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Offers employment counselling to newcomers who are unemployed or underemployed and actively seeking work. Services include:

• Career action planning
• Industry-specific resume writing
• Job interview preparation

Services are provided by qualified staff who specialize in the following industries:

• Business
• Skilled Trades including Construction, Electrician and General Labour
• Administration
• Law
• Education
• Healthcare
• Information Technology (IT)
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
• Customer Service and Retail

Provides fast tracked re-introduction to skilled trades for trades persons with foreign experience. This program is Ontario wide and fully online. Trades include:

• Electrician
• Millwright
• Plumber
• Metal Fabricator
• Automotive Mechanic

A youth centre for newcomers that provides one-on-one settlement support.
Services include:
- Information & referrals to appropriate community-based services, programs & resources.
- Facilitated access to group information sessions on a variety of topics like financial literacy, employment services, and getting to know the community
- English conversation circles
- Other group activities for newcomer youth like peer mentorship groups, homework clubs, volunteer club, sport and recreation activities and local trips
- Assistance to help newcomer youth establish new social connections and network with their peers

Provides one-on-one support to job seekers with self-disclosed disabilities with the goal of gaining and maintaining meaningful employment. Supports business owners with implementing accessible hiring practices. Assists employers with transition of job ready clients with disabilities into the workplace. Services include:

• job coaching
• work placements
• industry-specific certifications
• first Aid/CPR and WHMIS training
• wage subsidies for job placements

This program is funded by the Government of Canada through the Opportunities Fund.

Provides employment support for general trades and connects them with industry employers for work placements. This program runs for approximately 30 weeks. Participants are provided with personal protective equipment and a basic tool kit.

Due to COVID-19, this service is currently being offered virtually. Contact or visit website for details.

Learning assessment designed to identify Essential Skills levels. Includes a detailed Action Plan to help achieve education, training, and employment goals. Provides an employment profile and training summary specific to the client's needs. This assessment can be done in a one-to-one or group format and takes approximately 3 hours to complete.

Offers employment counselling to newcomers who are unemployed or underemployed and actively seeking work. Services include:

• Career action planning
• Industry-specific resume writing
• Job interview preparation

Services are provided by qualified staff who specialize in the following industries:

• Business
• Skilled Trades including Construction, Electrician and General Labour
• Administration
• Law
• Education
• Healthcare
• Information Technology (IT)
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
• Customer Service and Retail

Provides training, job placement programs, and other services for people with disabilities.

Services provided by Interval House of Hamilton at Women's Centre of Hamilton and Flamborough Women's Resource Centre. Provides support for women and their children who are experiencing domestic violence and abuse including:

• community counselling services
• individual counselling
• employment counselling
• peer support
• wellness and recovery groups
• safety planning
• housing services

Provides support and assistance to clients in their pursuit of permanent employment through resume writing, job search counseling, computer access, fax/photocopying services, access to job listings, training course listing, and education/occupation resources.

Apatisiwin is a Swampy Cree word meaning Employment, Training and Jobs.

Offers employment counselling to newcomers who are unemployed or underemployed and actively seeking work. Services include:

• Career action planning
• Industry-specific resume writing
• Job interview preparation

Services are provided by qualified staff who specialize in the following industries:

• Business
• Skilled Trades including Construction, Electrician and General Labour
• Administration
• Law
• Education
• Healthcare
• Information Technology (IT)
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
• Customer Service and Retail

Offers a variety of services meant to support anyone navigating challenging life situations or circumstances.
Services include:

• Career counselling: Access help with resumes, networking, career change, and more.
• Assistance accessing community services: Includes accessing benefits, filling out forms, and more.
• Caregiver support group: Offers support for caregivers to help reduce feelings of isolation.
• Monthly educational workshops: Hamilton Jewish Family Services hosts workshops and guest speakers on a variety of topics.

Through partnering organizations, Dundas Community Services offers free employment counselling, as well as individual and family counselling with fees geared to your income levels.

Employment Counselling is in partnership with YMCA Employment Services, this program offers a free employment clinic on every second Monday of the month.

