Job Search Program

JOB SEARCH PROGRAMS (On-site strategic job search in a group setting)

Design a professional job search portfolio including:

• Resume
• Letters
• References

Develop self-marketing skills by making direct contact calls

Target companies through networking

Research labour market information

Fine-tune electronic job search skills

Practise

• Winning interview techniques
• Salary and contract negotiation
• Follow-up strategies

Access the hidden job market

Participate in workshops that include:

Meeting employers, guest speakers, temperament type assessment, brainstorming for leads

Use phone, fax, copiers, computers, Internet services.

At both the Burnaby area and Cloverdale sites, choose one, two or three week program options that could get you working. At the Cloverdale site enroll for any of a variety of dynamic half-day Strategic Job Search workshops.

Eligibility for Strategic Job Search Programs

We recommend that participants be age 19 or over, have a grade 10 level of spoken and written English, and that they be looking for work that is 20 hours or more per week. Job Search Program candidates are to have a realistic primary and secondary job goal.

All participants will have had a needs determination interview with a case manager.

Quotes

“I find that the skills I learned at Landell are timeless and I use them even though I am now working. When I apply for an internal posting, the interview can be just as demanding or worse (multi-panel, in-depth scenarios) than the original interview. I always grin a little in the inside, because I can feel the flow of the interviews, understand the “why” behind the actual question, and I always come prepared…Landell gave me a finely honed edge that I deeply and sincerely appreciate.”

“10+! The setting was great. Group support/confidence building was critical in getting me motivated.”

"I think it is an excellent program, the group atmosphere is positive, the facilitators are well informed and supportive."