Employability
THE YWCA AT THE “SALON EMPLOI-FORMATION”
SALON EMPLOI-FORMATION
On Wednesday March 14 and Thursday March 15, the YWCA had a kiosk at the “Salon Emploi-formation” to inform women on its employability programs.
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EMPLOYABILITY FEATURE ARTICLE
Work-family balance programs within organizations:
Realistic or utopic?
Today, many women study and work concurrently in order to better their career and prior to planning for motherhood. Women hope to achieve their potential in the workplace and to simultaneously become perfect mothers. Is this possible? Is it necessary to take a few years off without pay, and consequently risk having to upgrade one’s skills? Is it necessary to choose a lower-ranking part-time job, with less hours and less responsibility? Or, must we accept that a career woman does not attend her eldest child’s school performance, hires a well suited nanny to look after her youngest child’s earache and thus does not have to worry (about anything else except those files sitting on your desk) between 9 am and 5 pm?
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Employability
A complete range of made to measure employment and career counselling programs.
Orientation and Services for Employment’s dynamic and experienced team is made up of professional guidance counsellors*, employment counsellors and other specialists.
*members of the Ordre des conseillers et conseillères d’orientation et des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec
Contact:
Tel.: 514.866.9941 ext. 416
ose@ydesfemmesmtl.org
OSE
Orientation and Services for Employment
OSE offers women who are ready to return to the workforce, a wide range of services which are adapted to their specific needs. Whether through individual orientation sessions or through employment research, the dynamic OSE team which is composed of professional guidance counselors and employment counsellors, effectively supports the participants. This program is offered free of charge* in collaboration with Emploi-Québec.
* According to Emploi-Québec criteria
Our Services:
Job search help:
- Job search technique workshops;
- Individual sessions to personalize your search;
- Documentation and Business Centre
Access to: computers, Internet, telephone, fax, photocopier, documentation about the job market and training.
Career counselling:
- Individual consultations with guidance counsellors;
- Career change guidance;
- Psychometric testing and analysis;
- Professional and educational information;
- Documentation and Business Centre
Access to: computers, Internet, telephone, fax, photocopier, documentation about the job market and training; - Mentoring service.
Eligibility criteria:
- Employment insurance recipients;
- Employment assistance recipients;
- Without income;
- Resident of the Island of Montreal;
- Able to understand and speak either French or English.
Contact:
Tel.: 514.866.9941 ext. 416
