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Links for WERC
Career Planning
| CAREER DECISION MAKING - Fraser Valley |
| This is a 10-day course, with an enhanced option for an additional five days, designed to assist people assess their needs & skills so that they can make informed decisions about where to look for work. |
| Career Planning Program and Career Planning Workshops in Cloverdale |
| Over a three week period the Program will provide you with tools and information to make an informed decision. It will help you create a practical plan to set you in a new direction. We also offer a series of individual career planning workshops. |
| PHOENIX EMPLOYMENT Program (for Multi-barriered Persons) - Surrey |
| A Career Planning program for multi-barriered men and women who are unemployed, eligible to work in Canada and who reside in Surrey, Delta, or White Rock. |
| Project Restart |
| A dynamic career planning program that combines group sessions with weekly individual counselling sessions. |
| R.I.T.E. and W.R.I.T.E |
| The Reaching Independence Through Employment (R.I.T.E.) Program/Women Reaching Independence Through Employment (W.R.I.T.E.) Program assists men and women in the Langley/Aldergrove area who have experienced many barriers to finding and keeping employment. |
| THE CAREER COACHING CENTRE |
| BC Tourism Direct is a 5-week Job Search / Career Services program for persons who are interested in pursuing a career in Tourism & Hospitality. |
| Training Innovations |
| Career e-Volutions - This facilitated online program provides career planning and job search assistance to individuals who are unemployed or working less than 20-hours per week. |
| WISE - Women in Sustainable Employment - Surrey |
| WISE is an employment program with a life-skills component and is wide open to women with multiple barriers to employment. It is designed to provide clients with tools to make a decision regarding their career goals, and has different workshops. |
Employment Resource Centres
| Lower Mainland Employment Resources |
| If you are unemployed and would like assistance finding employment, please contact a Case Manager at one of these locations. |
Job Search Programs
| BC Tourism Direct |
| The Career Coaching Centre - a five week program which includes a two week job-shadow component. |
| Canadian Career Moves - Newton Branch |
| Career Services For Professionals: for those seeking employment in the professional / managerial / high tech areas. |
| Canadian Career Moves - North Surrey Branch |
| Job Search Services for a diverse range of occupations. |
| Job Placement for persons with Disabilities |
| Access Job Placement Services are provided to employable Kwantlen University College students and community members with disabilities requiring assistance to find and maintain employment. |
| JOB SEARCH Program – Fraser Valley |
| This Job Search program offers over 40 workshops to choose from. Create an individualized Job Search plan. |
| LANDELL AND ASSOCIATES - Surrey - Cloverdale |
| The GENERAL JOB FINDING CLUB is a 12-day, full-time Job Search program which emphasizes networking & employer contacts; gives insightful, video-taped interview practice; and facilitates access to company, labour market & hidden job market information. |
| PROJECT COMEBACK - Surrey |
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This is an innovative pilot project which targets the increasing number of homeless day labourers, enables participants to achieve and maintain full-time, sustainable employment and in- dependent housing. |
| THE EDGE JOB CLUB (for Persons with Disabilities) - Surrey |
| The EDGE program is a FREE job search skills program for unemployed or underemployed individuals with a disability and/or a chronic condition who want to enter or re-enter the workforce. |
| THE PRACTICE FIRM –Canadian Work |
| Provides work experience in a simulated full cycle business operations center which is mentored by a local company. We provide computers with up to date technology, including Microsoft Office, Simply Accounting & Windows. |
| TRANSFERABLE SKILLS Program - Fraser Valley |
| A program for tradespersons or those seeking employment in the trades. Identifies how well client skills, abilities, education & training match specific trades. One-on-One consultation & workshops available as required. |
| WORKING SOLUTIONS (Job Search) - Surrey |
| Resume and Electronic Resume Preparation, On-line Job Search Skills, Cover Letter Writing, Interview Techniques and Practice, Calling Cards, Hidden Job Market, On-going assistance with a Counsellor. |
Job Search Web Sites
| BC Technology |
| BC’s leading source for high tech and IT career listings. |
| Community Newspapers in the Lower Mainland |
| Job postings appearing in the Surrey Now, Delta Optimist, Langley Advance, New Westminster Record, and elsewhere. |
| Construction Jobs in BC |
| Find jobs for all trades, whether it be glazing, plumbing, welding, HVAC, framing, etc. |
| Craigslist Vancouver |
| Provides the best one-stop site for the greatest number of jobs in Metro Vancouver |
| Indeed.com |
| Job postings - one search, all jobs |
| Monster Canada |
| Job listings in the Lower Mainland or throughout Canada. |
| Surrey Leader |
| Postings in the Surrey, North Delta, Langley area (and beyond). Updated 3 times per week. |
| The Job Bank |
| The federal government site where you can search for any kind of job, anywhere in Canada, including Surrey! |
| The Now Newspaper |
| Search or browse through the thousands of classified advertisments published in the pages of Van Nets' award winning community newspapers, covering the Lower Mainland from Chilliwack to Deep Cove. |
