We have approximately 81 people that signed up for our Employer Outreach Program. This program focuses on targeting perspective employers as a group. We have sent out flash drives to 5 companies so far. Although we would like to have sent the flash drive out to more companies it has been quite difficult to find companies that are looking to hire.  We will continue to look for companies to send the flash drive to in hopes that some of you may gain employment from these efforts.

The intention of putting together a flash drive to send to perspective employers was to help each of you with your job search efforts as a group, but we are also very serious about helping you with your individual job search efforts.

To help you as an individual we have set up many services for you to utilize. We have an Employment Counsellor coming in once a week to meet with you one on one to help you focus on your job search, point you to invaluable resources and even contact employers on your behalf. We have a resume writer that comes in once a week to help you tailor your resume to a specific job posting or field. (You can get as many resumes done as you like) We are also offering a wide range of training workshops to give you skills that you will need to get a job and to be ready for the interview process.

We have found that many of you that have signed up for the Employer Outreach Program have not been coming into the action centre to get help with your individual job search needs. Because of this we are concerned that you may not be as aggressive in your own job search efforts as you could be and may be solely relying on the Employer Outreach Program to find a job. Because of this we will be removing resumes of individuals that have not come into the action centre to work with our counsellors or attend workshops.

We want to make every effort to make sure you are getting the best service possible. If you would like to continue to have your resume sent out on the flash drive it is very important that you call the action centre to make an appointment to see the Employment Counsellor.

If you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact us Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10AM to 6PM.

Action Centre Update

We would like to take this opportunity to give you an update on the status of the Action Centre. As you may have heard we did get a six month extension, and we couldn’t be happier to be able to support you for a bit longer, but this will be our last extension.

We feel that it would be in everyone’s best interest to take full advantage of the services the Action Centre has to offer before the end of August in anticipation of the contract ending.

Below is a reminder of the services available at the Action Centre.

We are helping you as an Group

• Employer Outreach Program – The objective of this program is to research and contact employers that are hiring and send them a marketing package with resumes from workers in transition that have been utilizing the Action Centre. We will be working hard to promote the skills you have to offer them and opening opportunities for interviews and jobs.
• Targeting Employer Workshop – This two part workshop is designed to help workers make a plan for their job search efforts, including
  • What to consider when targeting employers
  • Putting together a list of preferred customers
  • How to get organized
  • Planning your week
  • Website for targeting employers
  • Using the Scott’s Directory

We are helping you as a Individual

• Resume writer to help target your resume
  • to specific type of job
  • type of industry
  • a specific job posting
• Counsellor to meet with clients one on one to help target employers and focus your job search efforts
• Job board in the action centre and on our website focused on jobs that will appeal to the type of work you are searching for

Job Readiness

We are helping you to be job ready by providing you with a number of workshops that will give you skills that you will need to be successful in your job search as well as prepare you for the interview process.

• Introduction to Computers
• Introduction to Word
• Introduction to the Internet
• Targeting Employers Workshop
• Interview Skills Workshop/Mock Interviews
• Employer Testing Workshop

If you would like to sign up for a workshop, call the action centre.

Please take full advantage of what we have to offer you! We look forward to hearing from all of you!

What are transferable skills? Simply put, they are skills you have acquired during any activity in your life; jobs, classes, projects, parenting, hobbies, sports, virtually anything that are transferable and applicable to what you want to do in your next job.

Many of you are currently looking for work and some of you have found part-time jobs or are working through agencies. You may even be transitioning into a new career. Whatever your situation is, you all need to know what transferable skills you have to offer to a potential employer.

Evaluating your skills is a very important part of every job search. Being able to effectively communicate your skills to a potential employer is equally as important. Yet, many of you have difficulty with both.

We can help you with this. We are offering a Transferable Skills Workshop here at the Action Centre.

This workshop will help you to discover what your Transferable Skills are.

Please call or visit the action centre if you would like to sign up for this workshop.