Partners
Nepean, Rideau amd Osgoode Community Resource Centre (NROCRC)
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Services:NROCRC offers services for people who live in the Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode area. (If you do not live in these areas we can refer you to your appropriate encatchment area). Some of the services the NROCRC provides are: housing, mental health issues, youth, parent coordinators, healthy babies healthy children, crisis counseling, program against abuse, home management, baby cupboard, hospice support for the terminally ill, legal aid drop in, senior programs and a rural outreach program. Please speak to the EiM staff if you would like to learn more about or access some of these services.
Employment Ontario
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Services:Employment Ontario helps you get the training, education, skills and experience to achieve your goals. We connect people looking for work with employers looking for workers. That’s why we’re providing you with more ways to link to our expanding services.
Northern Lights Vocational Services
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Phone:613-688-3670 (EAST) / 613 688 2147 (WEST)
Address:1980 Ogilvie Road, Suite 163 (EAST) / 2525 Carling Avenue, Suite 27A (Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre) (WEST)
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City of Ottawa – Employment Resource Centre
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Phone:613 560 0625 (WEST) / 613 742 1921 (EAST) / 613 230 4440 (CENTRAL) / 613 560 0624 (SOUTH)
Address:100 Constellation Crescent (WEST) / 2339 Ogilvie Road (EAST) / 370 Catherine Street (CENRAL) / (SOUTH) 2020 Walkley Road
Services:Self help resource centres with job search material, job postings, on-site child care and other pre-employment workshops.
Ontario Works
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Phone:613 742 1921 (EAST) / 613 560 0625 (WEST) / 613 230 4440 (CENTRAL) / 613 560 0624 (SOUTH)
Address: 2339 Ogilvie Road (EAST) / 100 Constellation Crescent WEST / 370 Catherine Street (CENTRAL) / 2020 Walkley Road (SOUTH)
Services:Offers a 3-half day course on resume writing; clients leave with a resume. Also offers resources for clients to ‘self-teach all levels of: MS Outlook 2000, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access and MS Power Point, Word Perfect 6.1, Word Perfect 8.0, Quatro Pro, Windows 98 and Internet Explorer computer tutorials
Canadian Hearing Society
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Phone:613 521 0509
Address:2197 Riverside Drive
Services:Barrier Free Communication of Employment Program (BFCE) is geared to job ready deaf, and hard of hearing persons.
Experica
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Phone:613 232 4767
Address:2255 Carling Avenue
Services:Receive 12 weeks maximum experience working in an existing small business, supporting individuals to develop specific skills such as administration, payroll and developing web sites. Individuals work Monday to Friday 9 to 5, and spend 30 % of their time looking for work.
Enhanced Language Training (ELT), Algonquin College Language Institute
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Phone:727-4723 ext 2912
Address:Woodroffe Campus of Algonquin College
Services:Offering a 16-week course in five specialized languages to assist foreign trained immigrants who need to build confidence in the language of their profession/trade; that may be unemployed or underemployed; or who need further training to work in their field should apply. The courses will be available to candidates with training/experience in five sectors: Advanced Technology / Business / Construction/Trades / Health Care / Transportation. Language Benchmark of 7/8 is required. Citizenship and Immigration Canada is funding these full-time courses, so students need only purchase textbooks. Contacts: <a href="mailto:thomsoj@algonquincollege.com">Jane Thomson</a> (Project Leader), <a href="mailto:dookera@algonquincollege.com">Asha Dookeran</a> (Administrative Support)
La Cite Collegiale
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Phone:613 742 2475
Address:801 Aviation Parkway
Services:French as a second language training. Offers free French classes and childminding for Newcomers and immigrants to Canada.
Le Carrefour Ecole des adultes
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Phone:613 731 7212
Address: 2445 St-Laurent Blvd.
Services:French as a second language training.
Education Permanente - Conseil des Ecoles Catholiques
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Phone:613 741 2304
Address:181 Donald St.
Services:French as a second language training.
LASI World Skill Services (through OCISO)
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Phone:613 725 0202 ext.308
Address:959 Wellington Street
Services:LASI World Skills was established in 1997 by a coalition of Local Agencies Serving Immigrants (LASI), including OCISO. OCISO hosts LASI World Skills workshops to help newcomers find work. The workshops provide job search training designed specifically for newcomers. The aim of the workshop is to provide the newcomer with the tools to develop an individualized and effective action plan for a successful job hunt. Participants are encouraged to use the LASI Employment Resource Centre, with access to a computer with an Internet connection, word-processing capabilities, a fax machine, and a printer. LASI staff assist clients with resume, cover letter and calling card preparation as well as Internet job search techniques.
World Skills
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Phone:61 233 0453
Address:219 Argyle Ave. Room 204
Services:Career access workshops for new comers who have resided in Canada for 10 years or less.
Kanata Kareer Group (KKG)
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Address:Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Drive
Services:A self help group with twice-weekly meetings and expert speakers for laid-off technology workers.
Vanier Community Services Centre
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Phone:613 744 2892
Address:290 Dupuis Street, 6th Floor
Services:<strong>Practice Firm</strong> is geared to francophone & bilingual participants. Training enables participants to update their work experience in order to better meet employers’ current requirements. <strong>Destination Emploi</strong> is geared to francophone clients. Simulated interviews which include evaluation, revision of resumes, covering letters, job searches via the internet and active searches with employers using the internet as a tool.
Targeted Wage Subsidy
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Phone:6513 560 0622
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Services:This program is to encourage employers through a wage subsidy to hire unemployed insured participants who are experiencing difficulty accessing employment due to factors such as the lack of recent work experience and/or other barriers.
Pinecrest-Queensway Health & Community Services
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Phone:613 820 4925
Address:1375 Richmond Road
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