Workforce recruitment

General workforce recruitment

Advertising and filling of jobs
	2003-04	2004-05
Permanent jobs that were advertised	457	411
Permanent jobs that were advertised and filled	373	338
Permanent jobs that were advertised and filled by staff from within the agency	335	296
Permanent jobs that were advertised and filled by people outside the agency but within the State Service	3	6
Permanent jobs that were advertised and filled by people outside the State Service	35	36

Appointment of part-time employees
	2003-04	2004-05
Part-time positions advertised	110	72
Full-time employees who reduced their hours to part-time	279	319
Part-time employees	4,340	4,457

Separations
	2003-04	2004-05
Employees who participated in secondment	23	33
Employees who participated in inter-agency transfer	18	36
Permanent employees who resigned from jobs	121	87
Permanent employees who retired from jobs	187	159

Teaching workforce recruitment

The Graduate Recruitment Program continued successfully, with 28 teacher graduates being recruited.

Financial incentives continued to be provided for teachers employed in a number of rural and isolated locations.

Support for beginning teachers was continued under the Beginning Teacher Time Release (BeTTR) program, the Professional Experience in Rural Schools (PEIRS) program and local induction programs.

Appointment of permanent base grade teachers
Calendar year	New graduates appointed through scholarship program	Appointments through merit selection	Conversions to permanent status
1999	14	22	172
2000	11	80	124
2001	13	101	120
2002	26	75	141
2003	42	177	11
2004	37	115	15
1 January to 30 June 2005	28	74	31
Total	171	644	614