Employment Programs and Services
Langley Community Services offers employment programs aimed to support our participants in gaining the skills, confidence and experience needed to find a job or move on to further training.
Some of the benefits of our Employment Programs include:
- Work Experience
- Assistance with Resumes/Cover Letters/Thank You Letters
- Interview Skills and Techniques
- Basic Labour Market Information
- Labour Laws and BC Human Rights
- Employment and Training Opportunities
- The Canadian Education System
This is a youth employment program, designed to assist youth enter BC labour market. The program is 18-weeks in duration and consists of 6-weeks in class, with 10-weeks of job placement. The clients are paid whilst they attend the 6-week classes.
The program helps clients to be placed with employers in industries such as food industry, customer service/retail and warehouse. These are some specific industries that usually have ample job openings throughout the year. Job placements are ideally matched to client’s skill sets, education, experience and interest. This program is helpful for all youth and including those who have little or no work experience.
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The program is designed to matches newcomers (Immigrants, Temporary Foreign Workers, International Students, Refugees and Permanent Residents) in Canada less than 10 years. To local professional mentors with similar employment background or experience in the field or job the newcomers are targeting to ease the transition into the Canadian workplace
The program is for a 6-month duration and consists of a minimum of 4-meetings, between mentor and mentee where they can discuss workplace culture, occupation specific terminologies, work responsibilities and expectations, and assistance with resume and cover letter, interview preparation and foreign credentialling.
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