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Module
3
CAREER
WORKSHOPS
The Group Career Planning Workshop
provides career orientation to newcomers who need
assistance in career planning and decision-making.
The focus is on encouraging participants to examine
their own career options and occupational choices
to ultimately develop their optimal career plan.
The objective of this workshop is to assist those
who need additional support in integrating the
information gathered from different sources and
developing a career plan. The workshops will also
explore topics such as: the role of change and
technology in career planning, time management,
training and skills upgrading for career development,
alternatives to careers, etc.
Possible
Settings
-
Employment
Training Programs
-
ESL classrooms, settlement agencies
-
Eemployment
support programs
-
Colleges
and universities with immigrant students
-
Training programs
Participant
Profile
- Motivated "soon-to-be
job seeker"
- Language Eligibility. Canadian
Benchmark Levels 3 and up.
- Participants are encouraged to use
previously acquired information (Employment
Orientation Sessions) to explore different "paths
to employment".
General
Expectations from this Session
Participants are expected
to:
- Select 2-5 occupations as their near
or far future options
- Find complete information on selected
occupations
- Research labour market trends in their
selected occupations
- Know the community and financial resources
they can access
- Develop career and personal goals and
prioritize them
Specific
Expectations from this Session
Participants are expected
to:
- Develop short and long term goals
- Analyze their career goals in relation
to family needs, responsibilities and obstacles
- Know what they want to do, can do,
might do and should do
- Develop a career action plan
Links
and Sources of Information
For this
module, clients benefit by using the information
links in Module 1 and 2 both, but the most Relevant
Links are:
- Module 1, Session 1-1
- Module 1, Session 1-7
Some relevant
links are repeated as follows:
KITCHENER
(places
in Alphabetical order)
- Videos
- Career Planning - The first
step in getting to know more about yourself
(8 minutes) - Available from Service Canada,
Kitchener, Ontario
Other
Electronic Resources
Volunteering
- Volunteering
in Canada - Volunteering helps provide
Canadian Experience (Volunteering Action Centre
of Kitchener-Waterloo)
- Volunteer
Canada - This site provides information
about volunteer centres in Canada (National
site)
- Income Support
- HRDC
- Income support site provides information
on various programs, and other provincial
assistance
- Skills
For Change – A Toronto based organization
which provides support and services that
facilitate newcomers' access to the workforce.
Known for their STIC Project for Engineers,
Accountants and Healthcare
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Career Objectives
GO TO THE Sample Action Plan!
(also
listed under "Career Objectives")
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