Why You Should Hire a Career Connector
Canadian employers want people with good Employability Skills. The New Brunswick Youth Career Connections Program answers this call.
Students are chosen to become Career Connectors by an employer through a spring job competition. Chosen students agree to complete approximately 50 hours of professional employability skills workshops (completed outside of regular school time) and a minimum of 180 hours of paid work experience. The workshops are presented by volunteers from the business or educational community who have an expertise or background in a subject area of the prescribed Youth Career Connections curriculum. The workshops encompass the Conference Board of Canada's Employability Skills 2000+ Profile and the Federal Government Essential Skills.
Students graduate from this program with a much better understanding of the importance of the following skill sets and the need to continually improve upon them.
Academic Skills provide the basic foundation to get, keep and progress on a job and to achieve the best results. Workshops on how to Communicate, Think and Learn are the pillars of Academic Skills. A few of the workshops include Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Finance, Occupational Health & Safety, The New Brunswick Economy and Passport to Safety.
Personal Management Skills are a combination of skills, attitudes and behaviours. Workshops on understanding the importance of Positive Attitudes and Behaviours, Responsibility, and Adaptability are key to the Personal Management Skills. A few of the workshops include Workplace Etiquette, Employer/Employee Responsibilities, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Development, Stress Management, Human Rights,8 Keys to Success, Dress for Success, Fine Dining & Etiquette.
Teamwork Skills help our youth know it is critical to the success of a company to be able to work with others. Workshops on Personality Preferences, Role Playing, Volunteer Service Projects help to emphasize the importance of Teamwork Skills.
The minimum 180 hours of work experience completed by each Career Connector provides these young people with "on the job" experience and first hand knowledge about the importance of HRDC'S Essential Skills, ie reading text, document use, writing, finding information, computer use, numeracy, job task planning and organizing, thinking skills, problem solving, decision making and continuous learning.
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