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Provides career development, employment counselling and human resource planning. Offers employment support programs, training and information about other available employment programs. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm Monday to Thursday and Fridays by appointment. Nonprofit society, registered charity.
Provided by Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS)
3 other services offered by this agency
A free five-week program providing job readiness training and certification for positions in the hospitality sector.
A free five-week program providing job readiness training and certification for positions in the hospitality sector. Certifications include first aid as well as FOODSAFE, Serving it Right, and SuperHost. Offers a wage subsidy, general job coaching, and placement support. Provides lunch and a clothing allowance as well as support in transportation and childcare needs. Clients must be unemployed or underemployed. Referral accepted from self or other. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.
Certifications include first aid as well as FOODSAFE, Serving it Right, and SuperHost. Offers a wage subsidy, general job coaching, and placement support. Provides lunch and a clothing allowance as well as support in transportation and childcare needs. Clients must be unemployed or underemployed. Referral accepted from self or other. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills.
Provided by Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS)
3 other services offered by this agency
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness.
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Individuals must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, have refugee status (protected persons or convention refugee), or be in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET). Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Individuals must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, have refugee status (protected persons or convention refugee), or be in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET). Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Provided by Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS)
3 other services offered by this agency
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness.
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Individuals must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, have refugee status (protected persons or convention refugee), or be in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET). Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Individuals must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, have refugee status (protected persons or convention refugee), or be in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET). Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Provided by Kootenay Career Development Society (KCDS)
3 other services offered by this agency
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness.
Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Individuals must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, have refugee status (protected persons or convention refugee), or be in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET). Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).
Individuals must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, have refugee status (protected persons or convention refugee), or be in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET). Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job search resources, webinars, and self-assessment tools. Offers job search workshops, essential skills training for employment readiness, short-term training to meet minimum entry requirements or develop specific skills for a job or an industry, and self-employment services. Also offers case management and one-to-one employment planning services to individuals needing more guidance and support, and delivers skills training programs to prepare vulnerable British Columbians for entry, or return to, sustainable employment. May provide supplemental services such as customized job placement and work experience placement, as well as specialized employment and training programs for clients with significant barriers to employment, including for youth, individuals with disabilities, immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants, people recovering from substance use or mental health issues, and women fleeing family violence, survivors of violence and/or abuse, sexual assault, or with histories of abuse or trauma; programs may be delivered in partnership with community agencies. For eligible individuals, also provides wage subsidy services, financial support for apprenticeships, and financial assistance for dependent care, transportation to job interviews, and tools. Self-serve resource area, open to any person in BC, provides career and job search resources, job postings, career-related books and labour market information, and access to computers, internet, phone, photocopiers, and scanners. Services are free of charge. Referral accepted from self or other. Registration is online or in-person. Hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Thursdays. Funded by Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR).