Employability Services

Free Services for Montreal Women – Online or on site

Are you a woman looking for a job or a change in your career?

Take part in one of our three work integration programs in order to achieve your goals!

A team of professionals specialized in career counselling, training, employability, and psychosocial counselling will accompany and guide you in your journey back to work or school.

Our programs are offered online or in person.

We are recruiting. Contact us now at 514 866-9941, ext. 416 or by completing the form below.

Programs and services adapted to your needs

Orientation and Services for Employment (OSE)

For women searching for a job or reorienting their career:

Free in person and online services offered by an expert team of counselors

The OSE program is what you need! This program offers à la carte individual career counselling and job search assistance as well as workshops on job search techniques.

Make an appointment with a counselor:
514 866-9941, ext. 416 or fill out the form below

Women’s Work Integration Program (WWIP)

For women who have been away from the job market:

Free training workshops for unemployed women

Discover our Women’s Work Integration program, designed for women who want to make a career choice that corresponds to their interests. This intensive 19 weeks hybride training program (online and in classroom), includes a professional internship and helps women integrate into the workforce by offering them workshops in self-awareness, career-orientation, and job search techniques.

Attend an information session:
514 866-9941, ext. 416 or fill out the form below

Fringues & Cie

For women looking for training:

6 months of paid work in a school-boutique ¹

The Fringues & Cie program offers women with limited or no work experience, a six-month semi-specialized training program in retail sales and customer service combined with real work experience at Fringues thrift-boutique, the YWCA Montreal school-boutique.
¹ Program is offered in French only.

Attend an information session:
514 866-9941, ext. 284 or fill out the form below.

Want to learn more?

Call us now at 514 866-9941, ext. 416 for more information about our employability programs.

You can also fill out the form below, we will contact you as soon as possible. Please note that, for confidentiality matter, our phone number will appear as a private number. Talk to you soon!

Employability Services News

The socio-economic situation of women: Gender equality still has a long way to go

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Microaggressions at the Workplace

In a collective discussion on diversity and inclusion in a professional environment, it’s important to broach the topic of microaggressions. While large companies are equipped with solid procedures to correct these situations, the situation in SMEs can prove to be more complex, particularly due to the proximity of employees to one another and the small Read More >>

Prototype-Based Bias: Making Job Recruitment More Inclusive

What is Prototype-Based Bias? A manager is first and foremost a human being, and human beings are exposed to a phenomenal quantity of information each day. To make it easier to process all this data, and to help us make decisions quickly, the brain tends to create shortcuts. In several situations, these shortcuts clearly serve Read More >>

Our employability programs: A door to empowerment and independence

By : Léa Gosselin, Employement consellor, Women’s Work Integration program Jéhanara Sage, Guidance consellor, Orientation and Services for Employment program The YWCA has been offering employability services to the women of Montreal for 146 years. Employability services were at the heart of the mission that the YWCA set for itself at the time, Read More >>

Post-pandemic Economic Recovery: Making the most of employment opportunities.

With the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to subside, it is time to take stock. It’s clear that the employment situation is particularly difficult for certain population groups, particularly women and young people. Inequitable Impact The pandemic has had a greater impact on these groups than on the rest of the population. This is the finding of Read More >>

Léa Gosselin talks to us about her vocation

Working behind the scenes at the Montreal YWCA employability services is a dream team made up of employment counsellors, guidance counsellors and social workers who help participants in their search for a career path. You’ve already met Jéhanara Sage, a guidance counsellor with the OSE (Orientation and Services for Employment) program, and today we’d like Read More >>

After COVID-19: Reflecting on career options and employment counselling

It may seem difficult to think about what comes next, when your line of work has been deeply affected by the health crisis. What type of employment should you turn to? What are the challenges? Where can you find help? The people who can help you navigate through this are easier to reach than you Read More >>

Immigration and Jobs: a Veritable Obstacle Course

“I was told that I couldn’t wear my veil at work. I was asked intrusive questions regarding my family and they demanded to know my country of origin. I got so tired of this, I changed my name on my CV and I heard back from a lot more employers!” – Najat Najat is not Read More >>