Offers employment resources for individuals with disabilities who are actively seeking employment.
Service offers:
- employment resources for individuals with disabilities who are actively seeking employment
- GET - Work Youth Employment Transition Program - person-directed assistance to youth who self-identify as having a disability to identify, prepare for, seek, acquire, and retain employment that matches their interests and abilities
- MentorAbility - a mentoring experience in which job seekers with disabilities are matched with individual mentors (employers or business leaders) to explore career opportunities
GET - Work Youth Employment Transition Program includes:
- career exploration
- action plan development
- post-secondary training and certification opportunities
- resume development
- individual and group learning
- employment preparation
- job search support
- employment placement
- training and job retention supports
MentorAbility includes:
- speed-dating style informational interviews for job seekers with disabilities to learn from business leaders
- an opportunity for education and awareness to be shared between employers and people with disabilities
- a Canada-wide network of employment service providers and employers working together to create opportunities for people with disabilities
- help to employers to learn how to include people with disabilities in the workplace