Individual and Family Counselling is in partnership with Catholic Family Services of Hamilton, this program offers a weekly geared-to-income counselling clinic on every Thursday afternoon.

A youth centre for newcomers that provides one-on-one settlement support.
Services include:
- Information & referrals to appropriate community-based services, programs & resources.
- Facilitated access to group information sessions on a variety of topics like financial literacy, employment services, and getting to know the community
- English conversation circles
- Other group activities for newcomer youth like peer mentorship groups, homework clubs, volunteer club, sport and recreation activities and local trips
- Assistance to help newcomer youth establish new social connections and network with their peers

Offers employment counselling to newcomers who are unemployed or underemployed and actively seeking work. Services include:

• Career action planning
• Industry-specific resume writing
• Job interview preparation

Services are provided by qualified staff who specialize in the following industries:

• Business
• Skilled Trades including Construction, Electrician and General Labour
• Administration
• Law
• Education
• Healthcare
• Information Technology (IT)
• Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)
• Customer Service and Retail

The centre primarily assists those who are out of work, and youth who are out of school to assess their skills and employment potential

• various programs assist job seekers with their job search activities and on the job training

Major Programs and Services:

Ontario Employment Services:

• an employment experience program
• candidates get the training and experience needed to find a job
• individual employment counselling
• job search techniques
• job placements (subsidized,unsubsidized and apprenticeship)
• educational upgrading
• career focusing
• for more information see separate listing here

Pre-Apprenticeship/Apprenticeship programs:

• candidates experience the trades through free on the job training
• program runs annually
• recruitment begins in January of each year pending funding

Resource Room:

• drop-in or by appointment
• self-directed access to information on careers
• training opportunities
• employment workshops
• job bank
• client phone for job search

Computer services:
Free of charge, available to those using for job search, training and education (including life-long learning)

• computers with Internet
• web-based e-mail
• Microsoft 2016 Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• USB drive/flashdrive/memory stick ports
• FAX (sending only)
• free printing (max. 20 pages per day)
• scanner
• some sites, such as game sites, are blocked

Employment & Upgrading Preparation program:

• assists adults with improving their reading and writing to enhance their employment skills

Provides adults in Halton Region the opportunity to achieve secondary school credits

Programs include:
* Bridges to Success (BTS) Credit Program (ages 18-20)
* Adult Class Credit (ages 21 and over)
* Adult Dual Credit (ages 21 and over)
* Adult eCredit (AEC) Online Program (ages 21 and over)
* Cooperative Education Credit
* International Languages Credit (Night School)
* Maturity Prior Learning Assessment (MPLAR) Credits
* Night School Credit
* Summer School Credit
* Guidance and Career Counselling

Adult High School Diploma Program
* for more information, see here

Adult ESL/FSL (English or French as a Second Language) and LINC classes (non-credit)
* for more information, see here

Employment Services teach a variety of skills in a woman-centred environment

• personal skills assessments
• unique approach to barriers that are faced by women entering the work force, tailored to specific needs
• explore educational opportunities or career advancement
• explore job markets, target appropriate organizations
• learn to self-promote
• teaches resume/cover letter writing
• job searching, interviewing and networking skills
• networking, self-marketing
• write sample thank you letters, follow up calls scripts
• attend information sessions/career fairs
• explore self-employment options

Group workshops and individual coaching available

• five week series offered five times yearly
• call for information

Provides adults in Halton Region the opportunity to achieve secondary school credits

Programs include:
* Bridges to Success (BTS) Credit Program (ages 18-20)
* Adult Class Credit (ages 21 and over)
* Adult Dual Credit (ages 21 and over)
* Adult eCredit (AEC) Online Program (ages 21 and over)
* Cooperative Education Credit
* International Languages Credit (Night School)
* Maturity Prior Learning Assessment (MPLAR) Credits
* Night School Credit
* Summer School Credit
* Guidance and Career Counselling

Adult High School Diploma Program
* for more information, see here

Adult ESL/FSL (English or French as a Second Language) and LINC classes (non-credit)
* for more information, see here

Organization that seeks to enhance the quality of life for urban Aboriginal youth by building opportunities

