British Columbia headlines
Essential Skills – Have You Used Yours Today? – NALD@Work’s Feature of the Month
Posted: June 9, 2011 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This is an important resource for a key demographic since more and more baby boomers are deciding to stay in the workforce for longer than they had initially planned, and many over the age of 55, particularly women, are returning to work in greater numbers.
More companies permit social networking on the job: survey
Posted: June 9, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Tweets and ‘likes’ are becoming more beneficial to business, a new Robert Half Technology survey suggests. More than four in 10 (44 per cent) of chief information officers surveyed said they permit employees to use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook on the job as long as it’s for business purposes.
Canadian CEOs more likely to eye older workers as potential recruits
Posted: June 9, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Canadian CEOs differ from their global counterparts on their focus on tapping into the supply of older workers approaching retirement age. In fact, a new PwC report found 60 per cent of Canadian CEOs plan to increasingly recruit and retain older employees, compared to just 42 per cent globally.
Many entry-level jobs – particularly ones in exploration such as bush work and mineral sampling – attract students from diverse fields of study, said Gavin Dirom, president and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration B.C.
Connecting literacy, employment through essential skills: New resources from Literacy Link South Central (PDF)
Posted: May 20, 2011 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Through a two-year project (June 2009 to May 2011) Literacy Link South Central has developed a set of seven workbooks. These resources embed Essential Skills activities within employment-readiness tasks.
Ontario Literacy Coalition hosting its first webinar – with Alan Kay – May 10
Posted: April 21, 2011 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This free, interactive one-hour webinar focuses on different solutions to encourage organizations and employees to use leadership and coaching techniques to improve quality of developing and delivering services.
British Columbians are encouraged to get on a bike and go green May 30-June 5, for the 17th annual official Bike to Work Week – with events being held in 17 communities around the province.
Simon Fraser University exemplifies concept of lifelong learning
Posted: April 15, 2011 | | Adult Learners' Week in Canada
| Adult Learners' Week in CanadaCategories: Essential skills, Learning
Lifelong learning creates change in the lives of learners, their families and the people whose lives are touched by the learners’ news skills and training, says Helen Wussow, the dean of Lifelong Learning which houses Continuing Studies at Simon Fraser University.
New B.C. skills program for mining sector hits pay dirt
Posted: April 14, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
The Workforce Exploration Skills Training (WEST) program will give 58 participants the skills and training they need to fill the jobs that mining companies are looking to fill across British Columbia.
Regional Aboriginal training society in B.C. closes its doors
Posted: April 8, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
The agency that provided employment and other job services to northwest Aboriginal people in B.C. closed up shop March 31, ending more than 17 years of operations.
New from Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES): Inaugural issue of ‘Insights’ (PDF)
Posted: April 5, 2011 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
In this inaugural issue of ‘Insights,’ OLES focuses on employer perceptions of workplace literacy and essential skills training.
New employment centres to ease job search in British Columbia
Posted: April 4, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
British Columbia is creating new employment centres that will make it easier to help people find work and provide stability for their families.
New BC employment service model threatens to fail job seekers
Posted: March 29, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
VANCOUVER, March 28 /CNW/ - Community-based service providers and advocates for unemployed workers in BC share serious concerns about changes by the BC Ministry of Social Development to core employment assistance programs which could see current specialized services shift to generic self-serve programs. Provincial service associations have come together to request that the Ministry make targeted changes to the model so that job-seekers and employers are best served.
Translated WelcomeBC sites to attract skilled workers
Posted: March 17, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Prospective immigrants needed to support B.C.'s future economic growth now have better access to the information they need with the launch of five new foreign-language micro-sites through WelcomeBC.ca, the one-stop source for people considering moving to B.C. and for those who have recently arrived.
Aboriginal programs at University of Victoria get federal support
Posted: March 8, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
A total of $250,000 in one-time funding means that programs and research aimed at helping Aboriginal students succeed in their post-secondary studies will continue at the University of Victoria.
B.C.’s international student post-graduate program expands
Posted: February 24, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
International students at some of British Columbia’s private educational institutions will have the opportunity to gain Canadian work experience after graduation, thanks to a new pilot project.
Stó:Lō Training has variety of programs from which to choose, depending on your need
Posted: February 11, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
The SASET mission is to increase First Nation and Inuit participation in employment and training opportunities to create a sustainable future for self-governing citizens.
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