North Bay Indian Friendship Centre Employment Unit Services
Providing the tools and advice you need for your job search.
Employment Unit Services: The North Bay Indian Friendship Centre
provides employment services/counseling to assist clients to obtain and
maintain employment. these services are made available to both the
employer as well as the employee. Key Benefits
Resumes, Cover letters
The Employment Unit will help individuals to construct, revise, and
update a resume and / or cover letter
Computers
We presently have three computers to aid clients in constructing resumes
and cover letters, etc. Computers are equipped with Microsoft Word and
Corel WordPerfect. Clients are expected to have some knowledge of
computers but some assistance is available on an individual basis.
Internet
We have a computer terminal with Internet access to help find
employment.
Resource Library
The Employment Unit has access to an assorted collection of resource
material which includes the following:
Academic calendars
A large selection readily available to our clients from various
educational institutions in Ontario including Canadore College
in North Bay, Cambrian College in Sudbury and Nipissing
University in North Bay.
Newspaper, Newsletters
Several reliable sources of employment listings which include:
Canada Employment Weekly, Miziwe Biik Bi-weekly Canadian
Newsletter and The North Bay Nugget.
Job Board, Employment Binders
The Job Board features job ads from the North Bay Nugget and
Human Resources Development Canada's (HRDC) online job postings.
Our employment binders hold a wide array of current employment
listings forwarded to us regularly from various sources and
regions. These include HRDC ads for the North Bay and Sudbury
region , current First Nation postings, the Aboriginal Career &
Employment Guide from the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of
Alberta (the AMMSA group), the Miziwe Biik newsletter, Canadore
College's job postings, ads from the Sudbury Star, the Ottawa
Citizen and the Toronto Star. |
Telephone Service
We provide our clients with the use of a telephone for the purpose of
making local job-related calls
Fax & Photocopy
Our clients are welcome to use our fax machine and photocopier at no
charge for all job-related material.
Job bank (HRDC)
Now available! Touch-screen access to the Human Resources Development
Canada National Job Bank.
Information Sessions
Work Shops
Job Search Assistance
You may qualify for some of the following programs:
Target Wage Subsidy
Subsidies Salary for Self-Employment
Skill Training & Upgrading
Job Creation Partnership |
If you are between the ages of 15-29 years of age (30 if disabled)
you may qualify for some of the programs designed for the unaffiliated
urban aboriginal youth
Make an appointment to see an employment counselor for more
information on these programs or for job-search advice.
For further information, please contact:
Kirby Mianskum - Employment Counselor - ext 32
Reno Couchie - Client Service Officer - ext 30
North Bay Indian Friendship Centre
980 Cassells Street
North Bay, ON
P1B 4A8
Tel:(705) 472-2811 ext. 30
Fax:(705) 472-5251
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