Location: Simcoe, ON
Joint Activity: Delivery of a Government of Ontario project for Assistant Cook, Pre-Apprenticeship Program.
Orientation sessions were jointly delivered by all participating programs. The first part of the program was delivered by LBS and the Employment Centre (workshops) and the back end of the program was coordinated by Job Connect, Apprenticeship Branch and the local employers for placement. At the conclusion of the placement, Job Connect and the apprenticesearch.com staff were responsible for supporting the students when securing Apprenticeship opportunities.
Outcome(s):
The barriers have been streamlined and the program will be delivered again next year.
Jobs, credentials, and opportunities for further Apprenticeship training, upgrading and connects to every employment program available in the community was provided to the students during the program and for the future.
Location: Barrie, ON
Joint Activity: A Step Up Marketing Initiative.
Internal marketing materials were developed by Georgian College's Job Connect, Academic Upgrading, Apprenticeship and the local Apprenticeship Branch, highlighting Georgian College's employment services, Academic Upgrading and Apprenticeship readiness and training . The marketing initiative also celebrated the success of Job Connect scholarship candidates and the employers who signed them as apprentices.
Outcome(s):
The Step Up Initiative raised awareness internally, and was one of the steps that led to the reorganization on the Barrie campus, providing a venue to support one operational area for Job Connect and Academic Upgrading in 2007-2008.