What is a Job Finding Club?

A *free 3-week intensive, interactive job search seminar, presented as a series of structured motivational, goal-oriented and hands-on workshops facilitated by professioanal Employment Specialists. Activities are group-centered & client-directed in order to meet individual needs.

What are the Goals?

• To find meaningful employment of the highest quality in the shortest period of time
• To develop effective self-marketing & employment search skills for a lifetime

How are Goals Met?

• Daily group activities ensure that group members dedicate 6+ hours daily to their work search
• Customized job search tools and strategic self-marketing techniques are developed and used to access potential employment opportunities
• Career strategizing is promoted via confidence-building exercises and business research skills as a survivability strategy in an unpredictable job market

Workshop Topics Include:

Week One

• Personal skills assessment
• Resumes
• Cover letters
• Thank you letters
• Calling card

• Networking techniques
• Tapping into the hidden job market
• Telephone techniques for cold calls
• Interview preparation
• Role-play for interviews

Week Three

Each location focuses on certain key topics tailored to meet client’s specific job search needs

Lawrence Square Job Finding Club

• Find and research employers who are hiring
  on-line
• Create an e-resume
• Post your resume on-line
• Use e-mail to your advantage
• Navigate the World Wide Web
• Research labour market information
  

Scarborough North Job Finding Club

• Prospect employers who are hiring on-line
• Create an e-resume & post it on-line
• Complete on-line employment applications
• Obtain a list of companies from the On-line Scott’s Directory
• 30 ways to shine at work
• Using a career portfolio
• Salary negotiations
• Business image

What are the Benefits?

• Develop winning marketing tools; resume, cover letter, interview skills, that yield results
• Tap into the unadvertised job market and find work faster
• Benefit from clerical support and expert internet and job search coaching from qualified Facilitators/Job Search Professionals
• Access on-site career resources, computers, fax, phones and photocopiers essential for job search activities
• Gain peer support during and after the 3-week seminar
• Individual job search coaching sessions, conducted for up to three months after group completion
• Monthly networking meetings – (Scarborough North Job Finding Club only)

Who is Eligible?

• Recipients of Employment Insurance (E.I.) and non-EI who are Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents, confirmed Refugee Status or legally entitled to work in Canada
• Referral is required from an employment counselor at a local Service Canada Employment Assessment Centre

*The Job Finding Clubs are funded by the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities, Labour Market and Training Division