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Resources - Area Code 519
Career & Information Centre
Job Connect
Every client is assigned a counsellor to help develop an effective action plan through a one-to-one session. The counsellor assists the client through the action plan, and initiates a follow-up contact after the program has been completed.
Services- Word processing
- Career exploration and interest inventory
- Apprenticeship
- Internet, fax and photocopier
- Telephones
- Newspapers and directories
- Job search videos
- Individual counselling
Job Connect provides you with:- Training to identify employment goals
- Skills training in job search, résumé writing, interviewing techniques, etc.
- On the job training through work placements
- Access to computers, Internet, fax machine and photocopier for job search purposes
- Services at no cost in English or French
Additional Services- Job Search Program
- Intake/Assessment
- Career Planning
- Vocational Assessment
- Résumé Workshop
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Le College des Grands Lacs
20 – 520 First Street, London, Ontario N6G 3C6
519-457-3323
London Unemployment Help Centre
388 Dundas Street, 3rd Floor, London, Ontario N6B 1V7
519-439-0510
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
141 Dundas Street, 2nd Floor, London, Ontario N6A 1G3
519-432-1112
Services- Employment Counselling
- Résumé and Cover Letters
- Job Search Assistance
- Interview Preparation
- Individual Employment assistance on and off the job
- Resource for job accommodation
- Active Employment follow-up
- Job Club
- Advocacy
Eligibility- must have a Social Insurance Number
- must provide your own transportation
- must be willing to talk about yourself
Registration
Leads Employment Services London Inc.
410 – 171 Queens Avenue, London, Ontario N6A 5J7
519-439-0352
519-439-7502 fax
519-438-0367 TTY/TDD
London Unemployment Help Centre
Job Finding Club
This program is suitable for clients who want to find the best possible job in the shortest amount of time. It is a 3-week, full-day job search program conducted in groups of 12-15 people.
Program allows club members to:- Practice interviews and get immediate feedback.
- Develop effective résumés in order to better market themselves.
- Develop a support network.
- Learn how to use and access job search tools (Internet, directories).
- Develop effective telephone techniques.
- Access the hidden job market.
- Access computers and the Internet.
Other Services- Referrals to community agencies
- Training information on starting a small business
- Employment-related message service
Eligibility- must have a clear job objective
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Nokee KweCareer Directions Program
The Career Directions Program lasts for a period of 6-10 weeks. The program is flexible and designed to accommodate the needs of each individual. The program has many components; some are completely optional.
Assessment- A series of Vocational Diagnostic Tests
- Creation of an Employment Action Plan
- True Colours Personality Workshop
- Develop short term and long term career goals
- Clients are provided with an assessment of their current skills levels in computers, business and interpersonal communications.
On-site Modules
Participants choose from a menu of on-site workshop modules. Each module consists of 4 weeks of on-site workshops allowing participants to address their needs and concerns.- Computer Literacy
- Career Research and Development
- Prior Learning Assessment
- Communications
- Life Skills Management
Career Exploration Placement
Following the 2 components mentioned above, participants will have the choice of taking advantage of a Career Exploration Placement for 4 weeks in an appropriate workplace environment in order to learn more about possible career opportunities.
Natives Literacy Initiatives Program
This is administered by a non-profit organization, whose service is free.
Objectives
- To assist adult learners who need help with everyday demands of:
- reading
- writing
- numeracy.
- To assist learners with basic skills:
- Filling out forms
- Writing letters
- Following recipes, etc.
- Communications
- Basic computer literacy
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Evening hours are available upon request. Please drop by or call for further details.
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Career Directions @ Nokee Kwe
137 Dundas Street, Floor 2, London, Ontario N6A 1E9
519-667-7088
Womanpower offers career planning and career management services to women.
Drop-in Career Resource Centre
Open 1 evening per week, women can access the comprehensive career planning library or use computers for self assessment tests, developing résumés or researching employers and job opportunities on-line.
Referral information
Referrals are given to women, both by phone and in the drop-in centre, for other employment programs, and training and education services in London. Assistance in choosing from them is also offered.
Counselling Workshops
Individual consulting appointments and group career counselling workshops are available to women. Fees.
Speakers
Over the summer, a series of speakers will be organized to discuss Current Issues about Women and Work. Proposed topics include:- Opportunities for women in commission sales
- Nonstandard work arrangements and turning them into advantage
- Developing job-share proposals and "flex work" options
- Finding solutions to the "home/work" balancing act
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Womanpower, Inc.
406 – 171 Queens Avenue, London, Ontario N6A 5J7
519-438-1782
519-438-7904 fax
E-mail: wpower@real.on.ca
Services- Job Finding Club
- 2-week job search program
- one-on-one as well as group job search support and feedback
- job leads
- networking "ideas"
- photocopying and typing equipment
- use of telephone and fax machine
- use of computers
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Job Search Strategies Workshop- a condensed version of the Job Finding Club
- 3 days
Career Planning Workshop- assist in identification of transferable skills and how they influence a new career direction.
- 3 days
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YWCA of St. Thomas-Elgin
16 Mary Street, St. Thomas, Ontario N5P 2S3
519-631-9800
519-631-3179 fax
Employment & Training Programs
ATN – Accommodating, Training & Networking
for People with DisabilitiesATN is a non-profit, registered charity whose mandate is to assist people with disabilities in the areas of employment and training.
Inclusion Through Access to Technology (ITAT)
This is in-home training for people whose disabilities prevent them from participating in regular training.
Services for Students
Computer Training- various long- and short-term computer courses
- access device training using screen reading, screen enlargement and voice recognition software
- literacy and numeracy skills upgrading enhanced by the Invest educational software program
- work experience placements with local employers
- career selection, résumé writing and job search consultations and workshops
- Prior Learning Assessment workshops and Portfolio Development courses
- referrals to other organization
Hours: weekdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
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The Employment Skills Training Centre offers a non-profit service to people with physical disabilities, mental health issues, learning disabilities, and/or injuries, who experience barriers to employment. It helps clients return to work or find their first job. Services include:
Work Conditioning/Return to Work
At work stations in the Centre, the participant is assigned actual work duties, tailored to meet individual interests, skills and needs, under supervision and a vocational evaluator. The program is time-limited and designed to raise a worker's productivity and tolerance for work.
Job Readiness Training (JRT)
This is a 1-week job search program focusing on résumés, cover letters, interview preparation, and effective job searching methods. To ensure that clients receive adequate attention, the program is offered to a small number of people at a time. The program tries to enhance clients' self-esteem and skills.
Job Search Follow-Up Service
Telephone or personal contact is maintained for a 3-month period with former clients to provide support and reinforce job search techniques acquired in other programs.
Vocational Evaluation
This program helps individuals determine their interests and abilities and help them use this information to identify appropriate job goals. Clients are tested by various methods: pen/paper, computer based work, etc. These test results are in turn used to determine their job titles according to the National Occupational Classification. This information allows for comparison with statistics compiled by the Human Resources Development Canada.
Functional Capacities Assessment
This evaluation helps to determine the limitations, if any, of a client's physical abilities. A written report indicates necessary accommodations and job modifications upon returning to the workplace.
Psycho-Vocational Evaluation
This evaluation identifies a clients interests, aptitudes, cognitive abilities, academic skills, work values and personality traits. Information is related to and compared with the specific abilities and capacities required by a job or training program.
Work Site Monitoring
Once a client has returned to work, a vocational evaluator may monitor the client's function and work behaviour to ensure that appropriate accommodations are in place.
Job Trail
This assessment focuses on an individual's employment readiness, transferable skills, functional performance, functional performance skills and capacities, work tolerances, interpersonal and communication skills, and on-the-job strengths and weaknesses, relative to employability criteria.
Labour Market Survey & Job Development
This program is designed for employers.
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Employment Skills Training Centre
3255 Wyandotte Street East, Windsor, Ontario N8Y 1E9
519-253-6345
519-253-9113 fax
Situational Assessment- To determine physical capacities, work tolerance, aptitudes, work habits, interests, and work potential
- To develop suitable vocational goals
- To develop a vocational plan
Sheltered Program- To provide meaningful, paid work for individuals who cannot presently handle competitive employment
- To teach work skills and behaviours in preparation for competitive employment
- The participant's needs and abilities are carefully matched to the job requirements.
- A bi-annual evaluation and development of an Individual Plan focuses on vocational goals.