| Vancouver Sun and Province |
| Jobs advertised in the daily newspapers, serving all of BC. |
| Workopolis |
| Search for any kind of job anywhere in Canada. |
Local Labour Market
| Canadian Labour Market |
| At this website you will find the Working in Canada Tool. Learn about Canada's labour market; find information on job titles; and research employment facts by occupation and city, town or region. |
| Job Futures |
| Job Futures is a career tool to help you plan for your future. It provides useful information about 226 occupational groups and describes the work experiences of recent graduates from 155 programs of study. |
| Service Canada - Labour Market Information |
| Looking at the employment prospects for an occupation is an extremely important area to investigate when researching careers or even when recruiting staff. |
| Work Futures |
| Work Futures provides a comprehensive description of close to 200 occupations as they relate directly to the B.C. labour market. It is for learners, individuals interested in changing careers or re-entering the labour market, and for career practitioners. |
Programs for Immigrants
| Agricultural Workers Employment Program |
| Program assists unemployed Agricultural Workers, who are legally entitled to work in Canada and living in Surrey, to make the transition from seasonal farm work to alternate employment opportunities. |
| Canadian Immigrant |
| Get yourself noticed by diversity-friendly Canadian employers by uploading a profile and resume on the Canadianimmigrant.ca Job Board. You can also search and reply to specific job opportunities with companies for free. |
| Careerbridge |
| An innovative internship program designed to address the dilemma of “no Canadian experience, no job; no job, no Canadian experience†that prevents many skilled immigrants from contributing to Canada’s economy. |
| DIVERSEcity |
| Career planning, resumes and individual counselling. |
| Immigrant Job Search Club |
| This program concentrates on employment opportunities, trends and market demands, and has a very high success rate. Clients who can speak English, Punjabi, Hindi or Urdu are accepted into this unique program. |
| Immigrant Services Society of BC |
| Multilingual job and employment counselling for immigrants looking for services in their own language. Punjabi, Hindi, Cantonese, Mandarin and Korean. |
| Job Mentoring for Professional Immigrants |
| An eight week FREE service for Internationally Trained Professional and Skilled immigrants to enable them to learn about various aspects of their chosen fields and gain employment. |
| PICS JOB MENTORING SERVICE (for Immigrants) - Surrey |
| PICS Job Mentoring Service (JMS) is to assist internationally trained immigrants in learning about various aspects of their intended field, and to help them in securing employment in the relevant occupations. |
| PROJECT WORK (General Occupations Job Search for Immigrants) – SurreyDelta |
| Project Work is a 2 Week Job Search Program, to assist immigrant job seekers to find employment as quickly and easily as possible and was specially designed program to address the challenges faced by immigrant job seekers. |
| PROJECT WORK (ProfessionalTechnical Occupations Job Search for Immigrants) – SurreyDelta |
| This is a 2-week job search program offering resumes for professionals – Academic, Engineering, Management, Trades, Technicians & Technologists. |
| The Bamboo Network |
| Aims to integrate skilled immigrants into the Canadian labour market. Assists with credential evaluation, technical upgrade, professional certification and licensing. |
| The Practice Firm |
| The PRACTICE FIRM provides up to 12 weeks of work experience in a simulated full cycle business operations center which is mentored by a local company. |
Wage Subsidy Programs
| Community Coordinator - Targeted Wage Subsidy - Surrey |
| To negotiate & administer Wage Subsidy contracts that will provide long term employment for unemployed EI eligible clients, whose Action Plan has identified lack of work experience as an employment barrier. |
| Wage Subsidy Connections |
| Wage Subsidy subsidizes a percentage of a new employee's wages for a negotiated period of time. |
Youth Services
| A.W.A.R.E. |
| Youth 2 Work - Employability skills and work experience placements. |
| Baristas (coffee making) |
| designed to assist youth between the ages of 15 to 30, who have challenges with obtaining and keeping employment, and who wish to begin a career in the retail food and beverage industry. |
| Career Quest |
| An innovative career planning program designed to assist youth aged 15 to 30, to make informed career decisions. |
| Mission Employment |
| Youth Job Search Program that provides workshops, one to one support, labour market information, and a job search resource area. |
| Pathfinder Youth Centre Society |
| Building for Success - To assist youth-at-risk in making the transition into the labour force or returning to school through the provision of employability skills and work experience in the construction trade sector. |
| YEAH! (Youth Enhancing Aquatic Habitats) |
| A 26 week, paid Environmental Community Skills Link Program that teaches youth skills in areas such as: Environmental (i.e. in-stream restoration and habitat restoration) and Life & Employability Skills (i.e. personal budgeting and communication). |
| Youth-Can! |
| Youth-Can! is the Boys and Girls Club's newest Employment Program, with sites in North Delta and Surrey, providing Support and Training to Immigrant Youth and Youth Adults (15-25) who are new to Canada. |
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