At the recent Gunnedah Chamber of Commerce breakfast, First National Gunnedah's Mike Brady raised the issue to TAFE NSW representatives, stating there should be "transitional training" so youngsters are ready to enter the workforce.

Mr Brady said this training should involve numerous skills such as "understanding appropriate dress and presentation, how to be prepared for an interview, understanding the basics of business ethics" and much more.

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"To be able to have quality communication skills and to be able to put oneself at an advantage in an interview situation could be the difference between obtaining employment in one's preferred area or having to move away to secure employment," Mr Brady said.

"They need experience to become more attractive to employers but then how do they get experience? It doesn't necessarily need to be a full-blown two-year TAFE course, but something with broader ... preparation skills to empower young people to give them the best possible opportunity to procure employment."

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Chamber president Juliana McArthur said it was something the group would "really like to support".

"Students leaving school have the world at their feet and can explore any opportunity to find success in the workforce. It's a wonderful thing to be able to nurture a student as they enter the workforce," Mrs McArthur said.

"It's something that the chamber may consider further in its skills sub-committee and we would welcome having that conversation with careers advisers in our high schools about what the next step would be to convene that.

"We'd like to assist them enter the workforce [so they're] as best prepared as they can be and that approach will also assist small business and other employers so that aspect of training is not required, they sort of hit the ground running."

Mr Brady said there were also many little things young people needed to keep in mind when looking for employment, too.

"There are so many tips I believe could be given that they probably don't see they're doing anything wrong," he said.

"Right down to ... getting someone to drop their job application in themselves rather than someone else, looking someone in the eye when they shake their hand [and] ... doing research on the company they are applying to work for."

The real estate agent said it was also important for young people to keep their social media in check.

"They need to have an understanding that when they apply for a job they should expect that people will check out their Facebook site. If they're going to have inappropriate language or images on their Facebook then that could influence the perceptions of the potential employment to that application," he said.

"Somehow there's a gap in understanding, whereby the emphasis has not been as strong as it should be."