Southeast Alberta - Guide to Career and Employment Services

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Alberta Employment and Immigration — Southeast Alberta Career & Employment Services
Contents
Introduction..............................................3
Alberta Employment and
Immigration Programs &
Services
Alberta Works..........................................4
Alberta Career Information Hotline.........4
Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program.....5
Alberta Job Corps....................................6
Alberta Learning Information Service
(ALIS)......................................................6
Alberta Temporary Foreign Worker
Helpline....................................................7
Canada-Alberta Job Order .
Bank Services (JOBS)..............................7
Career and Employment .
Information..............................................8
Disability Related .
Employment Supports..............................8
Exposure Course Funding........................9
Health Career Centres..............................9
Immigrate to Alberta Information..........10
Integrated Training.................................10
Job Placement Services..........................11
Labour Market Information .
Centres (LMIC)......................................11
Occupational Training............................12
Self-Employment Program....................12
Summer Temporary .
Employment Program (STEP)...............13
Work Foundations..................................13
Workforce Partnerships..........................14
Workplace Training................................14
Youth Connections.................................15
community agencies
& programs................................ 15
Absolute Safety......................................15
Academy of Learning............................16
Apprenticeship and Industry Training...16
Big Country Community .
Adult Learning Association...................16
Brooks Campus .
– Medicine Hat College.........................17
Brooks Employment Services . .............17
Brooks Serving Persons with .
Disabilities.............................................18
Brooks Youth Connections....................18
Canada Summer Jobs.............................19
Career Focus..........................................19
Community Employment Services
(Medicine Hat).......................................20
Connections Career and .
Safety Services.......................................20
Community Futures Entre-Corp .
Business Development Centre...............21
CORE Association.................................22
Forty Mile Youth Connections...............22
Global Friendship Immigration .
Centre Association (Brooks)..................23
HR Relocations......................................23
HR Solutions..........................................24
Immigrant Access Fund.........................24
Medicine Hat College............................25
Medicine Hat HR Association...............25
Military Family Resource Centre...........26
Minerva Employment............................26
Miywasin Society...................................27
REDI Enterprises Society......................27
Saamis Aboriginal Employment............28
Saamis Immigration Services................29
Service Canada.......................................29
Service Canada Centres for Youth.........30
Southeastern Alberta Partners .
for Youth Career Development..............30
Volunteer and Community .
Information Centre.................................31
Youthworks! Employment Centre.........31
Websites...................................... 32
Introduction
Over the last several years, Alberta saw
unprecedented growth in energy production,
construction and the service sector. That
growth placed enormous pressures on
nearly every part of our economy. We saw
record low unemployment, huge growth
and a growing number of employers
frustrated by not being able to find and keep
people.
Where will this 100,000 come from -- some
will be the children and youth currently
in school or training. Some will come
from other parts of the country, moving to
Alberta to build a better life. Still others
will come from overseas -- as temporary
workers or immigrants and refugees.
The government of Alberta has a number of
activities currently working to alleviate the
short-term job losses as well as help with
the longer term pressures on employers.
The recent cooling of our economic
fortunes is giving many an opportunity
to pause and catch their breath. Alberta is
not immune to the problems faced across
the country and around the world. Falling
energy prices and the cooling investment
climate have impacted us on the short
term. While Alberta’s unemployment rate
is currently near four per cent, it is still the
lowest in the country. Our unemployment
rate is expected to grow to more than five
percent next year. Even with that, it is still
classed as a tight to balanced labour market.
Building and Educating Tomorrow’s
Workforce is a ten-year labour force
development strategy developed with
business, industry, labour and education to
help address the long term issues of labour
shortage. Specific strategies have been
developed with industries. A strategy to
address the specific issues of First Nations,
Metis and Inuit is currently in development.
Connecting Learning and Work:
Alberta’s Career Development
Strategy sets the vision for creating a
coordinated, integrated learning and
career development system and outlines
actions that will provide Albertans with
better access to career and employment
programs and services.
This publication is another one of those
efforts to help on the short term and
the long term. It will connect you with
programs and services in the community
to help with job search, career planning,
education and training and other supports.
Over the longer term, Alberta is still poised
to experience a profound labour shortage.
This is a systemic problem with our labour
force and will not disappear because of this
current economic problem.
Our population is aging and we are simply
not replacing that bubble of Baby Boomers
fast enough. Even if we were to employ
all groups currently under-represented in
the labour force (Aboriginals, youth, older
workers, disabled workers and immigrants)
-- we would still be short nearly 100,000
workers.
Southeast Alberta Career & Employment
Programs and Services
Alberta Works
Alberta Career
Information Hotline
Medicine Hat
#5 346 3rd St SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 0G7 Ph: (403) 528-5299 Fax: (403) 504-2191
Your place for expert answers.
Hotline Advisors can help you find
information on:
Brooks
Suite 200, 600 Cassils Rd E
Brooks, AB T1R 1M6
Ph: (403) 362-1278 Fax: (403) 793-6595
•Career planning
•Job Search Skills
•Occupation Descriptions
•Education options
•Education Funding
www.employment.alberta.ca/
albertaworks Get advice and referrals about your career,
education and employment options in
Alberta from Career Advisors.
Alberta Works helps unemployed people
find and keep jobs, helps low-income
people cover their basic needs and helps
employers find employees.
People have different needs, Alberta
Works offers support in different ways.
Employment and Training Services
provides up-to-date career, workplace
and labour market information, career
planning and job-search assistance, job
order bank and job placement services.
It also assists adults to get the academic
upgrading, language courses or job skills
training they need to find and keep a job.
Training can be at the workplace or in the
classroom. The cost of tuition, books and
supplies may be covered.
Income Support provides financial
•Résumé and job search resources are
available
•e-Questions can be sent directly to a
Career Advisor
•e-Résumé Review Service can help
you with your résumé
•Phone Monday to Friday 8:15 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
Toll-free (within Canada) 1-800-661-3753
In Edmonton 780-422-4266 benefits to individuals and families who do
not have the resources to meet their basic
needs, like food, clothing and shelter.
Health Benefits for people who are eligible
for Alberta Works income support may
receive health benefits for themselves and
their dependants.
Child Support Services helps single
parents and parents living in blended
families get the legal agreements or court
orders they need to obtain child support.
Alberta Immigrant
Nominee Program (AINP)
education, work experience, and be
between 21 and 45 years old. Applicants
do not need to have a job before they
apply. The sponsoring family member
living in Alberta will act as a vital support
system to help the newcomers while they
settle in.
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
www.albertacanada.com/ainp
The AINP is an immigration program
operated on behalf of the Government of
Alberta by the Ministry of Employment
and Immigration in conjunction with
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
to expedite the processing of an application
for permanent residence.
The federal government’s Temporary
Foreign Worker Program allows eligible
foreign workers to work in Canada for an
authorized period of time if employers can
demonstrate that they are unable to find
suitable Canadians/permanent residents
to fill the jobs and that the entry of these
workers will not have a negative impact
on the Canadian labour market. Employers
from all types of businesses can recruit
foreign workers with a wide range of skills
to meet temporary labour shortages.
The AINP is designed to support Alberta’s
economic growth by attracting labourmarket-destined immigrants to the
province.
Individuals nominated by the Province of
Alberta, together with their spouse and
dependent children, are eligible to apply
for a permanent resident visa through CIC
as a Provincial Nominee. CIC expedites
permanent resident applications from
Provincial Nominees and makes final
decisions on the permanent resident
applications.
Three departments: Citizenship and
Immigration Canada (CIC), Service Canada
(service delivery arm of Human Resources
and Social Development Canada) and
the Canada Border Services Agency
– work together to manage and deliver the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
Family Stream
Eligible Albertans may sponsor a parent,
child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece or
nephew for provincial nomination. The
family members coming to Alberta will
have to meet provincial eligibility criteria
and be able to join Alberta’s labour
market. They must have post-secondary
For more information, call 1-800-622-6232.
or visit www.canada.gc.ca.
