THE corporate sector has a long way to go to help close the employment gap for indigenous people, a new report shows.
Indigenous leaders across a range of sectors surveyed by the Diversity Council of Australia have scored corporates 5.1 out of 10 on average for indigenous engagement.
While most participants acknowledged there had been improvement over the past five to 10 years, they said there was a long way to go.
"It's terrifying that corporates still don't get it's not okay to speak on our behalf," one of the 27 interviewees said.
Another interviewee stressed the importance of building respectful relationships over time rather than thinking there was a quick fix.
"Corporates often get to the end of an engagement process and wonder why they're being criticised by community when they only met them once for 10 minutes over a morning tea," the interviewee said.
At 16 per cent, the indigenous unemployment rate is more than triple that for non-indigenous people, according to the report.
Separately on Monday, Reconciliation Australia chief executive Leah Armstrong helped launch Crown Resorts' plan to have 2000 indigenous employees by 2021.
The company joins nearly 400 organisations in the corporate, government and non-profit sectors that have committed to playing a role in reconciliation, she said.
Crown chair James Packer said too many indigenous people missed out on the proud moment of getting their first job.
"There are few prouder days than when someone gets their first job. It changes their own life and the lives around them," the multibillionaire said.
"Too many indigenous Australians miss out on that opportunity."
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine said participation rates for indigenous people were growing steadily from kindergarten through to tertiary education.
"The keys to reconciliation are about education and employment," he said.
More than 71,000 new jobs need to be created by 2016 to meet the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) target of halving the gap in indigenous unemployment rates, according to the Diversity Council of Australia report.
The research was a joint initiative between Diversity Council Australia, Reconciliation Australia and construction company Lend Lease.
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