Talent and Workforce Development
Connecting people, capability, and business success
We build workforce capability through short courses and microcredentials, and partnering businesses with talented industry-ready students and graduates.
Discover a talented and capable workforce
La Trobe Talent provides industry access to our highly-engaged current students and graduates, injecting your workforce with the next-generation of thinkers and building your workforce capability. Through La Trobe Professional, we provide a range training, microcredential and short courses, including custom programs, to upskill your existing workforce to tackle your business challenges.
The future workforce
Our successful students
#2 for employer satisfaction
We're ranked second in Victoria for overall employer satisfaction, with a rating of 88.2%.
Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2025, 2024 Employer Satisfaction Survey [PDF, 7.7MB]
#2 for undergrad employability
We're ranked second in Victoria for overall domestic undergraduate employability.
Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2025, 2024 Graduate Outcomes Survey - Longitudinal
Top 3 for postgrad employment
We're ranked third in Victoria for domestic full-time postgraduate employment.
Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2025, 2024 Graduate Outcomes Survey - Longitudinal
Case studies
Don’t just take our word for it. Discover how our students, short courses and credentials are up-skilling the future workforce and providing a robust talent pipeline.
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Take your next step
Events
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St Vincent's Hospital Digital Health Innovation Sprint
Thursday 28 May 08:30am
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Innovation Series | Accelerating Food Innovation
Wednesday 24 June 05:00pm
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La Trobe Entrepreneurship Drop-In Series
Wednesday 15 July 12:30pm
News
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Behind the Bio: Dr Deepa Agarwal
Designing better food, from ingredients to impact.
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8 reasons industry benefits from university CRC‑P partnerships
Why industry gains from CRC‑P university ties.
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Behind the Bio: Professor Ivan Poon
When cells die, they do not simply disappear. Instead, they send messages. That idea sits at the heart of Professor Ivan Poon’s research at La Trobe University.