives that remove barriers to participation for both employers and job seekers. Find out more below or sign up here.

Employer support services

Employer Portal

Activating culturally inclusive workspaces.

Coming soon

Hiring Manager’s Toolbox: Attracting and retaining refugee and migrant talent

This is an online resource to provide customised information including practical guides, tips, and checklists for employers to support their increased engagement and recruitment of culturally diverse job seekers.

Cultural confidence workshops

Cultural confidence training sessions are designed for hiring managers to build confidence, understanding and engagement in hiring CALD job seekers into customer-facing and retail-related roles with a focus on end-to-end recruitment. These free sessions will be available via face-to-face delivery and online.

Jobs and skills masterclass and networking events

National events will facilitate greater access and opportunities between employers and CALD job seekers to connect and promote jobs and career pathways in the retail sector.

Employer pilot projects

In 2025 and 2026, employers with retail-related roles will have the opportunity to pilot the program model and receive customised support to source, screen, train, and supply refugee and migrant jobseekers to meet workforce demands. Participation is subject to DEWR’s approval via an expression of interest process.

For more information

Employers can contact the Community Corporate team via email or sign up here to receive updates on employer support services.

CALD job seeker support services

These project support services are available to refugee and migrant job seekers registered with:

  • Workforce Australia Services
  • Workforce Australia Online Services
  • Workforce Australia – Transition to Work.

Retail industry fact sheet and career information sessions

A retail industry fact sheet customised for CALD job seekers is available in 10 languages and supported by Retail Career Information Sessions nationally to assist job seekers in making informed decisions about pursuing job opportunities in the industry.

COMING SOON

Pre-employment training and individual job support and coaching

Refugee and migrant job seekers will receive employer-specific pre-employment training to prepare them for genuine job vacancies and build soft skills focussed on customer service, safety, communication and more. Individual job support and coaching will support individual.

Paid work trials and post placement support

Refugee and migrant job seekers will access paid work trials to support competency-based assessments and on-the-job learning. Successful hires will receive ongoing post-placement support towards securing permanent roles in the retail industry.

For more information

All Job seekers need to apply for the project through Workforce Australia for Individuals. For more information and general enquiries contact Community Corporate via email.