This full time, 12 week program offers participants employment preparation workshops, an overview of the Canadian job market and workplace culture, advanced business English as well as one-on-one support to identify their career goals and help with their job search. Participants need to have an English language proficiency of CLB level 5 or above. Material will include the workplace environment, Canadian corporate culture and the importance of developing cultural intelligence (CQ) in today’s multicultural workplace. The course will cover different management styles and how they relate to leadership, the characteristics of a good leader and situational leadership, negative and positive leadership and the “Canadian management style.”
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Program Notes: Funded by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Government of Ontario
Skills Focus: Soft skills: Employability skills, Canadian workplace culture, business/workplace communication skills, leadership skills, resume writing skills, interviewing skills
Centre for Skills Development is an independent charity that provides government-funded career and workforce development programs. The Centre's services include one-on-one job search coaching, workshops, settlement services, ESL classes, academic upgrading and funded and fee-based pre-apprenticeship skilled trades programs. Our Centres also collaborate closely with employers, providing free professional recruitment with access to pre-screened candidates, financial wage and training incentives and customized skilled trades training.
http://www.centreforskills.ca/
Locations:
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Halton Hills, Ontario, Canada
Milton, Ontario, Canada