Talent Hub Connected Skilled Migrants to Employment Across Melbourne's Northern Suburbs
Professionals placed into employment or active recruitment pipelines
Candidate profiles actively matched to employer opportunities
Employer partners engaged across energy, finance, care, and transport sectors
Skilled migrants and refugees in Melbourne's northern suburbs face structural barriers to employment, including qualification recognition gaps and limited access to employer networks.
Many arrive with professional experience that existing employment services are not equipped to assess or place effectively.
Tawasul launched Talent Hub initiative, connecting candidates to employers through personalised profile management and active employer outreach. The program brokered relationships with partners across multiple industries, including energy, financial services, NDIS care, and RTO's.
Candidate profiles were curated and submitted directly to hiring contacts, reducing the friction that typically delays placement for migrants facing recognition barriers.
Osama, Woolworths Group
— not just a list of job boards, but an actual connection to an employer who understood my background, and my first step to enable my study becoming IT Engineer"
Talent Hub operates as a grassroots, community-embedded employment initiative, built on direct relationships, lived experience, and on-ground knowledge of the barriers facing skilled migrants in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
Where formal employment services identify gaps, Tawasul's network identifies people connecting candidates not just to jobs, but to the right courses, licensing pathways, and industry entry points their skills require.
This human-led model is the foundation for a scalable co-design partnership with councils, settlement services, and training providers seeking genuine reach into culturally diverse communities.