Dress For Work Sydney in Bankstown, New South Wales | Non-profit organisation

Dress For Work Sydney

Locality: Bankstown, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 8709 0200

Address: 62 Meredith St 2200 Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.metroassist.org.au/news/22/115/Dress-for-Work.htm

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25.01.2022 It is Wednesday and this morning Dress for Work delivered a Job Readiness Workshop for Navitas to a packed out (virtual) room of 17 participants! The Bankstown showroom also officially re-opened yesterday with our wonderful Sititi busy safely suiting up our first few clients again! Make sure to book an appointment and come by and say hello!

25.01.2022 It's Tuesday and Dress for Work staff member Sititi is here working with support caseworker Lucy, organising a Pack and Parcel service for a client who is in a Detention Centre. Aside from restricted fittings, Dress for Work also provides a remote Pack and Parcel service for clients who are unable to attend our showroom here in Bankstown.

24.01.2022 It's Monday, the sun is out and the DFW Recording Sign is up which can only mean one thing! Another Job Readiness Training workshop - this one facilitated for our recently arrived Metro Assist SETS clients and included some brilliant women from Syria, who were all keen to build on their English skills and job interview techniques. Great to meet such wonderful and motivated women this morning!

23.01.2022 Some great feedback from one of our clients who attended our virtual Zoom Employment Workshop series last month. This client took advantage of our free virtual mock job interview session as well as our resume review service and secured her first job since arriving in Australia less than 12 months ago! Congratulations and all the best in your new job!

22.01.2022 A massive thank you to our amazing partner Thread Together. Thread Together sources brand new and excess clothing from retailers all over Australia and then redistributes to the community though charities, including Dress for Work. During this time, Thread Together is offering Metro Assist clients brand new clothes (including womens and children) from their online distribution website. These are brand new excess clothes stock from major retailers including THE ICONIC , B...ec and Bridge, Carter's - OshKosh B'gosh Australia, TAROCASH and Uniqlo Australia From now until 31 May, Dress for Work clients will be able to access the Thread Together ‘online wardrobe’ to select the clothes that they need and Thread Together will pick, pack and send the clothes directly to them ensuring ‘contact-less delivery’ via their freight partner (at no cost). This offer is limited to one ‘shop’ per client and clients can email [email protected] to register for the service. Thank you so much for the amazing work you do Thread Together!

21.01.2022 What a fitting way to celebrate the start of the Australian Day Long Weekend! This week we were thrilled to have two-time Author, Australian Day Ambassador and Adventurer-seeker Nicholas Gleeson visit us here at Dress for Work. Nicholas, who lost his sight at the age of 7 years old, has led a truly awe-inspiring life. His feats include climbing Mt Kilimanjaro and Everest Base Camp, walking 1,576 steps of the Empire State Building and also carrying the torch at the Sydney Olympics. Nicholas will be the Australia Day Ambassador at Liverpool's 2020 Australian Day Awards and Citizenship Ceremony this Sunday welcoming our newest Australians. #dressforwork #metroassist #australiaday

21.01.2022 What a wonderful day of Transport, Transformation and Training for employment! We collaborated with the Employment team today to deliver a fantastic session for 15 clients on Road Safety and Resilience/Positive mindset training. Thank you to all involved for making the session engaging and informative for our clients!

18.01.2022 From button down muso to bedazzled job seeker, Eli is ready to hit his job interviews running! Eli has an extensive background working in the music industry, and has also tried his hand as a removalist - we wish this jack of all trades the very best for his upcoming interviews!

18.01.2022 We want to say a big thank you to all our donors, especially Bill Save, pictured here with our amazing Sititi, who visited us last week with his donations of jackets and shirts - all dry cleaned and ready to go - just how we like our donations! Please note as of this week, we are NOT accepting donations due to the changing circumstances of COVID. Please check back here to find out when we will be accepting donations again. Thank you all for your continued support and understanding!

17.01.2022 Wow! Check out these amazing young men who visited us from PCYC Auburn this week! They have just completed their Fit for Work program and are about to embark on many amazing adventures. Congratulations! #styledbysanaa

17.01.2022 Thank you to our ever-generous friends at Saint Nectarios Burwood - Sydney, Australia who are fundraising to provide hampers to our refugee families this Christmas. If you would like to support Youth in Action, watch a wonderful family movie as well as eat unlimited popcorn, buy a ticket and come along next Wednesday! https://www.facebook.com/events/362328011572378?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22page_admin_bar%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_id%5C%22%3A1630853820471170%7D%22%7D%2C%7B%22surface%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22events_admin_tool%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22[]%22%7D]%2C%22has_source%22%3Atrue%7D

16.01.2022 Dress for Work delivered its first virtual Job Readiness Training this morning! There were many great discussions, learnings and even a surprise appearance from an attendee's cat - all the hallmarks of a great workshop if you ask us! To book a group training session, registered service providers can email: [email protected] or call Metro Assist on 8709 0200.

