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2008 PROJECTS

Youth In Action - Skills Link Project. 

Our  2008 Youth Employment Program is now underway.  The 10 participants are eager to be a part of community and to ensure young people in Carleton Place are being heard. 

The Skills Link program, sponsored the Service Canada, is geared towards assisting those young people bewteen the ages of 15 and 30 who are facing barriers to employment such as: single parents, youth living in rural areas and high school drop-outs.  The program activities help participants obtain and develop a broad range of skills and work experience needed to participate in the job market, tailored to meet individual needs and provide assistance. 

This client-centred approach is based on an assessment of the specific needs of individual youth and supports youth in developing basic and advanced employment skills that help them find a keep a job.  Over the course of the program participants will develop career plans, participate in life and employment skills development activities and deliver a community project. 

Application Deadline is now closed.  The Skills Link Coordiantor will continue to accept applications for the waiting list as well as future programs.  

For more information please see the Service Canada website at www.servicecanada.gc.ca under the Youth Employment Strategy or speak to the Project Coordiantor directly.