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December 2, 2020

Service Canada Programs and Services For Employers

Employers can benefit from the use of the services and programs offered by Service Canada. See the info below to find out more about the electronic tools, funding, scheduled webinars, and other tools aimed at helping employers manage their workforce.

Electronic Tools

Service Canada is currently promoting some of their electronic tools focused on helping employers. These Job Bank related tools can help employers view information on hiring, managing, and training employees. Employers can also research up-to-date labour force statistics and regulatory information. They can access a variety of programs to help their business grow and prosper and navigate resources; including instructional videos.

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March 27, 2019

Employers Wanted: Summer School Skilled Trades Program

The Upper Grand District School Board, 2nd Chance Employment (Employment Ontario) and the Career Education Council are looking for employers to take part in the Summer School Skilled Trades Program.

For employers this means collaborating with the school board and Employment Ontario to offer on-the job training to program participants with the support of a teacher/job coach throughout the 1-month work transition period. All participants are 17-21 years of age and ready for full-time employment.

Employers can find out more by attending the Employer Information Breakfast.

April 9th @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am

Upper Grand District School Board Office

500 Victoria Road North

Guelph

Board Room #1

Email Breanne…

October 9, 2018

Fuel Injection Call For Applications Is Now Open

The Innovation Guelph Fuel Injection Seed Funding Program supports business scale-up projects of start-ups and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in southern Ontario. Fuel Injection facilitates enterprise growth through generation of new jobs & revenue; attraction of follow-on private investment; the launch of new products or services; and cost savings through energy, water or waste innovations. Through this program, Innovation Guelph provides specialized industry business advisory services and seed funding to innovative enterprises in the following sectors: manufacturing; sustainable technologies; agriculture/agri-food; and social innovation.

Innovation Guelph’s Fuel Injection program provides seed funding on a one-to-one matching basis up to a maximum of $30,000, and provides support services including mentoring/coaching, market and competitive analysis, financial and marketing strategy, investment preparation, and introductions to strategic partners.

Innovation Guelph’s program partner Bioenterprise will deliver this program as the Bioenterprise Seed Funding Program to agriculture/agri-food, sustainable and environmental technology…

July 25, 2018

Local Workforce Development Committee Has Touched Thousands of Dufferin Cou…

The Dufferin Workforce Development Committee continues its collaborative approach to support, grow and advocate for a community of great employees and great businesses. Since late 2016 the committee has been taking steps to overcome issues of employee recruitment and retainment and has worked in unison with the area labour market plan and the newly created economic development strategies of both the Town of Orangeville and Dufferin County. Already this group has supported the Town of Orangeville’s organization of job fairs that have been attended by over 1,000 job seekers. They have also worked with the Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin on the gathering of data through their EmployerOne Survey. This survey allows businesses to share important information about hiring challenges and specific workforce needs. The 2018 survey represented 2,223 employees in Dufferin County.

The feedback this group has received from public consultations and the EmployerOne survey will continue to support the economic development of Dufferin County through continued action by the committee in 2018. In the Fall of 2018 the committee will roll out a business supports expo that will run in conjunction with the Town of Orangeville’s Economic Outlook Breakfast. The resources being showcased at this event will cater to the specific needs outlined by area businesses in the committee’s…

July 10, 2018

Wellington County Secures Grant to Develop Ridesharing System

The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) has granted $499,950 to the County of Wellington to develop a demand-based ridesharing system that will service Wellington County. The new ridesharing service, which is scheduled to launch in April 2019, will utilize a mobile app to book, pay and track trips. A call centre will also be available for residents that do not have access to a mobile phone.

The need for a public transit service in Wellington County was identified in the 2015 Wellington County Rural Transportation Study, and more recently in a 2018 study with stakeholder meetings and a County of Wellington Community Response Survey. Within five days, results from the survey confirmed community support for this project, indicating that 89% of 869 respondents would like a public transportation system to service Wellington County communities.

An Implementation Team is currently…

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