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Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Please contact any service prior to visiting in person to receive up to date information on changes to their availability (e.g. hours of operation etc.)
Northwest Employment Works
Ontario Employment Services - Main Services, and Canada Ontario Job Grant
- Description
- Provides comprehensive employment and job search services
- Offers assessment of skills, interests and experience
- Provides job search strategies, including resume preparation
- Offers information about careers and occupations, local labour market, employment and training opportunities
- Coordinates on-the-job training, work experience
- Offers help in maintaining employment
- Provides information and referral to other employment and community services
Skills training and financial support for laid off workers- training program must demonstrate good job prospects
- financial support based on need, may include tuition, instructional costs, books, transportation and/or a basic living allowance
- Offers help in identifying human resource skills requirements
- Provides matching of workplace needs to workers' skills, capabilities, interests and experience
- Provides support for developing on-the-job training plans and monitoring of placements to support retention
- Provides financial support for individual employers to purchase training for their employees
- Assistance available to small, medium and large businesses planning to deliver short-term training for existing or new employees
- Eligibility
- Self-service information and resources
- Anyone, including people with jobs, those who are under-employed, people looking for work, students, apprentices, internationally trained individuals, employers
- Services such as supported job search, job matching and placement, job retention services
- People who are unemployed and out of school
- Laid off individuals who are currently unemployed
- Individuals from low-income households experiencing labour market challenges
- Application Process
- Call or drop in
- For general information on Employment Ontario services call the toll-free Employment Ontario contact centre at 1-800-387-5656 (TTY 1-866-533-6339) or visit www.ontario.ca/page/employment-ontario
- Office
- 807-473-3829
- Web Site
- https://www.northwestworks.ca/
- new@confederationcollege.ca
- Mailing Address
- c/o Confederation College
1450 Nakina Dr
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 0E5
Canada - Languages
- English
- Fees
- None
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Topic(s)
- Social Media
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- October 3, 2023
- Address
- 960 William St
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 6Z8
Located in Sibley Hall Conference Centre on Confederation College's Campus on William St between Balmoral St and Golf Links Rd
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon0830 to 1800Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1800Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1630
Mon, Wed 8:30 am-6 pm * Tue, Thu-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm - Service Area(s)
- Conmee
- Fort William First Nation
- Gillies Township
- Neebing
- Neebing Township
- O'Connor
- Oliver Paipoonge Township
- Shuniah
- South Gillies
- Thunder Bay
