Our Work

The core business of the Geelong Region LLEN is to facilitate the development of a regional integrated education and employment ecosystem that supports the community to make informed careers decisions leading to appropriate training and skills development into sustainable employment in the regional economy. The Geelong Region LLEN has an additional mandate to support young people and community members living in disadvantaged areas. 

The core business of the Geelong Region LLEN is carried out through the following types of activity:

• Environmental Scanning 
• Labour market analysis and data diagnostics 
• Strategic foresight 
• Research capability 
• Cross sectoral stakeholder engagement and partnership facilitation, i.e. the Aboriginal Partnership Network 
• Workforce development i.e. working in conjunction with other regional initiatives such as GROW and Skilling the Bay to develop an early entry workforce model in Careers in Community Services and Health
• Geelong Careers
• Action Research and ‘Proof of concept’ methodology
• Expansive Learning Network 
• Entrepreneurship development, i.e. Upstart