Services provided:

• career and employment counselling
• skills development training
• youth work experience
• mentoring
• stay in school initiatives

Literacy and basic skills training including numeracy, digital, communication and interpersonal skills

• helps learners prepare for employment, apprenticeship, secondary-school credit, post-secondary education and greater independence

Provides adults in Halton Region the opportunity to achieve secondary school credits

Programs include:
* Bridges to Success (BTS) Credit Program (ages 18-20)
* Adult Class Credit (ages 21 and over)
* Adult Dual Credit (ages 21 and over)
* Adult eCredit (AEC) Online Program (ages 21 and over)
* Cooperative Education Credit
* International Languages Credit (Night School)
* Maturity Prior Learning Assessment (MPLAR) Credits
* Night School Credit
* Summer School Credit
* Guidance and Career Counselling

Adult High School Diploma Program
* for more information, see here

Adult ESL/FSL (English or French as a Second Language) and LINC classes (non-credit)
* for more information, see here

Overview of programs ranging from basic education and literacy to workforce preparation, career training and job search assistance programs, and directs to other related listings in this directory

ADULT LITERACY & BASIC EDUCATION
Reading, writing, speaking, communication, computation and/or problem solving skills:
* for adults who cannot read or write at a functional level) see Adult Literacy Programs here
* to strengthen functional skills in these areas see Adult Basic Education programs here


SECONDARY EDUCATION
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)
* to complete at locations in Halton, see here


PREPARING & TRAINING FOR THE WORKFORCE
Prevocational Training (for people with disabilities, including mental health issues)
Instruction and/or counselling to develop:
* physical and emotional tolerance for work demands and pressures
* personal-social behaviours
* basic manual, academic and communications skills needed to acquire basic job skills
* see Prevocational Training programs here

Career Awareness and Counselling
* Career Awareness (provides information and data about various industries and professions): see here
* Career Counselling (provides information and guidance in evaluating aptitude, abilities and interests, to choose a vocation or career and select the type of training): see here

Vocational Assessment
Tests skills, abilities, interests, personality traits and other attributes for success in different occupational areas or specific positions
* may include programs that allow people to try out jobs for short periods of time to see if there's a 'fit' and, for people with disabilities, determine what supports might be needed to succeed if hired.
* for programs see here

Job Training
* Vocational Education, see here
* On the Job Training, see here
* Computer and Related Technology Classes, see here

Work Experience/Internship Programs
* Work Experience Programs, see here
* Internship Programs, see here

Apprenticeship
* Apprenticeship Preparation, see here
* Apprenticeship training, see here

Job training expense assistance
Financial assistance or loans to help people pay for tuition, books, living expenses, transportation, disability supports, assistance in caring for dependents etc.
* for programs see here


JOB SEARCH
Pre-job Guidance
Provides skills in preparing a resume, job application letters/questionnaires, answering job ads and taking employment tests, tips on appropriate dress, personal appearance and interview techniques, etc.)
* for programs see here

Comprehensive Job Assistance Centres
One-stop centres that may include job counselling, testing and assessment, pre-job guidance, job matching and referral, labour market and career information, information on financial aid for education and training, and referral for job training, transportation, child care, personal and financial counselling, etc.
* for programs see here

Specialized Job Assistance Centres:
Disability-related programs:
* Comprehensive Disability-related Programs, see here
* Supported Employment (job coach works side-by-side with client in workplace), see here
* Centre-based Employment (separate and supported work centres for those with disabilities), see here

Ex-offender Employment Programs, see here

Immigrant/refugee Employment Programs, see here

Indigenous Employment Programs, see here

Summer Employment Programs, see here

Vocational Rehabilitation (for people with disabilities, emotional problems or history of substance abuse), see here

Youth Employment Programs, see here

Vocational Services

• approved service provider of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) Specialized Services Program

Indigenous employment and training agency providing training and program support, plus services and referrals to the urban Indigenous youth population between the ages of 15 and 30

Assists with:

• apprenticeship and training
• individual employment training
• employment placement
• stay in school initiatives
• summer employment