Canada-Alberta Job
Order Bank Service
(JOBS)
provides employers with a place to
advertise job opportunities nation-wide &
it’s FREE! www.jobbank.gc.ca
Alberta Learning
Information Service
(ALIS) Website
Alberta Job Corps (AJC)
Medicine Hat College
299 College Dr. SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 3Y6
Ph: (403) 529-3995
Fax: (403) 504-3683
www.employment.alberta.ca/ajc
www.alis.alberta.ca
The ALIS website is Alberta’s leading
online resource to help high school
students, post-secondary students, career
explorers, education/training seekers,
jobseekers, and educators/counsellors to:
The Alberta Job Corps (AJC) is a hands-on
employment program designed to provide
Alberta Works Income Support clients with
the opportunity to work and earn a wage
while learning reliable employment skills
through local partnerships, Albertans who
participate in the AJC program can access:
•explore career choices
•research information on occupations
•find information on education and
training programs
•link to post-secondary learning
institutions
•find information about students’
finance and scholarships
•access on-line admission application
services to post-secondary institutions
•search for work
•find labour market information
•Employment development instruction
•Shop work projects
•Community work projects
•Work placement opportunities
This program is for long-term clients
who are unemployed but want to
work. Participants are hired by Alberta
Employment and Immigration, paid
minimum wage plus benefits, and work on
projects for their local communities and
non-profit organizations.
AJC actively partners with public and notfor-profit organizations and private sector
employers. Community involvement is a
key factor in determining project suitability.
Examples of community projects Alberta
Job Corps has been involved in:
ALIS features include:
•Tip Sheets: Easy-to-read articles
on topics related to learning,
employment, and careers.
•OCCinfo (Occupational Profiles):
Details on over 500 occupations:
duties, working conditions, salary,
advancement, personal characteristics,
and qualifications.
•WAGEinfo2007: (Alberta Wage &
Salary Survey): Information for people
planning their careers and employers
working on job design, compensation,
and are faced with labour supply
challenges.
•CERTinfo: Answers for common
questions about requirements and
regulated occupations in Alberta.
•Publications: Order or download
free publications on career planning,
learning, employment, labour market
information, and human resource
management.
•Salvation Army
•The Medicine Hat Post
•YMCA Youth Centre
•Fifth Ave Church
•SPCA
Alberta Temporary
Foreign Worker
Helpline
Canada-Alberta Job
Order Bank Service
(JOBS)
Toll-free throughout Alberta
1-877-944-9955
www.jobbank.gc.ca
Job Bank is Canada’s one-stop job listing
website. Each year, hundreds of thousands
of Canadian workers, job seekers and
employers connect online free of charge.
Every year, over 90,000 foreign workers
enter Canada to work temporarily to help
Canadian employers address skill shortages.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
(CIC) and Human Resources and Social
Development Canada (HRSDC) ensure
that these workers will support economic
growth in Canada and create more
opportunities for all Canadian job seekers.
For job seekers:
•Search for work by occupation,
geographic area, student jobs or new
jobs posted in the last 48 hours.
•Job Match: allows you to create your
own profile, advertise to potential
employers, and receive a list of job
opportunities that match your skills
•Job Alert: sends you emails about job
openings that match your skills
•Résumé Builder: create a résumé
•Career Navigator: helps you make
career decisions.
•Search online or listen to the 24
hour message service for recorded
opportunities. Call: 1-800-999-1546
The Alberta government has set up two
special advisory offices for temporary
foreign workers. These offices provide
one-stop access to information and services
for temporary workers. This includes
help resolving employment standards or
occupational health and safety issues, and
other support. Concerns that fall outside
employment standards and workplace
safety - such as housing issues and illegal
recruitment fees - will be referred to and
followed up by the appropriate authorities.
For employers:
Offices:
•Advertise and manage your openings
free of charge at your convenience,
24/7.
•Job Bank for Employers enables
searches of qualified job seekers
through the “perform match” feature.
•HR for Employers section also
offers a wealth of human resources
information.
•Post job openings online or contact the
local Alberta Works office by: .
Fax toll-free: 1-800-666-5014.
Call toll-free: 1-800-999-1546
Calgary
3rd floor, John J. Bowlen Building
620 - 7th Avenue SW
Calgary AB T2P 0Y8
Edmonton
2nd floor, 10242 - 105 Street
Edmonton AB T5J 3L5
This free service is a partnership between
Alberta Employment and Immigration and
Service Canada.
Career and Employment
Information Services
Disability Related
Employment Supports
(DRES)
Helps Albertans to understand the labour
market; make informed career decisions;
develop realistic plans for education,
training, and employment; and prepare for
and maintain work.
Phone: 1-800-661-3753
TDD/TTY : 1-800-232-7215
www.employment.alberta.ca/dres
The overall objectives are to help Albertans;
DRES provides assistance to Albertans in
overcoming the barriers to employment
created by their disability.
•Connect learning and work
•Manage their careers and manage
effective transitions throughout life
•Identify their strengths and abilities
•Address barriers to employment.
Clients must:
•have a permanent or long term
disability that creates barriers to
employment
•plan to work and have an investment
plan •be an Alberta resident
•be outside the K-12 education system
Three components:
•Information services including Labour
Market Information Centres (LMICs),
Career Information Hotline, ALIS
website, etc.
•Needs Determination Services
including assessments, workshops,
exposure courses, career advising, job
placement, student funding, etc.
•Employability Services include
assessments, career counselling, and
service management
DRES is offered in four areas:
•Workplace Supports assist people
to make successful transitions to the
workplace or to maintain employment
during crisis. The supports may
include a job coach, job mediator,
mentor, and workplace modifications.
•Job Search Supports cover goods
and disability related services that
could include, for example, a sign
language interpreter so a client with
hearing impairment can attend a job
search workshop.
•Educational Supports assists learners
preparing for employment through
post-secondary education, basic
skill training, academic upgrading,
or labour market programs. Could
include interpreters, tutors, note
takers, readers and student assistants.
•Assistive Technology includes the
purchase and set-up of technology
supports to alleviate, reduce or
remove a barrier to education, training
or employment. This can include
specialized software.
Local Alberta Employment and
Immigration-funded service providers
include:
•Big Country Community Adult
Learning Association (Oyen)
•Brooks Employment Services
•Community Employment Services
•Saamis Employment and Training
Association
Exposure Courses
Health Career Centres
Exposure courses provide short-term job
specific training to augment an individual’s
job specific skills or provide the
certification required to obtain employment.
Internationally educated health
professionals can access the resources they
need to find work in their chosen field.
Health Career Centres offer a range of
services to help foreign trained doctors,
nurses, pharmacists and other health
professionals navigate the registration and
licensing processes.
Services are provided FREE, and include
advice and support through the registration
and licensing processes; employment
and career coaching; occupation-specific
seminars; study groups to help prepare for
licensing and accreditation exams; practice
exams; referrals to bridging and language
programs; and support during employment.
Access to text books and resource materials
on occupations are also available.
Examples of eligible Exposure Courses that
teach basic skills required for a job and are
a maximum duration of ten consecutive
work days. Some examples:
•WHMIS
•H2S Alive
•Computer courses that augment basic
skills and are required for a specific
job (e.g. Microsoft Office)
•Transportation of Dangerous Goods
•CPR
•Driver Training to upgrade a driver’s
license from Class 3 to Class 1 for a
specific job
Bredin Institute Centre for Skilled and
Internationally Trained Professionals
To be eligible for an Exposure Course an
individual must be:
5th floor, 9707 110 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Phone: (780) 425-3730
international@bredin.ab.ca
www.bredin.ab.ca
Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
•Unemployed or marginally employed,
•Job ready except for certain job
specific skills,
•Committed to seeking employment at
the conclusion of their training
•An Alberta resident, or
•A Canadian citizen, permanent
resident or convention refugee and be
legally entitled to work and train in
Canada
Directions for Internationally
Educated Health Professionals
– Bow Valley College
110, 805 5th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Phone: (403) 297-2555
directions@bowvalleycollege.ca
www.directionsforimmigrants.ca
Monday to Friday,8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
In addition, the individual must have a
job offer or a good chance of obtaining
employment within one month of
completing the exposure course.
For more information, contact your local
Alberta Employment and Immigration
office (contact information is found on the
back cover of this guide).
Alberta’s official immigration webportal
www.albertacanada.com
Information on health professions, and to
locate your regional health authority .
www.health.alberta.ca
Alberta’s Online Health Care Jobs
Database, visit: www.healthjobs.ab.ca
Language assessment services in Alberta,
visit the Centre for Canadian Language
Benchmarks: www.language.ca
immigrate to alberta
(I2A) Information
Service
Integrated Training
Integrated training is skills-based training
that combines academic and general
employability skills with occupation-related
skills.
The Immigrate to Alberta (I2A) Information
Service (formerly the Alberta Foreign
Worker Hotline) is one of the most
frequently used support services for Alberta
employers, foreign workers and the general
public for matters related to temporary
foreign workers and immigration.
It is a competency-based occupation-related
training program intended to provide
unemployed or marginally employed
adult Albertans with a unique blend of
occupation-related skills, work experience
placements, employability and/or essential
skills and applied academics and/or English
as a Second Language (ESL).
