Mature Workers is a Fantastic

Program that has benefitted

both Participants & our community.

Next Session: September 19 -  December 16, 2011

Application Deadline:  September 9, 2011 

Many of our participants have contributed to the community, assisting

with SeaFest, Elders Conferences, All Native Basketball, Salvation

Army kettles, Tourism Prince Rupert, Trail Maintenance and the

Airport Society by greeting travellers from Air Canada Jazz flights.

The program is funded through the Ministry of Economic

Development and works to assist mature workers in gaining

new skills and certification so they can return to the workforce,

or contribute to their communities through volunteer service. 

The program will be open for those between the ages of 50 - 64,

although those 55 and older will be offered available seats first.

Program Consists of:

3 weeks of employability skills

1 week employment assistance skills

4 weeks skills development

4 weeks work or volunteer placement

The program includes an assessment of each participant to

ascertain the needed services and skills training required to attain

their personal career or development goals. Once assessed,

participants will move into the living and employability phase, which

is a four week developmental workshop that will revisit resume,

interviews, attitude and dress, time management, anger

management, networking through the Koffee Klub (held every

Friday morning) and other subjects as required.  Throughout this

four week process, participants will be asked for their input into

program development to best suit their needs. After this phase,

participants will transfer into the Skills Development Stage at which

time they will start to enroll in certified skills development courses

that have been identified during the assessment phase. Active

recruitment of interested employers, as well as a direct marketing

campaign, will encourage local employers to consider hiring project

participants, either as subsidized or as direct employees.  Project

participants will have access to our very active regional job board

that is available to the public and program participants alike.

Wages will be paid to participants:

$11.5/hour while in class

Up to $8/hour wage subsidy in work placement (matching employer

contribution)

EMPLOYERS!

Here is a great way to bring skilled, older workers into your

workforce!  This program will pay a  matching wage subsidy of

$8 per hour for 4 weeks.  What a great way to have motivated

employees, a subsidy while they are learning the job!

For more information, please call our office at 624-9498 or contact

Lisa Tapper at (extention #31), Program Coordinator.

Funded by the Governments of Canada and British Columbia through the

Targeted Initiative for Older Workers