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Jul 21, 2010, 2:23:57 PM7/21/10
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ASPECT is pleased to announce the launch of the new WORKAPEDIA
GoogleGroups Listserv.
BC's Career Practitioners once again have an information conduit that
will connect directly into your inbox (there are a few different ways
you can set this listserv up so it should fit nearly everyone's
different preferences). It's a simple way to send out workshop/
training announcements, job postings, initiate discussions of interest
to our industry, ask questions and share resources... all the things
many of us felt a sense of loss around when the old BC Workinfonet
listserv ended.
So feel free to join in and, if it feels right, tell us a bit about
you and where you work and live. That way we can all get to know each
other again and begin the process of building a connected and
supportive community.
Looking forward to getting to know you all again and for the first
time,
Judy Marston
BC Workinfonet (soon to be Workapedia) Content Developer
GoogleGroups Listserv.
BC's Career Practitioners once again have an information conduit that
will connect directly into your inbox (there are a few different ways
you can set this listserv up so it should fit nearly everyone's
different preferences). It's a simple way to send out workshop/
training announcements, job postings, initiate discussions of interest
to our industry, ask questions and share resources... all the things
many of us felt a sense of loss around when the old BC Workinfonet
listserv ended.
So feel free to join in and, if it feels right, tell us a bit about
you and where you work and live. That way we can all get to know each
other again and begin the process of building a connected and
supportive community.
Looking forward to getting to know you all again and for the first
time,
Judy Marston
BC Workinfonet (soon to be Workapedia) Content Developer
Jos
Jul 23, 2010, 1:03:57 PM7/23/10
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Hi All,
I am a career facilitator (our term-same as career practitioner) at
the Skills Centre in Trail. I have been here for two years and prior
to that worked in the Downtown Eastside at Tradework's Job Shop
program as an employment counsellor.
It is a different scene here, of course. There, few of my clients
were EI eligible and if they were, there were often other
circumstances that would make it difficult to access the full range of
training benefits offered by EI. Here, my clients usually have more
basic assets and family support. This may also relate to the fact that
currently, unemployed income assistance clients who have not been
through the BC Employment program who are deemed either employable or
disabled are referred to other service providers. On the other hand,
the number of job prospects are far fewer here and public
transportation is so limited that it will not work for anyone who
works full time who has to travel beyond half an hour from downtown
Trail or who works anything other than standard office hours. This
means that clients who have not attained their full drivers licences
or have had them suspended have extremely limited prospects. Shelter
for males does not extend beyond 1 night. There is a food bank and the
Sally Ann provides hot evening meals.
Some people will keep their home base here and work out of town,
particularly in the trades and higher paid oil patch and other
resource sector jobs. Many clients have a strong preference for living
here rather than moving to large cities where there are more job
prospects.
I would be interested to know about others small or medium sized town
experiences.
I am a career facilitator (our term-same as career practitioner) at
the Skills Centre in Trail. I have been here for two years and prior
to that worked in the Downtown Eastside at Tradework's Job Shop
program as an employment counsellor.
It is a different scene here, of course. There, few of my clients
were EI eligible and if they were, there were often other
circumstances that would make it difficult to access the full range of
training benefits offered by EI. Here, my clients usually have more
basic assets and family support. This may also relate to the fact that
currently, unemployed income assistance clients who have not been
through the BC Employment program who are deemed either employable or
disabled are referred to other service providers. On the other hand,
the number of job prospects are far fewer here and public
transportation is so limited that it will not work for anyone who
works full time who has to travel beyond half an hour from downtown
Trail or who works anything other than standard office hours. This
means that clients who have not attained their full drivers licences
or have had them suspended have extremely limited prospects. Shelter
for males does not extend beyond 1 night. There is a food bank and the
Sally Ann provides hot evening meals.
Some people will keep their home base here and work out of town,
particularly in the trades and higher paid oil patch and other
resource sector jobs. Many clients have a strong preference for living
here rather than moving to large cities where there are more job
prospects.
I would be interested to know about others small or medium sized town
experiences.
Greg
Aug 3, 2010, 3:28:33 PM8/3/10
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Thank you so much for getting this going.
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