Career Link Client Services
Workshops
Career Link offers many workshops to assist with your job search
Using Your Network To Find Work
Get tips on how to use and expand your network of people who can help you find work in the “Hidden Job Market”.
Cold Calls - Increasing Your Confidence in Calling Employers
Increase your odds of getting a job. "Cold Calls" are phone calls you make before dropping off your resume or when you want to interview a potential employer.
Resume Writing Skills
Learn what information to put in your resume, how it should look, and how to make the best impression possible with your resume.
Career Planning: Using Career Planning Tools
The facilitator will guide you to complete surveys that will help you match your interests and skills to up-and-coming careers.
Writing Cover Letters and Completing Job Applications
A well written cover letter can help you get an interview for that job you want! The facilitator will help introduce you to writing your cover letters and give you tips on filling out job applications, as well.
Interview Skills
What are some typical interview questions? Learn how to answer them well...including the challenging ones! Get some expert coaching on how to prepare for and make a good impression during an interview.
Hot Job Leads: Understanding the Labour Market
Come and find out what's hot and what's not in the current labour market. Get some great information on making the labour market work for you.
Networking and 30 sec. Ads to Find the Hidden Job Market
Enlist other people's help! Come and get tips on how to expand the network of people who can help you find work in the Hidden Job Market!
Designing a Calling Card (Basic Computer Skills a Prerequisite)
A well-designed calling card is an excellent networking tool. This workshop will help you to design an eye-catching calling card. At the end of the workshop you will leve with 20 of your very own, personalized calling cards!
Career Management and Maintenance (decision-making)
Do you know how to evaluate a job offer? Do you know what it takes to start a new job, keep a job and advance in the job? Come to this workshop and get some tips on all of these parts of career management and maintenance.
Communication Skills in the Workplace
Learn and become more confident in getting your point across well and asking for what you want or need in the workplace.
Career Planning: Your Personality at Work
A twelve-hour course (spread over six lessons) for beginners and near beginners. Takes you from no experience with computers to being comfortable to sit at any computer and type up a document, format it, save it, and then retrieve it. At completion, you will be qualified to add "Basic Word Processing Skills" to your resume and be able to type your own cover letters, as well as make adjustment to your resume.
Internet
A 6-hour course (spread over 3 lessons) for beginners. Learn what the Internet is all about and how it can help you. Topics covered include:
- Entering addresses and manoeuvring about within the site, as well as linking to external sites
- Searching for information when no web address is available
E-mailing
A 4-hour course (spread over 2 lessons) in which you will obtain a free e-mail address and then learn how to send and receive e-mails, as well as attach files to outgoing mail (great when applying for jobs and an employer requests that resume be e-mailed)