The Alberta government has established the
I2A Info Service so that our stakeholders
can have direct access to information
related to permanent immigration and
temporary residency in Alberta, and about
the process of hiring foreign workers.
The objectives of Integrated Training are to:
•Enable unemployed or marginally
employed adult Albertans to secure
and maintain employment in an
occupation that is in-demand, and
•Provide training and occupationrelated skills recognized by industry/
employers.
Staff members of the I2A Info Service are
available to answer your specific questions
about:
•Immigration to Alberta.
•Temporary work in Alberta.
•Opportunities for skilled workers in
Alberta.
•Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program.
include:
•Community Employment Services:
“Strive” – training for targeted
occupations in the rehabilitation
services, construction, and tourism
fields.
“Experience For Hire” – offers a
blend of occupational-related skills,
work experience, employability and
essential skills to assist unemployed
adult Albertans 50 and over to enter or
re-enter the workforce.
•Newell Community Action Group:
“Making It Work Again” – offers
training and support to persons with
disabilities to help them become
employed in either part time or full
time work.
Toll-free within Alberta: 1-877-427-6419
Outside Alberta: 780-427-6419
This telephone service is available in
English only.
Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Job Placement Services
Labour Market
Information Centres
(LMICs)
Job Placement Services connects
individuals who are ready, willing and able
to work with employers needing to fill jobs.
It is designed to assist individuals who have
the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed
for employment, but require:
Medicine Hat:
#5, 346 3rd St S.E.
Ph: (403) 528-5299
Fax: (403) 504-2191
•Assistance to develop or refine job
search skills,
•Assistance making connections to
employers, and
•Job maintenance support in order to
maintain employment.
Brooks:
Suite 200, 600 Cassils Rd E
Ph: (403) 362-1278
Fax: (403) 793-6595
LMICs provide information to help
Albertans make career, learning, and
work decisions. They provide free access
to computers, internet, fax machines,
photocopiers, and client telephones for
career and employment-related purposes.
To qualify, individuals must be:
•Unemployed or marginally employed
•An Alberta resident
•Meet citizenship requirements (e.g.
Canadian citizen, permanent resident
or convention refugee) and be legally
entitled to work and train in Canada
LMICs provide self-directed resources as
well as career consultant-assistance on:
•Local labour market information
•Employer connections
•Occupations
•Education programs (post-secondary,
private providers, and apprenticeship)
•Job search techniques
•Career and education planning
•Entrepreneurship
•Life planning (i.e. personal
management, financial planning)
•Student funding
•Workshops and counselling services
Individuals who are not eligible for
Employment Insurance or Income Support
must provide their own income support
while participating in the program.
include:
targets adults over the age of 24 years
•Saamis Employment and Training
Association: targets Aboriginal clients
•YouthWorks! Employment Centre:
targets youth aged 18 to 24 years
•Brooks Employment Services: targets
individuals of the aged of 18 years
•Brooks Youth Connections: Targets
youth under the age of 25 years
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Occupational Training
Self-Employment
Training
Occupational training is occupationspecific, classroom-based training that
may include work experience placement.
It is offered through both tuition-based and
contract-based delivery, and is designed for
Albertans who need enhanced occupational
skills to obtain employment and become
self-sufficient.
Self-Employment training offers
individuals formal instruction, business
plan development, one-to-one business
counselling, coaching, guidance and followup during business plan implementation. It
is designed for unemployed and marginally
employed Albertans who have a viable
business idea, personal attributes necessary
to be successful at self-employment,
and who are in need of self-employment
training.
Individuals suitable for Occupational
Training are most likely to have the
following characteristics:
•Grade 10-12 academic competencies,
•Are primarily job ready, but require
skills training in an occupation that is
in demand,
•Have foreign educational credentials
that are not recognized in Canada by
educational institutions, employers
and/or professional licensing
associations, and
•Have sufficient English language skills
to acquire sustainable employment or
to pursue employment-related training
to enhance their skills.
To qualify for the program, you must have
an idea for starting a new business or
taking over an existing business. You must
also demonstrate a personal commitment
(cash or capital) towards the business and
develop and implement a business plan.
Eligible individuals in receipt of
Employment Insurance benefits may
qualify to continue receiving benefits or
qualify for assistance for training and living
expenses while in the program. Individuals
eligible for benefits or receiving Alberta
Works Income Support may be eligible for
assistance.
include:
Immigration-funded service provider:
•Absolute Safety Management: Oil and
gas training
•Connections Career & Safety: Oil and
gas Class 1 transportation training
program
•Medicine Hat College (Brooks):
Selected one year certificate and 2
year diploma programs
•Community Futures Entre-Corp
Business Development Alberta Employment and Immigration — Southeast Alberta Career & Employment Services
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Summer Temporary
Employment Program
(STEP)
Work Foundations
Work Foundations provides full-time
and part-time basic skills training to
enable individuals to pursue further job
related training and/or to find a job and
substantially improve their employment
situation.
www.employment.alberta.ca/step .
Monday to Friday 8:15 am to 4:30 pm
Phone 780-422-5082 (toll-free by first
dialling 310-0000)
Program elements include academic
upgrading, basic skills, English as a Second
Language (ESL), adult basic education,
general education development, technical
entrance preparation, and university college
entrance preparation.
STEP was developed with community
partners to help Albertans who would
benefit from temporary employment
during spring and summer - typically postsecondary and high school students.
Immigration-funded service provider:
Eligible employers under STEP include:
•Registered non-profit organizations,
•First Nations and Métis Settlements,
•Publicly funded (municipalities,
advanced education, school divisions
and health),
•Provincial government departments
(Agriculture and Rural Development
and Tourism, Parks, and Recreation)
and Legislative Assembly, and
•The following aboriginal programs:
Enhanced Youth Initiative (Alberta
Future Leaders) and RCMP Summer
Student Employment Program.
•Medicine Hat College (Medicine Hat
and Brooks campuses)
STEP employees must be given full-time
employment (30-40 hours per week), which
may be funded for periods of continuous
employment ranging from six weeks to four
months (Alberta’s minimum wage effective
April 1, 2008 is $8.40.)
The annual application deadline varies
however is generally in late February.
www.ALIS.alberta.ca/wageinfo
Alberta Wage and Salary Survey
www.ALIS.alberta.ca/certinfo
Certification and registration requirements in Alberta
www.ALIS.alberta.ca/occinfo
Alberta occupational profiles
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Workforce
Partnerships
Workplace Training
Workplace Training provides:
The purpose of Workforce Partnerships is
to ensure working Albertans continue to
enhance their skills in order to contribute
to Alberta’s economic growth or to respond
to skills shortages through industry and
community partnerships. This Program
is intended to assist employer groups,
organizations, industry sectors and
municipalities with common labour market
needs.
•Employer-delivered, work-site
training opportunities to unemployed
and marginally employed individuals
who are having difficulty entering the
workforce due to a lack of skills.
•Work exposure opportunities at a
worksite for individuals with limited
or no work experience.
Workplace Training has three components:
•On-the-job training (takes place on the
employer’s worksite)
•Supplemental training (further training
that may be required and is provided
by an independent school or training
organization), and
•Work exposure training (where
individuals perform specific work
tasks to become familiar with
employer worksite standards and
demonstrate competency, skill, and
safe work practices).
•The Labour Market Partnerships
supports workplace human resource
development and labour market
adjustment strategies through
community partnerships. The program
develops and supports projects with
groups, organizations, industry sectors,
and communities with common labour
market needs.
•Workforce Attraction & Retention
Partnerships: assists employers and
associations take timely and direct
action to attract and retain workers.
include:
For more information on these programs
and/or examples of sample activities, visit
•Brooks Employment Services
•Community Employment Services
www.employment.alberta.ca/partnerships
or contact the local Alberta Employment
and Immigration office.
Employment Standards
answering questions about rights &
responsibilities in the workplace
www.employment.alberta.ca
and click on Employment
Standards
across Alberta 1-877-427-3731
www.worksafely.org
1-866-415-8690
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Community
Agencies and
Programs
Youth Connections
Youth Connections is designed to
prepare young people for learning and
work by providing them with career and
employment assistance.
Absolute Safety
Management
The objective of Youth Connections is to
provide a range of services that encourage
and support youth in making more informed
career, employment and training choices in
order to:
Box 1707
101, 328 7th St. E.
