Building careers, one job at a time

Indigenous recruitment and group training company, the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) is building career pathways for young Indigenous people across Australia one job at a time through its Careers Preparation Program (CPP).

Call for more employers to take on Indigenous staff

Leading national, not-for-profit recruitment services and group training company, the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) has called on more employers to consider taking on Aboriginal employees following on from their expansion into Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast in May of this year.

Deadly dad back on the job

At 25, central Queensland Mitakoodi man Lyle Ah Sam, was struggling to provide security for his young family while working in the unpredictable world of casual employment. Now, thanks to the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES), he is enjoying the security of regular wages and looking forward to a career in construction.

Real Empowerment – not just number crunching

For Lanny Edey, the Business Development and Operations Manager for the new Brisbane Office of the Aboriginal Employment Service, finding careers for his mob, is about more than just numbers.

Boxer fights for his career – Lynken Dickson

What started out as a way to lose weight at the age of 12 has become a passion and potential career for young boxer, Lynken Dickson.

Spearhead Careers & The Arts Law Centre of Australia welcomes new Artists in The Black Coordinator

Spearhead Careers and The Arts Law Centre of Australia (Arts Law) is pleased to announce that the position of Artists in the Black Coordinator has been filled by Danielle Montgomery. The Artists in the Black service is Arts Law’s specialised legal service for Indigenous artists, communities and arts organisation. The Artist in the Black service […]

Forrest Review Response

Introduction The Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) ltd and Spearhead Careers Pty Ltd supports Forrest position towards seismic change, change thought that is focused towards creating ways by which people can change but not telling people to change. The language and critique within this report is from a large employer perspective rather than the perspective we […]

Aboriginal Employment Strategy NAIDOC Celebrations

The Aboriginal Employment Strategy held our Annual NAIDOC Celebration Dinner on Wednesday 23 July at the Cell Block Theatre in the National Art School of Sydney. Uncle Chicka Madden opened the event with his Welcome to Country acknowledging the traditional owners the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and their continuing connection to the land, […]

Tamara Baker – AES Trainee of the Year

Leading Aboriginal employment organisation Aboriginal Employment Strategy ltd (AES) is proud to announce Ms Tamara Baker as the Trainee of the Year.

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