15.01.2022 Here's some great news today to brighten your Tuesday! Dress for Work Bankstown will be re-opening on 2 June 2020 for individual client appointments and opening every Tuesday thereafter. We also have selected casual items/winter clothes available, so please pop on by and stock up. To book an appointment, service providers can jump on our website and send a referral to: [email protected].

14.01.2022 Happy Monday from Dress for Work! Check out the amazing Jordan from Real Futures Pty Ltd getting ready for a client service role with a leading NSW Transport organisation. Jordan has a great personality, an exceptional interview presence and we are all hoping this outfit gets him across the line! All the best Jordan!

14.01.2022 Wonderful to meet these amazing students who visited us today from PCYC Penrith! They have just completed the Fit for Work program and are now ready for their graduation. Congratulations and all the best guys!

13.01.2022 WOW! Look at these amazing young men and recent graduates of the Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery Program. They will soon be receiving their qualifications which will help in applying for a career with the NSW Police Force. They were so entertaining, full of energy and incredibly gracious! The future looks bright for all of them! Iprowd

13.01.2022 Happy Friday from Dress for Work! It has been over 4 months since the commencement of the Dress for Work Accredited Training program thanks to funding from Bankstown Sports and clubGRANTS. Over the next few months we will be checking in with our newest recruits and finding out how they are finding the Dress for Work volunteer experience. Our first volunteer in this series is 21-year-old Speech pathology student, Julia. If you are interested in reading all about her experience, dive into our blog here: https://dressforwork.org.au//meet-our-dress-for-work-volu/

12.01.2022 Hope everyone has been keeping dry this Monday! Fortunately the rain didn't dampen our Resume Basics workshop today with the wonderful ladies from the Indian Squad Women's Association who were all especially keen to learn and optimise their job seeking strategy and skills!

12.01.2022 No border closures here! Dress for Work delivered its first interstate workshop to participants in Canberra today. These Canberrians were such an engaging and entertaining bunch and were keen to learn about our service and talk all things employment! Thanks for the invite and we look forward to delivering more interstate and regional employment workshops in the future!

11.01.2022 Welcome to the Brave New World of virtual Job Expos! Dress for Work just delivered our Resumes Basics workshop virtually to over 101 attendees at the Careers+ Expo with job seekers participating in a live discussion during the workshop! So great to be able to answer questions and connect with so many keen job seekers! City of Canterbury Bankstown Jason Clare

11.01.2022 Have you been missing our regular Dress for Work Before-and-After fix? Fear not they are back finally! This client has been in Australia for just under two years and is getting ready for a video job interview with a global sales company. On Tuesday, he attended Dress for Work, got this amazing suit and booked himself in for two free Zoom mock interview sessions to brush up on his video interview skills! Preparation is definitely the key to success and our client is leaving nothing to chance! Good luck - we wish you all the best for your upcoming interview! To book in for a fitting or a free mock interview session via Zoom, email: [email protected]

11.01.2022 Just a reminder, Dress for Work is still delivering free remote job application assistance (help with resumes and cover letters), mock interview prep as well as group Job Readiness Training. For more information call (02) 8709 0200 or e-mail [email protected]

07.01.2022 With many of us well and truly now immersed in the brave new world of video conferencing and Zoom, we thought we'd help you out with some practical pointers for your next video conference or interview. Jump on our blog to find out more! https://dressforwork.org.au//dress-for-work-from-home-edi/

05.01.2022 Wow! Our Dress for Work professional stylist, Sanaa, has redesigned our showroom with a fresh new look this morning! We love what she has done to the room and can't wait to welcome our clients into the space!

02.01.2022 This week Dress for Work and SETS delivered our 'Resume Basics' workshop for the wonderful ladies from the Canterbury City Community Centre - there were so many questions and great discussion - we definitely could have used an extra hour or two to cover it all!

02.01.2022 While we have temporarily put a hold on client fittings, it is (modified) business as usual at Dress for Work. For now, we are still accepting donations and staff and volunteers continue the mammoth task of safely sorting and organising donations in our storage facility. As part of showcasing volunteers from our Dress for Work Accredited Training program series, we interviewed one of our super star volunteers, Sanaa last month. Sanaa is from Syria and when we asked her wha...t she liked most about volunteering for Dress for Work she said Enjoying seeing the smiles from clients especially the young boys they remind me of my own children and how we are all really connected, regardless of our backgrounds. Beautifully said and a wonderful reminder that now more than ever, we must all step up and take great care of our fellow humans - most especially the vulnerable amongst us. To read the rest of Sanaa’s interview, visit our blog: https://dressforwork.org.au//meet-our-dress-for-work-volun

02.01.2022 It's Friday Tie day here at Dress for Work! Check out these wonderful models who are really working it in our new Dress for Work volunteer t-shirts today! Thanks to Bankstown Sports for generously funding these t-shirts as part of our volunteer program! #dressforwerk

01.01.2022 Wonderful to see these young men from Peak Hill Central School in a few items from Dress for Work! Peak Hill School is a regional school located 5 hours from Sydney, near Dubbo. A big thank you to Warren from the @Belrose Rotary Club who picked up the items for the students as part of their job readiness training! We love to see to confident, strong students reaching for the stars!