Brooks, AB T1R 1C5
Ph: (403) 362-7100
•Develop the skills and knowledge
needed for work
•Respond to the changing nature of
work
•Address barriers to learning and
working
•Achieve independence through
meaningful employment
•Explore options for obtaining the
education they need to meet their
career goals
•Explore alternatives available to
achieve their goals including nontraditional and traditional training and
employment options
•Connect to the business community
and workplace learning/training
opportunities
In addition to providing workplace health
and safety training, Absolute Safety in
partnership with Alberta Employment
and Immigration and participating area
employers, provide training and job
placement services for individuals aspiring
to become employed in industrial settings
such as oil and gas and construction.
This 6 week training program provides
occupational specific training, job
placement and on-the-job training for 4
occupational streams:
•Heavy equipment operator
•Oil & gas industry
•Class 1/3 drivers
•Site safety personnel
Participants of the program are eligible to
receive wages paid through participating
employers during a portion of their 6-week
training intervention.
Immigration-funded service providers:
•Brooks Youth Connections
•County of Forty Mile Youth
Connections (located in both Foremost
and Bow Island)
•Community Futures Entre-Corp
Business Development (Youth
Entrepreneurship Program)
•YouthWorks! Employment Centre
If you are interested in becoming gainfully
employed in an industrial/oil & gas/
construction setting and establishing a
career path in one of the occupations listed
above, please contact Absolute Safety
Management for further information.
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Academy of Learning
Career and Business
College
Alberta Apprenticeship
and Industry Training
#104 346 3rd St SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 0G7
Ph: (403) 529-3580
Fax: (403) 529-3564
#115, 3030-13TH Avenue SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1B 1E3
Ph:(403) 526-5833 Fax:(403) 526-4376
www.tradesecrets.org
www.academyoflearning.ab.ca
Prepare for a new career in office or
business administration, accounting,
payroll, healthcare, web design or IT; or
improve your skills in any of the dozens of
individual courses offered at the Academy
of Learning Computer and Business Career
College. The Academy of Learning has
flexible scheduling, extended hours, and
one-on-one assistance making learning easy
and comfortable in a hands-on environment. Continuous intakes mean that students start
licensed programs every day.
The local Apprenticeship and Industry
Training office provides promotion and
development of up to 50 recognized trades
as well as ongoing support and guidance to
both employers and individuals interested
in pursuing a career in the trades.
Admissions Advisors are available to help
create a free educational plan matching the
interests and abilities of the client to the
needs of industry. Job Placement assistance
is provided along with résumé writing and
job-search techniques to ensure that career
goals are realized. Big Country Community
Adult Learning
Association
Successful outcomes involving qualified
tradespeople are achieved through effective
partnerships which include industry,
employers, training providers, and clients.
113 2nd Ave West, Oyen
Ph: (403) 664-2060
Fax: (403) 664-2905
bccalc@telusplanet.net
As many diploma programs prepare
graduates to obtain industry certification,
graduates are in high demand as employers
recognize the high skill level they have
acquired. “Thought Patterns for a
Successful Career,” a course providing
strategies and discussing attitudes for
success, is completed by every student
enhancing their career opportunities.
www.bigcountrylearning.com
This Career and Employment Assistance
Service allows Oyen and area residents
an opportunity to utilize the local career
resource centre for career, education,
and employment researching. Pertinent
resources including print materials and
key websites are available on-site as well
as access to a computer, phone, fax, and
internet for career, employment, and
education research purposes. Additional
print resource displays are available and
maintained regularly throughout the Town
of Oyen to encourage residents to access all
available resources. This service is made
available from September 1 to June 30 of
each year.
Academy of Learning graduates are
working in medical offices, in hospitals as
unit clerks or healthcare aids, in business
offices as receptionists and administrators
or doing computerized accounting/
payroll. Other graduates may be network
administrators, A+ certified computer
technicians or may even be creating new
web sites. Alberta Employment and Immigration — Southeast Alberta Career & Employment Services
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Brooks Campus
Brooks Employment
Services
200 Horticultural Station Road East
Brooks, Alberta T1R 1E5
Ph: 403-362-1677
Fax: 403-362-1474
Email: info@brooks.mhc.ab.ca
Box 63, 120 3rd Street W,
Brooks, AB T1R 1B2
bes@brooksemploymentservices.ca
www.brooksemploymentservices.ca
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(open over the lunch hour)
www.mhc.ab.ca/brookscampus
Academic programming:
A one-stop shop for career and employment
needs. Professional staff is available to
assist with the following:
•Academic Upgrading and College
Prep (includes Adult Basic Education
levels), with intakes in September and
January and supported by the Open
Learning Centre. Access to tutors and
instructor drop-in throughout the week
and Sundays.
•English as a Second Language – parttime courses at the Intermediate and
Advanced Levels
•New Directions – 12 week program to
assist people to gain employment
•Certificate programs – Education
Assistant, Early Learning & Child
Care, Health Care Aide, PreEmployment Electrical, Office
Technology
•Diploma program – Practical Nurse
•University studies – complete
first year in Brooks, with courses
transferable to universities in Alberta
and Saskatchewan.
•Apprentice – all four years of
Electrical Apprentice
Career Counseling
•Career planning and goal setting
•Career workshops including:
•“Embracing Change”
•“Exploring Possibilities”
Job Search Skills
•Résumé & Cover letter assistance
•Portfolio information and development
•Job leads
•“Interviews That Get Results”
Labour Market Information
•Current and local trends
•Salaries and working conditions
•“Working in Oil & Gas” workshop
Employer/Employee Services
•Recruitment Day appointments
•Job Board (updated daily)
•Casual Labour listing
•Job Coach assistance
•Workplace Training program
•Job Skills Training for immigrants
Facilities and Services – for students:
Residence, cafeteria, student association,
games room, passes to Lakeside Leisure
Centre, Library, bookstore, job board, offcampus housing listing
Information Services
Facilities and Services – for the
community: computer labs, can be booked
for meetings and custom training activities,
complete with latest training technology,
social events – banquets and staff parties.
• Internet, phone, fax, and photocopier
• Free resources
A program of the Newell Community
Action Group.
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Brooks Serving
Persons with
Disabilities
Brooks Youth
Connections
120-3rd Street West, Brooks, AB
Ph: (403) 501-3129 or (403) 793-8032
Fax: (403) 793-8531
Box 63, Brooks, AB T1R 1B2
Ph: (403) 362-6661 Fax: (403) 362-0139
youthconnections@brooksemploymentservices.ca
bspd@ncag.ca
www.brooksyouthconnections.ca
Community Living Skills:
Focus is placed on development in daily
living skills, general life skills, behaviour
management, and community awareness
and involvement.
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(open over the lunch hour)
Free employment/career services for youth
15-24 years. Services include:
Vocational Training:
Job Search Skills
A program of the Newell Community
Action Group.
Career Services
•Résumé preparation and critique
•Interview prep and skills
•Networking and job search
•Development of a portfolio
•Information on self-employment
•Workplace Safety
•Petroleum Safety Training
•Focus on Trades Events
•Job board service
•Computer / Internet, phone, fax
•Free resources / career corners
•School presentations and one-on-one
•Pre-occupational skills training
- identification of skills and interests,
résumé preparation, job applications,
job leads, and interview skills
•Job Placement - work placements are
arranged to expose participants to
employment positions that match their
interests and skills
•Employment Supports - staff provide
training at the job site and ongoing job
coaching support as necessary.
•Career Planning
•Vocational / personality assessments
•Job shadow & information interviews
•Education requirements
•Post-secondary Tours
•Annual Post-secondary Event
Career Information Hotline:
1-800-661-3753
Canada Alberta JOBS:
1-800-999-1546
Immigrate to Alberta Info Line
1-877-427-6419
Occupational Information
•Job descriptions / duties
•Working conditions
•Salary guidelines
•Skills / personality characteristics
•Education / training requirements
•Employment outlook
Alberta Child Health Benefit:
1-877-469-5437
Student Funding Hotline:
1-800-222-6485
Temporary Foreign Worker Hotline
1-877-944-9955
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Canada Summer Jobs
Career Focus
Canada Summer Jobs is an initiative of
the Summer Work Experience program.
It provides funding for not-for-profit
organizations, public-sector employers
and small businesses with 50 or fewer
employees to create high-quality summer
job opportunities for students between the
ages of 15 and 30.
Career Focus provides funding for
employers to help post-secondary graduates
obtain career-related work opportunities
in Canada to support their development of
advanced skills, to help them make careerrelated links to the job market, and to assist
them in becoming leaders in their field.
Career Focus offers youth a range of work
experiences, learning and skill-building
activities to help them choose careers and to
encourage them to pursue advanced studies.
Canada Summer Jobs is about:
•Providing work experiences for
students;
•Supporting organizations, including
those that provide important
community services; and
•Recognizing that local circumstances,
community needs and priorities vary
widely.
