October 2011 Employer Survey Results Report

July 2011 Employer Survey Results Report

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   AODA Customer Service Standard    

   Accessibility Standards for Customer Service

   Essential Skills Tool for Red Seal Trades Online 

      Helps apprentices succeed at their training

  Advancing Our Workforce Through Digital Skills

    - Menial No More

  ...companies keeping pace with technological advancements has meant that

   positions previously requiring low skills now demand solid digital skills...

   Making Ontario Accessible

  The Accessibility Standard for Customer Service applies to all organizations in Ontario

   with one or more employees.

 Manufacturing: Moving Forward  Presentation from Mike Baker at our Annual General Meeting

The Skilled Trades Handbook  A Guide to the World of Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship in Ontario 

Specialist High Skills Majors  More Programs  -- Specialist High Skills Majors let students focus on a career path that matches their skills and interests…

SOS Trailer -- Skills Opportunities Showcase Trailer     In a unique way, the Four County Labour Market Planning Board is improving awareness of career opportunities throughout the board’s region with its’ “SOS” mobile showcase.

   Lost your job?  Need advice?  Let's talk. 

 Watch a video describing the Planning Board's work.

      Employers:  training credits, incentives and supports

  Newcomer to Perth County Discussion and Dinner

    This event has currently been cancelled.

 Employers ...  IMPROVE Your Bottom Line 

  Wiarton  Tuesday, JANUARY 24, 2012    

  Owen Sound Wednesday, JANUARY 25, 2012

The Local Boards' Online Partnerships Database contains hundreds of proven partnership activities that have been completed by Local Boards across Ontario since 1998. Local Boards will continue to populate this database as they undertake new and exciting partnerships in the months and years to come.

Partnership Database

Local Boards are convinced that "grassroots input" is absolutely essential in reaching a better understanding of local labour markets and ultimately responding effectively to their unique situations.

Our Vision

A skilled workforce with meaningful job opportunities and quality employment in a sustainable and prosperous economy.

Our Mission

The Four County Labour Market Planning Board plans and promotes local labour market strategies to meet the challenges of a changing economy.

Our Mandate

The Four County Labour Market Planning Board plays a leadership role in the development of innovative labour market strategies by: Providing reliable research;
Identifying employment trends;
Targeting workforce opportunities;
Promoting skills development;
and, Raising public awareness of workforce issues.

The Board accomplishes its mandate by working collaboratively with business, workforce and community organizations to plan and initiate projects and programs that address the specific needs of workforce development in Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties.

This initiative promotes school to work transition programs to employers. It identifies short, medium, and long-term workplace education experiences that employers and students can mutually benefit from by participating. Workplace education experiences help career planning and planning for post-secondary education and training.

Passport to Prosperity continues to enhance the linkages between high school students and employers so that workplace education experiences take place. This is done through supporting career symposia, tours, speakers, co-op placements, Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Programs, work experiences, mentoring, job shadowing, the Specialist High Skills Major program, school-work transition projects and special events to recognize best practices for employers and students.

The Passport to Prosperity Campaign is supported by the Ministry of Education to be offered in the counties of Bruce and Grey and Northwest Simcoe.

Key Partners: Ministry of Education; Bluewater; Bruce Grey Catholic, Simcoe and Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Boards.

Passport to Prosperity Coordinators have immediate access to new local employers through cutting edge functionality that helps high school and elementary students extend learning beyond the classroom.

Sign in now to get started:  Employer Registry in Bruce Grey Georgian Triangle

Employer Registry Newsletters

Fall 2011 Employer Update

Fall 2011 Educator Update

Contact: Marg Wettlaufer
marg@planningboard.ca
Board Phone: (519) 881-2725
Toll Free: 1-888-774-1468

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	Regional Contacts
	Bruce County Grey County Huron County Perth County
	Career Info
	Red Seal Trades Essential Skills Advancing Our Workforce Through Digital Skills Working in Ontario Green Information Hub Working in Canada  Ontario Skills Passport lostmyjob.ca MTCU Skilled Trades Info Ontario Propsects
	Business Development & Information
	Making Ontario Accessible AODA Customer Service Standard Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation Saugeen Business Development Corporation Huron Business Development Corporation Perth Community Futures Development Corporation
	Labour Market & Occupation Research
	Job Futures National Occupational Classification (NOC) Work Destinations Job Profiles Employment Ontario – Apprenticeship Information Service Canada Job Bank
	Partnerships
	QUILL  Learning Network Ontario Business Education Partnership Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program
	Career Assessment
	tradeability.ca Work Search Career Toolbox
	School/Training Related
	Ontario Universities Application Services Ontario College Application Services Independent Learning Centre
	Youth Services
	Conestoga College Career Centre Y Employment Services Youth Spark
	Other
	Charity Village

July 2011 Employer Survey 

If you have experienced skills shortages in your workplace, we would like to hear from you.                          Or, if you have an opportunity where we could bring the SOS trailer for a visit, please give us a call or book online today.   Book SOS Trailer online .

 Advertise with us  to promote your business in a visible way throughout our large service area of Bruce, Grey, Huron and Perth counties.

Phil currently is involved with Goderich & District Chamber of Commerce (Training Director),  St. Johns Ambulance, Lake Huron Learning Collaborative, Philip Maier Consulting, Program Learning Committee member for Conestoga College Food Technology Centre, and Board member for Community Justice Initiatives in Kitchener.

Megan is the Program Coordinator for the Family YMCA Employment Resource Centre in Hanover. Her background is in Human Resources, however, she spends the majority of her time planning events and activities, and working with youth in the centre as well as students in the high schools. Megan enjoys facilitating various employment related workshops, assisting with resumes, marketing the Family Y's programs and creating new and innovative ways of reaching out to the youth population in the area.

TOP (Trends, Opportunities and Priorities) is an annual process led by Local Boards to: research the conditions of the local labour market; facilitate community consultations to review/discuss research findings; establish local priorities for labour market development; engage local partners in initiating action plans that respond to priorities of mutual interest.

The TOP process culminates in the publication of annual TOP reports prepared by each Local Board area in Ontario. That's how our Board gets results for our communities ... Or, you could say, how we stay on "TOP" of labour market challenges.
 

Labour Market Partner Groups include:

• Business
• Labour
• Visible Minorities
• Persons with Disabilities
• Women
• Educators and Trainers
• Youth
• Aboriginal

Would you like to learn more about being a representative on the board? Contact the Four County Labour Market Planning Board

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The "Career Symposia" initiative serves to bridge the gap between businesses, educators and trainers and the general public. With opposing forces at work within our regional labour market - an aging workforce and a youth out-migration - these symposia build awareness of what is available locally with regard to career and employment opportunities and skill requirements.