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Service Provider:
- NEWTON ADVOCACY GROUP SOCIETY
13588 - 88th AVENUE, #A201
SURREY, BC
Canada
V3W 3K8
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Program #1022:
- WISE - Women in Sustainable Employment (specifically designed for Women with Multiple Barriers) - Surrey
Type of Program or Service:
- WISE is an employment program with a life-skills component and is wide open to women with multiple barriers to employment. WISE is designed to provide clients with tools to make a decision regarding their career goals, and has different workshops that help our clients to figure out their occupational & educational needs. WISE runs Monday to Friday from 9:30am and 2pm, for six weeks.
Workshops include:
~ Decision Making
~ Goal Setting & Action Plan Development
~ Interview Skills
~ Resume & Cover Letter Preparation
~ Current Labour Market Trends
We focus on job search techniques and provide assistance accordingly. We have a computer lab & teach computer skills to beginners. We also offer other clerical skills like: photocopying, faxing, telephone etiquette.
We have an interesting tool called, Employment Readiness Scale that has been designed to assess clients strengths & challenges in relation to becoming successfully employed and identifying the types of assistance that would be most helpful for them.
Life-skills workshops include:
~ Communication Skills
~ Self-Esteem; Self-care
~ Time Management
~ Stress Management
~ Relationship Building
~ Assertion Skills for Women
~ Conflict Management
~ Money Management
Eligibility: currently receiving income assistance, employment Insurance, new immigrant, working less than 20 hours per week, or on Disability.
For more information call Gurmeet at 604-596-2311 x112.
Website: http://www.newtonadvocacygroup.ca/
Contact:
- GURMEET
604-596-2311x112 Voice
604-596-2319 Fax
poakley@newtonadvocacygroup.ca
Please contact the service provider for current program information.
Begins / Duration:- See Career & Job Club Start Dates pages / 6 wks: M-F 9:30am-2pm
This listing was last updated on July 21, 2010.
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