To participate in Career Focus, youth must
be:
•between the ages of 15 and 30
(inclusive) at the time of intake/
selection;
•post-secondary graduates;
•Canadian citizens, permanent
residents, or persons on whom refugee
protection has been conferred;
•out of school;
•legally entitled to work according
to the relevant provincial/territorial
legislation and regulations; and
•not in receipt of Employment
Insurance benefits.
For more information, visit www.
servicecanada.gc.ca.
For more information:
•Call 1-800-935-5555 .
(TTY: 1-800-926-9105)
•Visit your local Service Canada Centre
Go to www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/
epb/yi/yep/programs/scpp.shtml
Moving doesn’t have to
be overwhelming.
There are so many things to consider -schools, housing, and jobs are generally on
the top of most people’s minds.
The South East Alberta Easy-Move Toolkit
provides access to important information
any of southeast Alberta’s 21 featured
communities - lifestyle, housing, taxes,
utilities, health, education, and employment.
www.easymovetoolkit.com
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Community Employment
Services (CES)
Connections Career &
Safety Services (CCSS)
#120 – 1310 Kingsway Avenue SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 2Y4
Ph: (403) 527-3400 Fax: (403) 519-1545
generalmail@jobsinstock.ca
1007 Factory Street SE, Medicine Hat.
Ph: (403) 528-3779 Fax: (403) 527-2247
info@safetyconnections.ca
www.jobsinstock.ca
CCSS provides quality services to local
area employees and employers.
www.safetyconnections.ca
CES has provided employment training
programs and services in Medicine Hat
since 1988. A wide range of career and
employment workshops and services are
offered FREE to assist individuals who are
unemployed or underemployed:
Oil & Gas Class 1 Transportation
(funded)
•Free for unemployed or
underemployed (certain criteria)
•6 to 11 week program
•Class 1 license (off-highway)
•Safety training
•Employment skills training
•Job placements
•Career counselling
•Job search and career research
•Résumé writing and typing
•Employer services: casual labour pool,
job board and employee selection,
recruitment and screening
•Labour market information / job leads
•Job referral services
•WHMIS, Standard First Aid/CPR
•Workplace training - gain new skills
and experience on a job while earning
a competitive wage. •Programs to assist individuals with
disabilities or barriers to employment
to participate in the workforce.
•Experience for Hire assists workers
over age 50 to re-enter the workforce.
•STRIVE supports and trains
individuals interested in disability
services, trades, or retail/hospitality
sectors.
•Internet access for job search
•Additional workshops include:
True Colors/Personality Dimensions/
Myers-Briggs,
Emotional Intelligence
Self Empowerment
Customer Service
Oilfield Worker (Service Canada funded)
•11 week paid program (18-30 years)
•Safety Training
•Industry Skills Training
•Employment Skills Training
•Work Experience & Job Placements
Safety Training
•H2S Alive
•First Aid/CPR
•Confined Space
•GODI
•PST (IRP 16)
•CSTS (IRP 16)
•Ground Disturbance (IRP 17)
•TDG, WHMIS
•Fire Extinguishers
•Hazard Assessment
•Spill Awareness
Paid Services
•Class 1 & 3 Driver Training
•Safety Auditing
•Consulting Services
•E-learning Program Development
•Résumés, cover letters, personal
assessments, interview skills, career
counseling, work search, job leads
Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(Closed holidays and weekends).
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Community Futures
Entre-Corp Business
Development
Evening Courses through Continuing
Studies at the Medicine Hat College offer
clients training choices on a variety of
business related topics. Courses include:
Starting Your Own Business, GST and
Payroll, Bookkeeping, Cash flow, and
Business Planning. #202 556 6th Street SE
Medicine Hat, AB. T1A 0K8
Phone: 403-528-2824
Fax: 403-527-3596
bizinfo@entre-corp.com
Community Futures Entre-Corp is pleased
to offer a free Brown Bag lunch video
conferencing series that features guest
speakers and professionals from the world
of business. This weekly series is an
interactive session that is broadcast live
from the Business Link in Edmonton.
www.entre-corp.com
Community Futures Entre-Corp is a not for
profit organization that supports business
development in the South East Alberta
Region through a variety of programs and
services.
Youth Business Services: The Youth
Entrepreneurial Program at Community
Futures Entre-Corp offers young
entrepreneurs a selection of services
designed to assist them in pursing business
start up. Whether it is through Student
Business Services that offers youth aged
15-29 interest-free loans to start a summer
business, or in-school workshops and
business simulations that teach students
the basics of business in a hands-on
environment, Community Futures in
dedicated to helping youth enter the
business world.
Business Loans: Whether your business
is starting up or expanding, Community
Futures Entre-Corp provides business loans
of up to $150,000 at competitive interest
rates. One to one counseling and assistance
are offered with all loans. Specialized funds
are available to youth age 18-29 through
the Western Youth Fund and disabled
individuals may access loans through the
Entrepreneurs with Disabilities fund. Training: Community Futures EntreCorp has a wide array of training options
available to entrepreneurs wanting to
further develop their business skills and
knowledge. Alberta Youth Entrepreneurship Camp
is a one-week summer camp program for
youth aged 13-15 who want to learn more
about how to start their own business. Youth are grouped into business teams and
together participate in a series of business
workshops throughout the week. By weeks
end they will have researched, started and
operated their own business and the best
part is that they actually get to keep the
profits! More information on the Alberta
Youth Entrepreneurship Camp is available
at www.ayec.ca.
Self Employment Training: an extensive
eight-week training course sponsored by
Alberta Employment and Immigration. This
entrepreneurial training program covers
many aspects of starting and maintaining
your own business. Guided by experienced
facilitators, eligible participants will
develop a viable business plan. Clients
may be eligible to receive Employment
Insurance or Income Support while they
complete training and start their business.
www.employment.alberta.ca/south
Your link to information, resources and people in Southern Alberta
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CORE Association
Forty Mile Youth
Connections
412 - 3rd St. S.E.
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 0H1
Ph: (403)527-3302 Fax: (403)529-9022
www.coreassoc.net
CORE Association is a non-profit
organization that provides services
to children, youth and adults with
developmental disabilities and has been
in operation for 50 years.
CORE’s goal is community inclusion
through the following:
• Career counselling
• Qualified job developers
• First Aid/CPR training
• Local labour market information
• Staff supported work experience
• Volunteer work programs
• Paid employment training with the
outcome of sustained employment
• Placement through on-the-job training. Individuals seeking employment or
skill development for employment
may participate in the PROVE
curriculum (Providing Resources
and Opportunities for Valuable
Employment).
The curriculum assists individuals
with the identification of job interests
based on assessment, development of a
personal portfolio and résumé, and the
support to seek and maintain employment
Additional skill development is
available in individual or small group
sessions to assist in overcoming any
barriers to obtaining and maintaining
employment. On the job support is
available until optimal independence can
be reached including ongoing support
to employers from our Job Developers
and Employment Support Team Leader.
Through a collective effort we strive to
ensure success with each placement.
www.40mileyouth.ca
Two locations:
119 Main Street
Foremost, AB, T0K 0X0
Ph: 403-867-3077 Fax: 403-867-2700
youcon1@shockware.com
116 North Railway Ave. West
Bow Island, AB, T0K 0G0
Ph: 403-545-6222 Fax: 403-545-6887
youcon2@shockware.com
Both locations provide a full range of
resources to assist youth in making
informed career decisions as well as
provide job search assistance.
Resources and services include:
• A local job and volunteer board
• Career resource display in each major
school in the County of Forty Mile
• Job search, résumé support
• Career, education and job search
• Job safety information
• Free Career Workshops
• Available to present classroom Career
Presentations to local schools at no
charge
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Global Friendship
Immigration Centre
(GFIC)
HR Relocations
1001 Kingsway Ave SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 2X7
Contact: Bernie Leahy
Phone: (403) 527-4000
Cell: (403) 502-2528
Fax: (403) 529-8595
Toll Free: 1-888-502-2528
HR Relocations: Moving families not just
employees.
Our professionals provide our clients
with a personalized service to cover all
their relocation needs. From establishing
employees and their families in a new
community, to ensuring their most
individual needs are met, we will work
to make the transition stress free and
exciting.
Our ultimate goal is a happy relocated
family and a satisfied client.
We are confident we can help achieve this
goal.
120 1st Ave. E.
Brooks, AB T1R 1C5
Phone: (403) 362-6115
Fax: (403) 362-6337
info@gfic.ca
www.gfic.ca
GFIC is a settlement organization
assisting immigrants, refugees and
temporary foreign workers in Brooks
and area. GFIC covers a wide range of
services including:
Integrated Services:
•Settlement and orientation services
•Interpretation and translation services
•Counseling and referral
•Ethno-cultural collaboration
Community Education Services:
Learning opportunities to the newcomers
and the Canadian in the areas of
employment rights, landlord and tenant
act, community garden, multiculturalism,
drivers license, Canadian law, etc
Family & Youth Services: Support and
referrals to the newcomer families to
have a positive family dynamic in their
new life in Canada
Diversity Services: Community based
initiatives to celebrate diversity in all
aspect of life.
Volunteer Services: Provide opportunity
for the newcomers and Canadian to
volunteer and be part of the different
community activities in GFIC.
Are you an employer?
Trying to recruit or retain
employees?
Needing tools to assist you in dealing
with current labour market issues?
Seeking people from outside the
region?
Opportunity is only a click away
www.WorkforceAlberta.ca
The South East Alberta Workforce
Development web-portal – a single
point of access for labour market
information in Alberta’s Palliser
Region.
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HR Solutions
Immigrant Access Fund
840 Kingsway Ave. S.E..
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8G5.
Ph: (403) 529-6288 Fax: (403) 529-1805.
Weekdays 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
www.hrsolutionscanada.com
HR Solutions is a company dedicated to
providing staffing solutions to Medicine
Hat and the surrounding area. Our team
of professional recruiters is trained to
assist in planning recruitment strategies
and managing the hiring process allowing
for a successful hire. We have an
extensive network of qualified candidates
and solid knowledge of market trends.
HR Solutions is the ideal staffing partner
for many organizations seeking to attract
top talent to join their team either as
a temporary employee or permanent
member.
Quality, commitment to exceed your
expectations and ease of business is what
sets us apart.
HR Solutions, discover our talent.
www.iafcanada.org
The Immigrant Access Fund (IAF)
provides micro loans up to $5,000,
repayable within four years, to
internationally trained immigrants
(including professions and the trades) to
help with tuition fees, course materials,
exam fees, living expenses, qualification
assessments, professional association
fees, and other expenses they may incur
as they gain the accreditation, training or
upgrading they need to work in their field
in Alberta. IAF’s micro loans are helping
immigrants reach their potential in
Canada and make a valuable contribution
to our economy.
IAF has received funding for operating
costs from Alberta Employment
and Immigration, Alberta Advanced
Education, and Western Economic
Diversification. Funding for the loans
has been provided by donations from
corporations and individuals as well as
through a $500,000 line of credit.
For information or to apply for a loan
call:
Calgary: Vic Rempel, Loan Facilitator
Ph: (403) 204-2689
vicr@momentum.org
Edmonton: Sergio Manrique, Loan Program
Coordinator
Ph: (780) 718-7737
smanrique@emcn.ab.ca A collection of employer,
occupational, and community profiles
to connect jobseekers with jobs in
Southeast Alberta. The entire Finding
Work Series can be found at:
www.findingwork.ca
For more information about a
profile created for your business or
organization, contact Alberta Works
in Medicine Hat, lower level of the
Provincial Building, #5, 346 3rd St
SE (403-528-5299) or in Brooks,
Suite 200, 600 Cassils Road E, (403362-1278).
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Employment and
Resource Centre
Medicine Hat Regional
Human Resources
Association (MHRHRA)
299 College Drive S.E.
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 8K1
Ph: (403) 529-3811 or 504-3521
Fax: (403) 504-3521.
www.mhrhra.ca
MHRHRA provides opportunities for
professional and workforce development,
networking and advocacy in the Human
Resources field in the Palliser Region.
MHRHRA was incorporated in Dec. 2007
after employers, supervisors, managers,
and service providers working in the field
of HR indicated there was a need for
networking, professional development,
and workforce development opportunities
within the region.
This organization was established with
the support of the (former) Medicine
Hat Personnel Association, Human
Resources Institute of Alberta (HRIA),
Alberta Employment and Immigration,
and the South East Alberta Workforce
Development Strategy.
MHRHRA offers the Palliser region new
and exciting opportunities:
www.mhc.ab.ca
Medicine Hat College is currently
redeveloping its Career Services Centre.
The Employment and Resource Centre
will provide employers with information
related to the kinds of resources and
expertise that are available through
College students and graduates and
connect employers with College students
networking with local employment
and graduates who have the skills and
knowledge that employers seek.
The Centre provides employers with:
•Opportunities to speak directly
with potential employees (students/
graduates) through career and job fairs
and recruitment meetings.
•Opportunities to post openings
through the College.
•Support in identifying potential
candidates for job openings.
•Services and space to support
interviews with students and
graduates.
Graduates of the College and current
students will find the Centre useful in
assisting with
•Developing strong résumés.
•Honing interview skills.
•Identifying labour trends in fields of
interest.
•Exploring career interests.
•Linking students with employers,
both for summer or shorter-term
commitments and career opportunities.
•Networking
•Partnerships in workforce
development and other strategies
•Professional development
•Access to labour market information
•Sharing/Acquiring expertise
•Support for those employed in HR
•Information on theory/regulations
•Advocacy/lobbying role
The MHRHRA offers its members a
number of events including “Brown
Bag” sessions, networking, and special
speakers, and events.
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Military Family Career
Centre (CFB Suffield)
Minerva Employment &
Career Services
P.O. Box 190, Dugway Drive
Ralston, Alberta T0J 2N0
Phone: (403) 544-4011 ext. 5567
Fax: (403) 544-5543
smfrc@telusplanet.net
www.cfbsuffieldmfrc.org
The Military Family Resource Centre at
CFB Suffield strives to promote health,
well-being, and enhanced quality of life
to military families.
They offer:
•Employment services - employment
counselling, job seeker assistance/
support, résumé workshops & services
resources and job bank/board services.
•Volunteer development and
involvement - staff/volunteer training
relations, recruitment, screening &
placement, assessment, supervision
and referral and volunteer appreciation
& special events.
•Child care services including summer
day camps.
•Outreach - welcoming new families,
program and services linkage for
families and information and referral
services including access to referral
library.
•Crisis intervention
•Educational and craft courses and
workshops including second language
training.
Vivian M. Nielsen, MA Owner/Operator
1E 333 2nd Street West
Brooks, AB T1R 1G4
403-362-8793
Fax: 403-362-8781
Minerva’s WorkWell program offers
information, resources, tools, guidance
and support to individuals in the Brooks
region who are unemployed but able to
work, and who have barriers hindering
their re-entry to the labour force.
Through WorkWell individuals receive
comprehensive services to aid them to
more effectively return to and succeed at
work. Services include:
•Creation of a meaningful, pertinent
Client Plan to guide them toward their
goals
•Résumé and Cover Letter assistance
•Interview Skills information and
practice
•Rights and Responsibilities all
employees should be aware of
•Life Coaching to develop effective
strategies to move through barriers
•Job Search information and support to
enhance the individuals’ job skills and
tools
•Job Placement help for clients
experiencing difficulty obtaining work
on their own. Assistance researching
and planning educational/training
programs is also available.
•Job Coaching support to individuals
on the job as well as employers in
order to increase chances of work
success
•Follow-up Support to help clients
move toward short and long-term
goals and assist should they go offtrack
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Miywasin Society
REDI Enterprises
517 - 3rd St. S.E.
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 0H2
Ph: (403)526-0756 Fax: (403)504-4064
www.miywasin.ab.ca
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(closed for lunch 12:00 noon to 12:30
p.m.)
The Miywasin Society of Aboriginal
Services is a partnership that targets the
needs of the Aboriginal Community in
the Medicine Hat area and strives to
develop and maintain services to meet
those needs.
Services include:
•one-on-one counselling program
•transitional housing program
•youth development program
•cultural program
•in-house job board service
•résumé building service including
•client access to computer
•referrals to community services which
include career counselling, job search
assistance, labour market training and
educational funding services
•Métis genealogy resources
•applications and assistance in applying
for Métis and First Nations status
•diabetes awareness workshops
•applications for social housing
860 Allowance Avenue S.E.
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7S6.
Ph: (403)529-5742 Fax: (403)529-0462
www.redi.ca
REDI Enterprises Vocational Services
assists adults with disabilities who
desire to work or volunteer. We support
meaningful community involvement
and personal development. Work or
volunteer placements are selected to meet
individual needs, develop confidence and
enhance skills. Individuals have various
disabilities, including developmental,
FASD and or mental illness. REDI
provides quality individualized services
to ensure self-identified goals and
objectives are successfully achieved.
