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COVID-19 (5 Sep 2022): Staff is available remotely and is assisting clients and employers via phone, video-meetings, phone and email. In-person meetings are available by appointment: info@cercottawa.ca or 613-828-2123

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Program
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario:
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers:

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Youth Job Connection:

• paid pre-employment training
• job matching
• paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• mentorship
• education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer:

• summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Canada-Ontario Job Grant:

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses

COVID-19 (5 Jan 2022):Services are open to clients all over Ottawa, not just in the west end. Leave a voicemail at 613-288-3880 to book an appointment, email employment.info@pqchc.com or visit booknow.appointment-plus.com/b09xrklg/

Employment Ontario Employment Services

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers: help in identifying human resource skills requirements

• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant: financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Future Builders: pre-apprenticeship training in the General Carpentry trade

• available to youth between the ages of 15-29

Job Track Childcare: pre-apprenticeship training in the Child Development Practitioner trade

Youth Lead - pre-employment program which supports immigrant and refugee youth between the ages of 15-29

• to participate in the workforce
• to develop Canadian workplace skills

Internationally Trained Professionals Program: pre-employment program which supports new comers and refugees who are internationally trained professionals with mentorship and participation in the Canadian workplace

Community Connections for Newcomer Employment: pre-employment program for isolated newcomers who need support in accessing employment programming

In Motion and Momentum : pre-employment program which helps those who are stuck, begin to move in a direction that feels good, taps into their full potential and creates the life they want to live

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests, and experience
• job search strategies
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests, and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements

Canada-Ontario Job Grant: financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses

Procides a variety of supported employment, educational, and wellness programs and other services

• Solutions for Youth Project
• Employment Supports Program
• Social Enterprises
• Job Quest
• Financial literacy training
• Community Loan Fund (for eligible clients trapped in cycle of Pay Day loans)
• Supported Employment in Rural Ottawa
• Wellness program
• Causeway Foundation
• Agency-sponsored entrepreneurial businnesses providing employment opportunities to consumers

COVID-19 (19 Jul 2022): OES centres are again open to the public.

Comprehensive employment and job search services, including:

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Programs:

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Youth Job Connection

• paid pre-employment training
• job matching
• paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• mentorship
• education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

• summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Hospitality and Food Service Worker Training Program

• Learn new skills and competencies for hospitality and food service work
• Create connections with the other individuals and build a network
• Benefit from a free learning experience with support for future jobs
• Guaranteed 30-hour placement
• Monetary supports throughout and upon completion of training

Assists members with the transition into a new career in the building and construction industry

• includes administrative, engineering, and management positions
• offers apprenticeship opportunities to achieve a journeyperson qualification

Approved grants for 2023:

• The Skills Blend Program
• The Skills Blend will maintain four lines of effort:

1. Enable Apprenticeship referrals across Ontario
2. Academic upgrading (in partnership with Fanshawe College) to meet the needs of the Skilled Trades
3. Support Basics of Supervising training for the construction industry
4. Identify homeless and at-risk Canadian Armed Forces Veterans and move them to independent living/apprenticeship referral

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario:
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers:

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Youth Job Connection:

• paid pre-employment training
• job matching
• paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• mentorship
• education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer:

• summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the year

Canada-Ontario Job Grant:

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses

Healthcare recruiting and staffing services

• offers nursing and support services to individuals in their homes, in retirement homes, in hospital, and in long-term care facilities

Services offered:

• home care
• palliative care
• pre and post surgical care
• geriatric care
• companions
• private care
• respite care
• acquired brain injury care
• pediatric care
• Alzheimer patient care
• escorts for appointments via Para Transpo or Taxi

Professionals include:

• registered nurses
• registered practical nurses
• personal support workers
• homemakers
• companions/escorts/sitters

Employment and education services provider linking Internationally Educated Professionals (IEPs) with Canadian businesses

Employment and education services for IEPs, including:

• Job referrals
• Career counselling
• Workplace communication & industry specific English training
• Work placements
• Mentorship matches
• Networking opportunities

Staffing and support services for businesses, including:

• Staffing solutions
• Work placements
• Cultural competency training for employers
• Workplace mentorship initiatives
• Bookkeeping, taxation and IT support for start-ups and SMEs

Pre-arrival service providing specialized information and orientation about skilled trades ​

• employment consultations personalized to clients' needs and goals
• service offered through Skype, WhatsApp, Viber, telephone, email, etc
• workshops cover topics such as Canadian workplace culture, popular skilled trades, job search techniques and more

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests, and experience
• job search strategies
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests, and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements

Canada-Ontario Job Grant: financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses

Job search support

Services

• job training
• youth justice
• managing your money
• health
• student aid and education planning
• leadership and cultural programs
• travel the world

Bilingual online job bank serving the needs of job seekers and employers; mobile app available

For information on jobs and career options, as well as government resources to help you work during the Covid-19 pandemic, click here: https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/findajob/resources/covid-19



Job Seekers

• job postings
• student/youth job listings
• job profile/job match service
• job alerts
• job market trends (prospects, wages)
• fields of study
• skills checklist and career planning information
• resume builder

Employers

• advertise job vacancies
• hire a student/youth
• recruitment advice and information for human resources management

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment as well as information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario

• skills training and financial support for laid-off workers
• help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

EMPLOYMENT ONTARIO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation and mock interviews
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

EXPERICA 2.0

• mentoring program for internationally trained professionals
• up to 12 weeks of unpaid work placements in their field and intensive support with their job search

Employment integration

• Specifically designed to support ODSP recipients in their job search efforts and in maintaining their employment
• up to 12 weeks of unpaid work placements in their field and intensive support with their job search

Corporate programs and services:

Language training (Formation linguistique)

• individualized training of French as a second language for individuals preparing for the federal government's Second Language Evaluation and wanting to obtain the levels BBB, CBC, CCC

French for Federal Government Employees (FFFGE)

• French as a second language evening classes offered to government employees who wish to obtain the levels BBB, CBC, CCC

Academic evaluation and individualized training

• access to the following programs: Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS), academic upgrading, English as Second Language/French as Second Language (ESL/FSL), professional and post-secondary training

Set of services based on a personalized path for a quick access to the labour market

• services allow to measure the acquired skills and experiences, to understand the Canadian labour market, and to participate in networking opportunities with employers
• monitoring and accompanying service before and afte the hiring process

Communications training appropriate for a specific sector

• learning methods adapted to specific communications in the participant's occupation or profession

Available programs include: construction, early childhood education, health, and business/sales/marketing

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Online Resource Centre to help support clients remotely

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario:
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers:

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements
• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant:

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment as well as information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience
• help in maintaining employment
• information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for Employers

• matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant -- financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees

• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees

Comprehensive employment and job search services

• assessment of skills, interests and experience
• job search strategies, including resume preparation
• information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• on-the-job training, work experience, help in maintaining employment as well as information and referral to other employment and community services

Better Jobs Ontario
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers

• training program must demonstrate good job prospects
• financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance

Services for employers

• help in identifying human resource skills requirements, matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

• financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
• available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees