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Assists individuals with disabilities to prepare for, accept, and keep employment

Services offered include:

• Employment and Career Counselling
• Job Placement
• Job Development
• Mentoring
• On-the-Job Coaching
• Specialized workshops
• Training Resources
• Access to wage subsidies Employer/employee Accessibility Awareness Training

Temporarily closed due to COVID - call Toll Free 1-800-518-0000 or email info@chs.ca for more information on virtual services

Provides employment consultants that provide personalized employment counselling and can assist with:

• Job search challenges related to hearing loss
• Career planning
• Resume and cover letter services
• Leads and referrals to potential job opportunities
• Preparing for interviews
• Arranging an interpreter or live translation of speech to text (CART) for interviews

Offers additional on the job support by working with the individual and the employer to:

• Find assistive technology and communication devices
• Identify and implement appropriate workplace accommodations for a barrier-free work environment
• Provide communication workshops for co-workers

Also provides employment services for employers and students

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

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

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

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

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

Offering free services to job seekers and employers over the phone and through email, text and other digital platforms - Modified hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm

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

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

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

Offering free services to job seekers and employers over the phone and through email, text and other digital platforms - Modified hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm

• Offers a one-stop central location for the provision of streamlined, professional, and customer focused services to individuals and businesses in a confident and inviting environment
• Recognizes, supports and meets the needs of all individuals and businesses while embracing and adapting to changes in the economy and labour market
• Provides career assistance and assists individuals to enter or re-enter employment, change occupations, relocate and enrich their current employment
• Provides Newcomer and Settlement Services as well as the Resettlement Assistance Program for Refugees
• Assists with the Ontario Employment Services

Resource Room

• Offers free access to computers with internet, labour market information, education and training information, community information, referral services, telephone, faxing, long distance calls, job postings, and workshops

Employment Consultants

• Offers one-on-one counselling in areas such as job search, career exploration, education and training alternatives, referrals to appropriate agencies and services, job coaching, on-the-job training supports as required, resume screening

Operates as a program under the Education and Training Branch

Provides a range of culturally appropriate programs and services for Métis people to enhance employability and related skills including:

• Apprenticeship support (financial and training assistance)
• Career counselling
• Employment readiness support and training
• Financial support/wage subsidies and opportunity through a number of programs which may vary by office locations; programs are listed on website
• Mobility assistance
• Self-employment coaching assistance such as business plan and accounting information and access to computers, photocopiers and other equipment
• Services for clients with disabilities

Functions as a gateway to multiple resources and services designed to help students succeed academically

• Offers academic advising
• Provides academic support services including the learning centre, special needs office and assistance with learning strategies
• Houses the career centre
• Administers the student health plan
• Implements the Walk Safe Program
• Develops student events and activities to promote personal and social involvement on campus

Provides employment related support and training initiatives for community members

Offers the following services:

• Assessments of skills and experience
• Information about a variety of careers and occupations
• Local labour market, employment and training opportunities
• Information and referrals to other community support and services
• Assistance in developing effective job search strategies and resume preparation
• Advice for preparing for interviews and employment

Assists in accessing the following programs:

• Alter-Abled
• Direct Course Purchase
• Employment Assistance Support Measures
• Job Creation Partnership
• Local Labour Market Partnerships
• Mobility Assistance
• Self-Employment Assistance
• Summer Career Placement
• Targeted Wages Subsidy Program
• Youth Work Experience

Provides free access to:

• Computers and Internet
• Fax, photocopier, and telephone
• Job board
• Resource material

• Helps Indigenous people prepare for and find high-demand jobs quickly, as well as keep them in the long term
• Fosters partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories
• Supports demand-driven skills development

Programs and services include:

• Skills development
• Training for high-demand jobs
• Job finding
• Programs for youth
• Programs for urban and Indigenous people with disabilities
• Access to child care
• Mobility assistance

Additional services available include:

• Assistance with cover letters and resumés
• Access to computers, printing and faxing services
• Career search and a job board for local and regional employment opportunities
• Employment counselling

Assists Ontario Works participants by providing:

• Assistance in job searches and researching job ads
• Computer use and assistance to update resumés and write cover letters
• Employment counselling in various areas including preparing for interviews
• Employment Readiness Assessments that provide individuals with information regarding the employment skills they have acquired and those they need to improve to achieve a positive work-life balance
• Information about other programs

Offers access to the following job search tools:

• Access to job websites
• Community Placement Program (for volunteer opportunities)
• Computer and Internet access
• Fax machine, phone and photocopier
• Information on the Enhanced Employment Placement Program (for paid employment and training)

Assists Ontario Works participants by providing:

• Assistance in job searches and researching job ads
• Computer use and assistance to update resumés and write cover letters
• Employment counselling in various areas including preparing for interviews
• Employment Readiness Assessments that provide individuals with information regarding the employment skills they have acquired and those they need to improve to achieve a positive work-life balance
• Information about other programs

Offers access to the following job search tools:

• Access to job websites
• Community Placement Program (for volunteer opportunities)
• Computer and Internet access
• Fax machine, phone and photocopier
• Information on the Enhanced Employment Placement Program (for paid employment and training)

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

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

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

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

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

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

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

Assists Ontario Works participants by providing:

• Assistance in job searches and researching job ads
• Computer use and assistance to update resumés and write cover letters
• Employment counselling in various areas including preparing for interviews
• Employment Readiness Assessments that provide individuals with information regarding the employment skills they have acquired and those they need to improve to achieve a positive work-life balance
• Information about other programs

Offers access to the following job search tools:

• Access to job websites
• Community Placement Program (for volunteer opportunities)
• Computer and Internet access
• Fax machine, phone and photocopier
• Information on the Enhanced Employment Placement Program (for paid employment and training)

• Helps Indigenous people prepare for and find high-demand jobs quickly, as well as keep them in the long term
• Fosters partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories
• Supports demand-driven skills development

Programs and services include:

• Assistance with resume and cover letter development
• Job search skills development
• Training for high-demand jobs
• Job bank information
• Programs for youth
• Programs for urban and Indigenous people with disabilities
• Access to child care
• Mobility assistance

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

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

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transitions supports

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

Services for employers

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

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

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

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

​COVID-19: Office is open, but preferably by appointment; drop-ins will be limited until further notice.

• Provides assistance to find sustainable employment
• Offers assessment of skills, capabilities, interests and experience
• Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
• Offers information about different careers and occupations and work experience
• Offers additional support to help maintain employment
• Provides information about all Employment Ontario programs and services
• Provides information about, and referral to, other community services and supports

Office is open, but preferably by appointment; drop-ins will be limited until further notice.

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

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

Canada-Ontario Job Grant

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

Youth Job Connection

• Offers paid pre-employment services, job matching, paid job placements with placement supports for participants and hiring incentives for employers
• Also provides mentorship and education and work transitions supports

Youth Job Connection Summer

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

Assists Ontario Works participants by providing:

• Assistance in job searches and researching job ads
• Computer use and assistance to update resumés and write cover letters
• Employment counselling in various areas including preparing for interviews
• Employment Readiness Assessments that provide individuals with information regarding the employment skills they have acquired and those they need to improve to achieve a positive work-life balance
• Information about other programs

Offers access to the following job search tools:

• Access to job websites
• Community Placement Program (for volunteer opportunities)
• Computer and Internet access
• Fax machine, phone and photocopier
• Information on the Enhanced Employment Placement Program (for paid employment and training)

Assists Ontario Works participants by providing:

• Assistance in job searches and researching job ads
• Computer use and assistance to update resumés and write cover letters
• Employment counselling in various areas including preparing for interviews
• Information about other programs

Offers access to the following job search tools:

• Access to Service Canada Job bank website
• Community Placement Program (for volunteer opportunities)
• Computer and Internet access
• Fax machine, phone and photocopier
• Information on the Enhanced Employment Placement Program (for paid employment and training)

• Helps Indigenous people prepare for and find high-demand jobs quickly, as well as keep them in the long term
• Fosters partnerships with the private sector and the provinces and territories
• Supports demand-driven skills development

Programs and services include:

• Skills development
• Training for high-demand jobs
• Job finding
• Programs for youth
• Programs for urban and Indigenous people with disabilities
• Access to child care
• Mobility assistance

Assists Ontario Works participants by providing education and training services to enhance employment opportunities

Offers the following support services and programs:

• Access to telephone, fax, computers, photocopier and printing and Job Board
• Basic education
• Child care expenses
• Community placements
• Employment related expenses
• Employment/training start-up benefit
• Full-time employment benefit
• Life skills training
• Literacy and numeracy programs
• Resume and cover letter preparation
• Self-employment assistance
• Transportation expenses

Provides services and training support that will enhance skills and abilities towards gaining employment

• Works in a team setting with other services at the Employment & Training Hub Centre
• Coordinates training programs for community members
• Offers employment counselling, resume and cover letter preparation, assistance with online job searches and completing employment insurance (EI) reports online
• Provides financial assistance for members to attend educational institutes and training courses
• Offers research kits and counselling to better determine individual's choice of career

Programs offered include:

• Apprenticeships
• Driver's Education
• Job Creation Partnerships
• Mobility and relocation assistance
• Persons with disabilities
• Purchase of Training
• Self-employment assistance
• Target Wage Subsidy
• Training and income supplements
• Youth Career Exploration Program
• Youth Employment Program
• Workplace based training