Employment Assistance
How is your job search going?
Do you feel like you're running into a Dead End?
We can help!
- Your own personal JOB COACH!
- NEW job leads every week!
- FREE photocopying and faxing!
- FREE computer & internet access!
- FREE 3-month YMCA membership!
The YMCA of Niagara's Employment Assistance Program has been assisting individuals find and maintain employment since 1985.
Employment Services delivers pre-employment assistance programs to youth and adults who have barriers to finding and maintaining employment.
In 1998 the YMCA began delivering the Federal Public Sector Youth Internship Program, a program geared to youth with barriers to employment. The program offers youth the opportunity to obtain pre-employment assistance as well as experiencing work by way of a paid on-the-job training placement.
All programs involve comprehensive employment based workshops. These workshops are designed to carry a participant through the job search process of goal setting, identifying the job market, effective interview skills, understanding employer expectations and success on the job. Within these workshops there are three constant themes:
Increasing self-awareness
Building self-esteem
Importance of positive communication
YMCA Action Centre
Our YMCA Employment and Newcomer Services program is doing some important new things. Through the Adjustment Advisory Program (AAP), the Ontario government, in partnership with the YMCA of Niagara, is working with employers, employees and communities in the Niagara Region to develop strategies to cope with company down sizing and plant closures. The YMCA Action Centre Coordinators will assist individuals as they adjust and transition into other employment or training.
To learn more about these programs, contact your local YMCA Employment Branch.
Human Resources Development Canada website: www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
