Programs

 CORCAN

Community Employment Centres

WHO ARE WE?

• The Community Employment Centers (CECs) provide cost effective employment counselling and placement services for recently released offenders in communities across Canada.

• Providing employment counselling and training on how to find a job helps offenders to safely reintegrate back into the community once they leave prison.

• Research and our own data show that JOB READINESS is critical for offenders about to re-enter the workforce.

• Those with fewer barriers to employment are less likely to be revoked or suspended.

WHAT SERVICES DO WE OFFER?

• Individual confidential employment counselling
• Resume writing
• Job search
• Interview preparation
• Office resources (computers, internet job search, fax, phone)
• Educational upgrading
• WHMIS
• Aptitude and Assessment Testing

DID YOU KNOW?

TOP TEN OCCUPATIONS WITH VACANCIES IN CANADA'S CITIES

• Truck drivers
• Sales
• Wholesale Sales
• Retail sales
• Delivery and Courier Drivers
• Cooks
• Food & Beverage Servers
• Customer Service Clerks
• Estheticians
• Janitors

TOP SKILLS REQUESTED BY EMPLOYERS

• Fundamental Skills: the skills needed as a base for further development
  • Communicate
  • Manage information
  • Use numbers and
  • Think and solve problems

• Personal Management Skills: the personal skills, attitudes and behaviours that drive one's potential for growth:
  • Positive attitudes and behaviours
  • Be responsible
  • Be adaptable
  • Learn continuously
  • Work safely

• Teamwork Skills: the skills and attitudes needed to contribute productively:
  • Work with others
  • Participate in projects and tasks.

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