Local Focus: Mayors Taskforce for Jobs setting fire to young people's ambitions
31 Mar, 2021 11:40 PM
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New initiative embraced at jobs expo. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Video Journalist Whanganui, Manawatū and Taranaki, NZH Local Focusgeorgie@localfocus.nz
Public speaker Dale Williams says we should find the spark inside each young person and "throw petrol on it, not water - ignite it!"
Williams was in Whanganui last week to share his experience in bridging the gap between schools and employers in provincial towns, as part of a jobs expo for high school students. He has a breadth of knowledge on transitioning youth to work, and some of his ideas turn old thinking on its head.