Service includes, but is not limited to:
• individual assessment
• career planning
• classroom instruction
• skill development
• up-dated resumes
•on-the-job training
• follow-up services as required
Job Developers work with employers
to ensure job seekers match employer
needs. Employers have the benefit of
new employees that bring a variety of
skills and have the support of a team to
assist them with on-site job coaching and
employment maintenance.
Are you Looking for work?
Don’t know where to apply?
New to the area?
Opportunity is only a click away www.WorkforceAlberta.ca
The South East Alberta Workforce Development web-portal – a single point of
access for labour market information in Alberta’s Palliser Region.
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Saamis Aboriginal
Employment and
Training Association
(SAETA)
•Assistance for disability: job search
support to find appropriate work,
workplace support to evaluate
products or services to help at work
or in training, education supports,
technical support to improve
effectiveness and productivity at work
or in training.
•In-house training programs: skill
enhancement programs targeted to the
demands of the local labour market
(i.e. administrative assistant diploma,
employability skills, basic computer
literacy, etc.)
Employer Services:
•Targeted Wage Subsidies: For
employers willing to provide direct
work experience and practical on
the job training to individuals. A
wage subsidy of up to 60% of the
employees wages for a maximum of
six months (or one year for persons
with disabilities)
•Career Internship: For employers
who can provide career related
work experience to individuals who
have completed secondary or post
secondary training. A wage subsidy of
up to 50% of the employee’s wage for
a maximum of six months is available.
•Youth Summer Placements: For
employers willing to provide summer
work experience for youth (ages 15-30
years) returning to school. A wage
subsidy of 50% of the wage paid (to a
maximum of minimum wage) for the
summer months of May to August is
available.
Referrals to other community services
which include counseling program,
cultural programs, youth development
programs and applications/assistance
with Métis and First Nations status cards.
919 Tractor Avenue SE
Medicine Hat, AB
T1A 8L1
Phone: 403-504-4056
Fax: 403-504-4224
SAETA provides employment programs
to the Aboriginal community of Medicine
Hat and area. They offer a wide range
of Employment & Training programs to
individuals who are either unemployed or
underemployed at no charge including:
•One-on-one career counseling
•Career research & vocational
assessments
•Assistance in targeted job search
(résumés, cover letters, etc.)
•Local labour market information, job
leads, job board, and client access
to computers, fax machine, phones,
photocopier, internet and job leads.
•Safety training (WHMIS, TDG, First
Aid / CPR, H2S Alive)
•Post-secondary support (tuition, books
and income support are provided to
individuals completing a certificate or
the final requirements of a diploma or
degree).
•Vocational training (fees, course fees
and/or tuition) for trades, Class 1 truck
driving, oil & gas training
•Skills enhancement programs that
allow an employee to advance with an
organization and/or opportunities for
life long learning.
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Saamis Immigration
Services Association
Service Canada Centre
(Medicine Hat)
177 12 Street NE
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 5T6
Phone: (403) 504-1188
Fax: (403) 504-1211
info@saamisimmigration.ca
www.saamisimmigration.ca
Since 1988, Saamis Immigration Services
Association has been successfully
assisting immigrants and refugees settle
in Medicine Hat and area.
Services for immigrants include:
•Settlement and orientation - housing,
shopping, banking, health care etc.
•Assistance with forms and
appointments
•Education - school/language training
including English as a second
language & computer literacy for
newcomers
•Counselling and referral – community
contact and access to other services
•Employment services – preemployment & career counselling, job
referrals, volunteer job placement
•Public awareness and community
education - community development
•Operation of a refugee reception house
providing temporary accommodation
for newly arrived refugees in Medicine
Hat
•Translation and interpretation services
maintaining an up-to-date list of
individuals who are able to provide
translation and interpretation services
for 35 different languages
•Citizenship classes - provide
assistance to community members
who are preparing for the Canadian
Citizenship test.
Provincial Building, Suite 4
346 3rd Street South-East
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A0G7
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Service Canada Centres are full service
centres offering information and services.
Job Order Service: 1-800-999-1546
Record of Employment: 1-800-561-3992 Record of Employment (Web): 1-800770-7910 All Canadians
•Apprenticeship Incentive Grant
•Passport Office Receiving Agent
•Social Insurance Number Application
Aboriginal People
•Common Experience Payment
Families and Children
•CPP Pensions and Benefits
•EI Benefits
•Universal Child Care Benefit
Labour and Workplace Information
•Wage Earner Protection Program
Newcomers to Canada •Foreign Credentials Referral
People with Disabilities
•CPP Disability Benefits
Seniors
•Allowance Program
•Allowance for the Survivor Program
•CPP Retirement Pension
•Guaranteed Income Supplement
•Old Age Security
Workers
•Canadian Forces Recruitment
•Employment Insurance
•RCMP Recruitment
Youth and Students
•Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Alberta Employment and Immigration — Southeast Alberta Career & Employment Services
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Service Canada Centres
for Youth (SCCY)
Southeastern Alberta
Partners for Youth
Career Development
www.youth.gc.ca
SCCY provides a variety of free services
to help students improve their job
search skills and acquire meaningful
employment. They also help employers
find enthusiastic summer help. Summer
jobs help students develop the skills and
get the work experience they need to
build their careers. Most offices are open
from May to August.
Students:
•Student job postings;
•Assistance in developing résumés and
cover letters;
•Help with job interview techniques;
•Information sessions and mock
interviews help students learn skills to
help in current and future job searches;
•Creative job search techniques;
•Casual labour/Odd job opportunities;
•Volunteer experience opportunities;
•Health and safety informations;
•Wage rates, employment standards,
labour laws, and human rights; and
•Federal or provincial/territorial
government programs and services.
Employers:
•Job-posting services;
•Access to enthusiastic students to fill
employment opportunities;
•Flexible staffing options to suit
business requirements (casual labour,
long or short-term employment);
•Posting services for volunteers;
•health and safety information;
•wage rates, employment standards and
labour laws;
•Labour Market Information
•Federal or provincial/territorial
government programs and services.
918 Second Avenue
Dunmore, Alberta T1B 0K3
Phone: 403-504-4942
youthcareer@thehat.ca
This regional partnership consists of
•five school divisions
•Medicine Hat College
•Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry
Training
•Alberta Employment and Immigration
•Alberta Health Services
•Palliser Health Region
•CAREERS: The Next Generation
•Medicine Hat Construction
Association
•Medicine Hat Industrial Group
•Medicine Hat Motor Dealers
Association
•LMT Enterprises Ltd.
•Canadian Fertilizers Limited
•MJB Enterprises Ltd.
•Medican
The main goals are to build career
awareness for youth, employability skills
and school-to-work opportunities to
further develop our future talent pool.
Students apply for internships in the
following career areas: •Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry
Training’s Registered Apprenticeship
Program (RAP)
•Health Services Summer Internship
•Oil and Gas Production Field
Operations program
Recent graduates from our regional
schools have an opportunity to transition
into the trades through a community
driven Co-op Apprenticeship Program.
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Volunteer and
Community Information
Centre
Youthworks!
Employment Centre
770 1st St SE
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 0B4
Ph: (403) 529-4733
Fax: (403) 529-4734
211 4th St SE
Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 7S6
Phone: (403) 528-4636 (528-INFO)
Fax: (403) 504-4560
Toll Free: 1-888-828-4636
info@infointhehat.ca
info@volunteerinthehat.ca
www.volunteerinthehat.ca
www.infoiseab.ca
www.volunteerinseab.ca
The Volunteer and Community
Information Centre offers services and
support to volunteers, not-for-profit
agencies, individuals and the community.
Volunteer Centre:
•recruitment and referral services
connecting people with opportunities
•Regularly maintain an on-line data
base of volunteer opportunities
•Offer training programs for volunteers
and volunteer managers
•Provide resources and information
relating to volunteering
•Provide free meeting space for
member organizations
•Provide free computer access for
community members
Community Information Centre provides
accurate, comprehensive community
information and referrals to the general
public with the help and support of
trained volunteers.
Maintaining and updating of registries:
•Community groups and churches
•Service and sports clubs
•Community halls and leagues
•Brimming Hat and Southeastern
Alberta Regional Directory both in
hard copy and on website.
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
YouthWORKS! is a year-round program
to assist individuals between 14 and 24
years to build careers, explore work,
education and training options and achieve
meaningful employment. Career and
Employment Advisors provide assistance
for youth to achieve success in obtaining
their goals. We offer group presentations in
Medicine Hat and surrounding area schools,
organizations and agencies.
