Updates

Wesley Employment Services- Volunteer Hamilton Workshop

Volunteer Hamilton will be at Wesley Employment Services on Friday, June 8, 2012 from 10am- 11am. Find out how to become a volunteer, the benefits of becoming a volunteer and how volunteering could help you reach your employment goals. Everyone welcome!

Reminder to post your upcoming events and announcements on WINHamilton.ca

Just a brief reminder that you can post your upcoming events, workshops, and announcements on WINHamilton.ca. Your information will be seen by over 250 employment counsellors, as well as the general public.

OACDP HAMILTON June Meeting on Understanding ELS Pathways

DATE: THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2012

PRESENTS……

Continued education….Continued success

Changes to users information on WINHamilton

Good afternoon,

We’ve made a few changes to the “Users” information on WINHamilton. All users can now see each others information, including organization and email address. This will be useful if you would like to contact another service provider.

In addition, all users are now listed in alpha order by last name, not by first name.

2012 Labour Market Plan and survey!

Good morning,

Workforce Planning Hamilton is pleased to release our 2012 Labour Market Plan. This plan reviews labour market activity in 2011 and presents an action plan for 2012-13 to address priority issues.

At this time WPH would like to thank all of our partners from the past year for your support of our projects and partnerships. We would also like to take this opportunity to invite you and your organization to assist us in implementing this year’s plan. If you have an interest, please contact me at the coordinates below.

WPH JOB POSTING: PROJECTS AND DATA ANALYSIS COORDINATOR

(Please do not post this position on your agency’s job boards. Refer any qualified candidates to WPH.)

CONTRACT POSITION FOR 26 WEEKS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION

Workforce Planning Hamilton (WPH) seeks a Projects and Data Analysis Coordinator to manage special projects; analyze Statistics Canada, survey and other data; organize project-related events and support the day-to-day activities of the organization. WPH is a community-based organization that supports labour market planning and development in the community. We work in partnership with a broad range of stakeholders including the business, labour and other community partners to identify challenges and solutions to priority workforce development issues in Hamilton.

Goodwill Networking Club Newsletter

Thank you to the 12 job seekers, who came out to the March 26th Networking Club. Here’s a recap of the session: Our Job Developers explained their role at Goodwill. Volunteering was discussed as a way of gaining access into a workplace or filling in gaps in your resume. A video titled “Get A Job” was watched. Speaking skills, “elevator speeches”, marketing yourself were other topics explored as well.

Please join us next week, on Monday, April 2nd at 9:30am for an opportunity to network among fellow job seekers and meet our Job Developers Chris Wade and Sharon Bene.

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION

Spring is here with everything new & fresh! Time to freshen-up your information TODAY!

WINHamilton provides you with the tools to effectively connect people to services in our community.

In an effort to ensure all information is accurate and up-to-date, WINHamilton.ca sends out quarterly reminders to prompt you to review.

Upcoming Workshops for April 2012

April 10/12 & April 19/12 – Kick Start Your Job Search 9:30-3:30pm(Bring your lunch)

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

April 26/12- Interactive Interviews 9-1pm

YWCA Hamilton's Employment Resource Centre February & March Workshops

To sign up for our workshops please contact Lauren at 905-522-9922 ext. 399 or email lvandenberg@ywcahamilton.org. We are located in room 109 at 75 MacNab Street South, Hamilton.