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Youth Employment Services
Age Range: 15-30 [Youth]
Language:
Contact: lianne@froghollow.bc.ca
Location:
Drive Youth Employment Centre | Youth at Work Skills Link Program
Drive Youth Employment Centre is an offsite program of Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House for Youth Employment Services. We are set up to help youth who are having a difficult time finding work or sustainable employment. We operate from a client-centered approach, offering support, access to resources and one-on-one employment assistance.
Specific services provided:
Resource Centre
Our drop-in Resource Centre is a friendly, youth-oriented, supportive place to search for a job. You can use a computer with internet access, a fax machine, photocopier, and a telephone. You can also scan our job postings, learn about our workshops and one-on-one services and pick up information about other services in the community.
One-on-one Services
Our Case Managers can help you one-on-one to identify your challenges and to develop and commit to a play for find employment. Case Managers also help with résumés, cover letters, job search techniques, interview preparation and provide information about employment training programs.
Keeping a Job
Case Managers can also help you keep your job once you find one. For the first 3-12 weeks on the job, your Case Manager can answer any questions you might have about such things as employer/employee rights, taxes, and paperwork and coach you through any situations you might want help with.
Workshops
We offer a variety of workshops to help you find a job, including:
- Creating and updating a résumé
- Interview skills and self marketing
- Job search
- Using internet and email
Drive Youth Employment Services
2106 Commercial Drive, Vancouver V5N 4B4
Phone: 604 253 9675
Email: driveemployment@froghollow.bc.ca
Hours of operation: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday
http://www.mosaicbc.com/looking-work/working/employment-services-youth-16-30
The Youth at Work Skills Link Program will have a break in programming starting on March 30th 2012.
Please continue to check our web site as we hope to have the program running again in the near future.
Youth at Work is a program of Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House designed to offer youth employability and life skills, as well as hands-on work experience. This 12-Week program assists youth between the ages of 15 and 30 years (inclusive) who are interested in gaining work experience and pursuing personal career goals and objectives. Youth at Work is a Service Canada funded initiative. For more information, please contact Youth At Work staff at 604-629-0007.
Contact: yaw@froghollow.bc.ca
Website: www.youthatwork.ca
Location:
Youth at Work Skills Link Program
2081 Dundas Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 1J5
Phone: 604-629-0007
Fax: 604-215-2475
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday: 9-5