Services include:
•Résumé and cover letter development
•Effective work search
•Interview preparation
•Career exploration and development
•Volunteer opportunities
•Employment standards information
•Job boards
•Internet, photocopier, fax & telephone
•Career resource library
Safety certifications (FREE certification for
youth 14 to 24 years):
•Construction Safety Training System
•Roadbuilders Safety Training System
Job Placement Program assists individuals
seeking full-time employment. Motivated
youth will be connected with business
owners, managers and human resource
departments.
Workshops:
•Introduction to the Trades: overview
of apprenticeship and trades allowing
informed decisions.
•Customer Service Workshop: interactive
workshop on the importance of
communication and professionalism.
•Y Factor Workshop: self-discovery
workshop to explore thoughts, beliefs,
interests and personality traits.
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Helpful Websites
www.workopolis.com/content/resource
Research available jobs and resource
centre with many useful tips
CAREER PLANNING
EMPLOYER WORKPLACE
www.canadiancareers.com
Explore hundreds of different career
areas, learn how to market yourself to
employers, and discover the ‘hidden’ job
market.
www.EasyMoveToolkit.com
This website provides a toolkit for labour
attraction activity, providing candidates
information on everything from health to
employment.
www.cenetwork.ca
A centralized, virtual platform to help
promote training and training facilities in
Southeast Alberta.
www.EDAlliance.ca
Promotes investment into the region and
to work with the business of Southeast
Alberta to expand and access new
markets.
This website provides a toolkit for
those looking to move South Eastern
Alberta. The site includes information on
everything from health to employment.
www.employers.gc.ca
Helps small to medium-sized employers
meet their human resource related needs.
www.jobsetc.ca
Provides information related to jobs,
work, learning, education, training,
occupations, careers, labour market and
work place issues.
www.FindingWork.ca
Finding Work Series is a collection of
employer, occupational, and community
profiles to connect job-seekers with jobs
in Southeast Alberta.
www.neads.ca
NEADS provides information for current
or prospective students with disabilities.
It includes a list of Canadian colleges and
universities with online information on
services for students with special needs.
www.jobquality.ca
Provides information and tools to guide
employers in the use of employment
quality indicators for a range of human
resource management and performance
measurement purposes.
Scholarshipscanada.com
This easy to use advanced search engine
allows you to search hundreds of grants,
bursaries, and scholarships.
www.mhrhra.ca
Provide workforce development,
networking and advocacy in the field of
Human Resources in South East Alberta.
www.vector.cfee.org
Explore careers, transitions,
opportunities, and realities.
www.nqi.ca
The Canadian Healthy Workplace
Criteria, available as a free download, is
a resource that defines clear criteria under
five key themes: leadership, planning,
people, focus, process management and
outcomes.
www.working.com
Listing of 300+ careers and newspapers
such as CanWest, The National Post,
Montreal Gazette, Toronto Star,
Vancouver Sun etc.
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www.extremejobs.ca
Job search engine and resource page
JOB SEARCH
www.allstarjobs.ca
Use their job search to find the perfect
career, post your resume, share it with
employers, and use their directory of
career resources (over 7500 links).
www.FindingWork.ca
Finding Work Series is a collection of
employer, occupational, and community
profiles to connect job-seekers with jobs
in Southeast Alberta.
www.alis.alberta.ca/employment
Has cutting edge information for online
job search, with the latest job search tools
and techniques. There are more than 190
job banks with multiple job opportunities.
www.global-serve.net
Provides a online guide and directory
to the Canadian & Alberta Oil, Gas &
Mining Industry.
www.healthjobs.ab.ca
If you are looking for work in the
healthcare field in Alberta, this is where
your search begins.
www.campus.workopolis.com
Research available jobs and resource
centre with many useful tips.
www.canadiancareers.com
You will find links to pages on job
hunting, resumes, cover letters, and job
boards for a variety of occupations and
career domains.
www.jobbus.com
Search engine and directory of
employment and career resources. Also
offers articles, newsletter, and more.
www.jobs.gc.ca
Public Service Commission of Canada
Jobs openings across Canada.
www.caodc.ca
Provides links to employers for job
seekers. Job seekers are provided
information about the Drilling Industry.
www.jobsearch.educationcanada.com
Site for persons seeking employment in
education.
www.careerowl.ca
Career Owl is for employers and job
seekers plus many resources.
www.jobshark.ca
For employers and job seekers
www.cepa.com
(pipelines) - Links to members websites
that have access to career opportunities.
www.medicinehatjobs.com
Your source for jobs in the Medicine Hat
area.
www.cossd.com
Canadian Oilfield Service and Supply
Directory is a specialized directory
containing categories unique to the oil
and gas industry.
www.medicinehatjobshop.ca
Job seekers can browse through an
extensive list of local jobs.
www.medicinehatnews.com
Online news paper where jobseekers can
view local career and classified ads for
employment.
This website provides a toolkit for
those looking to move South Eastern
Alberta. The site includes information on
everything from health to employment.
www.mitac.ca
Welcome to the Canadian mining
industry one-stop-shop for employment,
recruitment and adjustment resources.
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www.monster.ca
For employers and job seekers with many
resources available.
LABOUR MARKET
INFORMATION/ HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
www.northernminer.com
Careers and mining companies.
www.albertacanada.com
Investing, locating or starting your
business in Alberta, Alberta products and
services, export in products.
www.oildirectory.com
Database of company listings useful for
both employers and job seekers.
www.albertafirst.com
Provides valuable information to
businesses and individuals interested in
starting a business or locating to Alberta.
It is an important tool in promoting
business and community development
across the province.
www.jobs.alberta.ca
Employment available in the Alberta
Public Service.
www.relocatecanada.com
This guide is useful for job seekers
looking for work in another city. Use this
site to learn about your new destination.
www.alis.alberta.ca/employment/lmi/
Finding out about companies and
industries is important when you’re
planning your career or when searching
for a job.
www.workinfonet.ca
WorkinfoNET is a Canadian virtual
library on careers, training, and
employment, labour market information,
workplace issues and self employment.
www.jobfutures.ca
Information on current labour market
conditions and economic forecasts for
211 occupational groups.
www.worldwideworker.com
Your source for energy jobs. Energy job
board is for Oil & Gas jobs (petroleum),
Renewables, Mining and Nuclear jobs.
www.makingcareersense.org
Links to global market trends, jobs in
the New Economy, skills in demand, and
other hot topics related to the job market.
www.WorkforceAlberta.ca
This Workforce Development web-portal
acts as a single point of access for both
employers and employees (job seekers)
in Alberta’s Palliser Region. Workforce
Alberta provides access to current
education, career, workplace and labour
market information needed to make
informed decisions.
www.medicinehatchamber.com
The Medicine Hat & District Chamber
of Commerce works in partnership with
the City of Medicine Hat and other
organizations to achieve sustainable
community economic development.
www.palliseralberta.com
Provides information useful for business
attraction purposes developed by the
Palliser Economic Partnership who are
committed to improving and expanding
economic development in Southeast
Alberta.
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www.Statistics Canada
The labour market activities of the
Canadian population, including:
how many people are employed or
unemployed; the unemployment rate;
which industries or occupations people
work in; the hours they work; commuting
patterns; wage and non-wage benefits;
job training; labour mobility; work
absences;
www.enterweb.org
A Virtual Library with an international
perspective containing information on
all aspects of entrepreneurship and small
business management.
www.entre-corp.com
Community Futures Entre-Corp will
assist the communities of Southeast
Alberta to develop and achieve
their collective goals for economic
development. Such as supporting new
and expanding businesses with loans and
counseling.
www.workdestinations.ca
For Canadian residents who want to
practice their trade or profession in
another province or territory.
www.Statistics Canada
Businesses operating in Canada compete
in a dynamic open economy—an
economy continually reshaped by
industrial restructuring and global
competition. Statistical and analytical
information is available on a diverse
range of topics related to business
performance and business demographics.
www.worklogic.com
This powerful search engine allows you
to find the description of any occupation
in Canada.
SELF EMPLOYMENT
INFORMATION
www.cbsc.org
Popular business topics, business
information guides. Toolbox containing
Business Start-Up Assistant, Interactive
Business Planner, Online Small Business
Workshop.
www.eVenturing.org
This site includes articles, tools and
advice on all issues related to setting up
your own business.
www.youthbusiness.com
Offering technical advice and support
to young entrepreneurs. Topics include
startup, financing, franchises, legal
issues, human resources, and more.
JOB FAIR 2009
The Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce, in
partnership, will be hosting Job Fair 2009 on March 18th.
It’s a great opportunity for employers to meet one-on-one
with job seekers and build the local labour force.
Visit the Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce at .
www.medicinehatchamber.com or call 403-527-5214.
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