Work Adjustment Training- To develop, modify, enhance or maintain work-related behaviours and/or skills in order to assist each client in achieving his/her vocational goals
- To increase tolerance
- To improve work performance
- To improve attitudes
- To teach successful interpersonal skills
- To adjust to changed vocational goals
Valpar System
The system 2000 is several tools in one.- Computer Assessment
- GOE Interest and Awareness Survey
- Work History
- DOT database
- Career planner
Work Hardening- To provide a time limited, goal directed program that increases a person's ability to tolerate a full day's work
- To raise his/her level of productivity
- To improve work tolerance by gradual increase in hours and/or gradual increase in physical demands
- To recommend methods for compensating for limitations
Diagnostic Vocational Evaluation Unit- To provide a comprehensive evaluation of an individual's vocational aptitudes, interests, and academic skills, the purpose of assisting in identifying suitable vocational goals
- To provide transferable skills analysis
- To make vocational recommends on transferable skills from work history, aptitudes, skills, temperament and physical abilities
- To identify areas for academic or vocational upgrading to increase employability
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Goodwill Sarnia
439 South Palmersten Street, Sarnia, Ontario N7T 3P4
519-332-0440
Solutions to Employment
Professional assistance to clients through:- One-on-one assessment
- 3-week Career Planning Workshop
- 12-week Property Management Program
- Community Placement, Volunteer Program
- Employment Paid search assisted by a professional Job Development Team
Career Planning Workshop- Property Maintenance Program (12 weeks of skill building)
- Custodial Duties and Techniques
- Landscape and Gardening Tips
- Building Maintenance Skills
- Career Management
- Résumé Development
- Basic Computer
Certification- First Aid/CPR
- Occupation Health & Safety
- WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
Eligibility- Over 19 years of age
- Sporadic work history
- Educational barriers
- Résumé requirements
- History of substance dependency
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YMCA
Career & Employment Preparation Program
Employment Counsellors are available to assist you to- identify your skills and how they relate to jobs;
- form a job search plan;
- prepare a résumé which will get employers attention;
- find jobs that are not advertised;
- succeed in an interview;
- investigate potential training programs.
Training is also available for those who meet eligibility criteria.
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Owen Sound
648 Second Avenue East
519-371-9222
800-265-3711
Hanover
299 10th Street
519-364-3163
Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU)Employment Services- help finding work
- help returning to school
- training at YOU or elsewhere
Additional Programs- Employment Preparation
- GED Preparation/Invest Training
- Career Exploration Workshop
- Youth Action Centre (YAC)
- Computer Lab
- Student Employment Centre
- Job Referral Service
- Job Search Resource Centre
- Automotive Training Program
- Reuse It
- Workshops
- Community AIM (Action and Information Medway)
- Fanshaw College On-the-Job Training
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Youth Opportunities Unlimited
200 – 141 Dundas Street, London, Ontario N6A 1G3
519-432-1112
519-432-2883 fax
Drake InternationalPrograms- Human Resource Training
- Time and Self Management
- Behavioral Descriptive Interviewing
- Stepping into Supervision
- Stepping into Leadership
- Train the Trainer
- Receptionist Enhancement
- Understanding and Overcoming Sales Call Reluctance
- Effective Team Practices
- Principles of Successful Selling
- Drake Office Skills 2001
Program Highlights- Computer Systems & Software Application Training
- Human Resources & Professional Development Training
- Flexible Computer Based Learning
- Evaluation & Assessment Tools
- Customized Career Plan & Guidance
- Computer & Equipment Loan
- Certification
- Opportunities for Financial Assistance
- Drake Developmental Dollars™
- Career Pathing & Opportunities for Specialization
- Program Duration & Calender
- Southwestern Ontario Campuses
Eligibility- Successful Completion of the ADEX© Advanced Dimensional Evaluation System
- Office Skills 2001© Career Path Interview
- Minimum Computer Knowledge & Keyboarding Skills
CIW Internet Webmaster
The CIW Generalist program is an Internet skills certification program for professionals who use the Internet. An understanding of Microsoft Windows or Windows 9n is prerequisite. Students must take the following 5 days of Pro-soft courses, or have equivalent experience, before taking the CIW Foundations exam.- Basic Internet Business Fundamentals
- Advanced Internet Business Fundamentals
- HTML Fundamentals
- Networking Fundamentals
- Certification Award: Students must pass the CIW Foundations (#310) exam.
Additional CIW Foundations Courses- CIW Foundations Course #1: Basic Internet Business Fundamentals (6 hours)
- CIW Foundations Course #2: Advanced Internet Business Fundamentals (6 hours)
- CIW Foundations Course #3: HTML Fundamentals (6 hours)
- CIW Foundations Course #4: Networking Fundamentals (12 hours)
Note: Each lower level course is prerequisite to subsequent levels.
Simply Accounting
This introductory course to Simply Accounting in the Windows environment includes:- Introduction
- Inventory, Services & Projects
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Payroll & Miscellaneous
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