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Williams Lake Employment Services
Our programs are funded in whole or part through the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement.
General Services
- Employment counselling
- Resumé and cover-letter assistance
- Interview techniques
- Assisted job search
- Educational planning
- Career decision-making
- Job posting board
- Internet job search
- Workshops
- A commitment to follow-up with you until you
meet your employment goal.
Our Employment Counsellors are
professionally trained and are committed to ensuring that clients get
the assistance they need, employing a collaborative, client-centred
approach. Individuals uncertain of their most suitable career direction
can be assisted by completing personal profiles to identify career
areas most likely to provide work satisfaction.
Counselling Services Include
- Assistance with identifying and resolving
barriers to employment
- Assessment of needs
- Assessment of transferable skills
- Assistance developing Return-to-Work Action
Plans
- Coaching to achieve goals set out in
Return-to-Work Action Plans
- Referrals to appropriate support services
- Assistance with resume and cover letter
preparation
- Assistance accessing the Internet for work
search and labour market information
- Assistance with preparing financial
documentation to access funding resources for training
- Provide personal coaching to increase work
search and interview skills
Workshops
Programs and Services Information
Session
This session provides the unemployed with information on resources
available.
Resumé / Cover Letter Workshop
This workshop provides up-to-date information on compiling a resumé and
cover letter. You will learn how to produce a functional resumé and
cover letter.
Introduction to the Computer for
Work Search
This workshop provides the basic skills too operate a computer,
function within the Windows operating system and access basic computer
programs to assist with job search activities.
Other Workshops Available
Workshops based on identified community needs are also developed and
offered as required.
Job Postings
Local job postings are compiled and updated as they come in. They are
on this web site, hung on the job board in the office, and available in
print form to take with you.
Services
for Employers
To best assist our
job-seeking clientele we offer free job postings for employers. The
employer can access the job
postings form on the web site or at our office.
The VIEW (Value in Experienced Workers)
Funded by
Service Canada and the Province of British Columbia
Applicants accepted into this program undertake a
12-week process. The VIEW is a 50-hr/week
commitment for which the individual receives income support while going
through the process of gaining assessment, skills and training to
return to the workplace. The program can include certification programs
(Food Safe, WHMIS, First Aid, etc.). Qualification and referral is
required in order to make application. This Program is for individuals
aged 50 and over who wish to enter or return to the work place. |
Community Access Program
Funded byThe
Province of British Columbia
Assisting individuals and families with skills
to enhance quality of life and participation in their communities.
Services are offered free of charge.
- Achieve increased involvement in the community;
- Achieve an increased peer support network;
- Adopt and commit to a healthier lifestyle;
- Enroll in education or training, as appropriate;
- Improve your personal budgeting ability;
- Develop skills that contribute to stronger
family relationships, such as the return of a child to a family, or
reconnecting with family members;
- In general, assist you in skills that will
enhance your quality of life and help you participate more fully in
your community.
Services are flexible
and tailored to best address individual needs. One-on-one counselling
and/or group sessions and/or referrals are available for: Money
Management, Nutrition, Parenting, Anger Management, Stress Management,
Communication Skills, Relationship building, Personal Hygiene, Vision
Planning / Goal-Setting, Recognizing Abuse, Self-esteem building,
Self-care / Personal Safety.
The above topics are core life skills
which, when learned and practiced, can make a healthy change to a
challenging situation.
The following are additional life
skills that we can help you with either directly through
one-on-one counselling and/or group sessions or providing advocacy to
help you connect with the appropriate service provider in your
community:
- Assertiveness
- Attitude
- Barriers, Biases, Judgments and Habits
- Community: An Exploration
- Trust: Elements of Trusting
- Interpersonal Skills
- Learning Styles: Level 1 & 11
- Motivation
- Wellness
- Values, Beliefs, Self-Concepts
- Trauma
- ESL, FASD, ABE
- Grief
- Housing
- Literacy
- Smoking Addiction
- Addictions
- Health/Dental
- Computer Literacy
- Harm Reduction
- Volunteer Placements
- Gambling Addiction
- Aboriginal Cultural Awareness
Targeted
Wage Subsidy
Funded by
Service Canada
The Wage Subsidy Program assists individuals in securing long-term
employment by supporting direct work experience. HVI can negotiate an
agreement with an employer that will subsidize part of the new
employee's wages. Eligible participants in the Wage Subsidy Program
normally have a proven work history and are interested in learning new
skills while securing long-term employment.
Note: Wage
subsidy agreements must be in place before a
participant starts work.
Eligibility of Employee:
You must be EI eligible (you do not have to have an active claim; you
may qualify under "reachback" status).
You must be referred by a Service Canada authorized employment
counsellor and have a completed Return-to-Work Action Plan.
You must have an up-to-date resume and be "job ready."
Eligibility of Employer:
- You must have up-to-date WCB coverage and be in
compliance with WCB.
- You must be willing to provide full time
employment
- You must have been in business for more than
one year
To learn more about the Targeted Wage
Subsidy Program, contact:
Ulli Vogler
Wage Subsidy Project Coordinator
250-398-0841
Horton Ventures Inc. and Williams Lake Employment Services
281 1st Avenue
North
Williams Lake BC V2G 1Y7
Ph: 250 398-5133
Fax: 250 398-5103
E-mail: inquiries@hortonventures.com |
