Paid Internships

• Paid internship opportunities in your field to gain Canadian work experience

Direct Job Placement

• Connecting you with employers for jobs and employment information

Mentoring (through the TRIEC Mentoring Partnership)

• Match you with a mentor who guides you in your search for employment

• Expose you to professional network contacts and employment possibilities

Individual Employment Counselling

• One-on-one assistance in developing a Career Action Plan

• Referral to workshops and training programs

You can apply for this program if you:

• Are an unemployed immigrant or convention refugee eligible to work in Canada

• Are able to communicate effectively in English

• Have been in Canada three years or less

• Are employment ready

• Are able to commit to 8 – 12 weeks of internship / 4 months mentoring relationship

Intake and Assessment Process

• Clients may enter the program through:

• general agency orientation

• referral directly to the program (including referrals by Service Canada assessment centres) with the exception of mentoring clients

• direct client enquiry to the program

• Preliminary screening of clients may take place through the agency’s intake staff, or directly by the Intake Consultant/Counsellor (or in the case of some of the mentoring referrals, by the Mentoring Coach).
   

• The Intake Consultant/Counsellor does a full assessment of eligible clients to assess job readiness for their specific profession, based upon eligibility criteria, ensuring suitability for the program.
   

• Some clients will be required to go through a full language assessment to determine they are at a required English level; these assessments will be performed by qualified intake staff.
   

• Eligible clients will be referred to the program and each client will have an individual consultation with the Intake Consultant/Counsellor to develop a career action plan.