News & Events

OACDP Hamilton March Meeting On Apprenticeships

DATE: TUESDAY MARCH 6, 2012

ONTARIO ALLIANCE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS

Continued education….Continued success!

Newcomer Serving Partner - Important Survey

Dear Newcomer Serving Partner,

Thank you for attending the Strengthening Newcomer Services marketplace event on October 21st, 2011, at the Scottish Rite. We were delighted to see so many front line workers networking and connecting with each other.

We have been conducting focus groups with several communities of immigrants and newcomers to better understand the information, service, and access needs of those communities. Findings from these focus groups will be included as part of our final report in May, 2012.

Upcoming Workshops at Goodwill - 1050 Upper Gage Ave Hamilton

Everything you wanted to know about getting a job but were too afraid to ask!!! Including information on employer expectations and apprenticeships.

Exploring a new Career?

Everything you wanted to know about getting a job but were too afraid to ask!!! Including information on employer expectations and apprenticeships.

Workforce Planning Hamiton's Labour Market Planning Process

This information will be discussed at a labour market planning consultation at the EARN meeting on Thursday, January 26/12. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please email your answers to the questions at the end of the document to cyndi.ingle@workforceplanninghamilton.ca. Thanks!

Workforce Planning Hamilton’s Labour Market Planning Process

• To align education, training and employment programs with local labour market needs and establish local commitment to help implement the plan and guide continued planning efforts.

Workforce Focus, November 2011 - Youth

Youth employment has yet to rebound since 1989 highs. For most of the 1990s, employment opportunities for young people (age 15 to 24) were scarce. The recession at the beginning of the decade had a lasting effect on the youth labour market.

In 1989, youth employment and participation rates were at record highs, but following years of layoffs and weak hiring, labour-market conditions for youth hit a 21-year low in 1997.

Click here to read the complete Workforce Focus

Workforce Checkup Survey Results for November 2011

Here are results from the November 2011 Workforce Check up Survey:

click here

Job Loss Website Marks 1st Anniversary

More than 6,000 people looking for help to cope with job loss have turned to www.lostmyjob.ca in its first year.

Lostmyjob.ca was launched a year ago by the Hamilton Training Advisory Board and the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie. Soon after, six other workforce planning boards from Niagara to Windsor began supporting the website. Local organizations across the Hamilton region have also stepped up to promote the website to their clients.

“This site helps with the emotional side of losing a job,” states Judy Travis, executive director of the Hamilton Training Advisory Board. “It’s a sign of the times that we have been going through economically and socially in the past few years. So many people are out of work for the first time and really need support dealing with the social and emotional upheaval they and their families are experiencing. It is sad to see so much unemployment but fortunately there is a lot of help out there.”

You Are Invited to Strengthening Services To Newcomers in Hamilton: Connecting the System

Attention front-line staff:

*Visit 40 displays

*Listen to 5 brief workshops on key issues that affect newcomers such as:

Social Planning and Research Council Job Posting

The Social Planning and Research Council is searching for a Community Development Worker.

Find out more information on their Website:

http://www.sprc.hamilton.on.ca/Employment/Employment.php

HTAB Labour Market Plan 2011

Are you interested to learn about Hamilton’s labour market context, workforce sector challenges and HTAB’s Action Plan for 2011-2012?

Also included are Industry Profiles for the Healthcare and Supply Chain sectors.