Who Are The Community Partners Supporting This Project? Career testdrive for Youth Elk Island Catholic School Division Elk Island Public School Division Strathcona County Library Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce Sherwood Park Centennial Rotary Club Alberta Human Services, Alberta Works Your community contact: Kristy Tuts, Career and Employment Consultant Tailor Made Business Centre 105-85 Cranford Way Sherwood Park, Alberta T8A 0H9 Tel 790 417-2494 Fax 780 417-2498 kristy.tuts@gov.ab.ca A great place to start your career planning through community partnerships JOB SHADOW
What is Career testdrive? How Do I Get Involved in Career testdrive? Who Benefits? An opportunity for youth in Strathcona County to testdrive a chosen career. Youth will research a career that they are interested in and then testdrive it with an employer from the community through job shadowing. Students who have well researched and well defined career goals have greater success in completing their education as it moves them closer to achieving their goals. Youth/Parents/Families- testdrive a career, learn about Career Research, and resources available to them for careers, employment and education. Employers- because they will have an opportunity to contribute to the community, have impact on future labor needs, support youth in the community and strengthen relationships with other community partners. Community- improved partnerships among community agencies and partners, supports high school graduation and encourages youth to return to the community once education is completed. Employers If you would like to be considered as a Workplace Role Model and have a youth come and Job Shadow with you, please contact: Strathcona County Alberta Works office Kristy Tuts, Career and Employment Consultant at 780 417-2494 Sherwood Park Chamber of Commerce at 780 464-0801 Youth Youth can go to a school counselor or Alberta Works office to be referred to the program. The Career testdrive program will accept up to 20 youth for Fall 2012 with future opportunities come the Winter 2013 season. They will be required to complete research on their chosen Career, through which they will also be provided with resources and information on careers, employment and education. A Career testdrive job shadow activities package will be given to all counselors for interested youth to complete prior to arrangements are made with employers. Once the job shadow activity package is completed, the school counselor will refer the youth to meet with a Career and Employment Consultant, from Alberta Works, who will work with the community partners and business community to find the right employer for job shadow. At the job shadow, the youth will have the opportunity to observe and ask questions about the chosen Career.
Linking Students and Youth to Local Employees Students for Hire (a program of the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce) has been keeping busy this summer, with plenty of students and jobs. Since it s opening in May, the program has been very successful in linking students and youth to employers in need of employees. We have a large variety of jobs offering a wide range of type, pay, hours, and duration. There is something to suit everyone! New jobs come in, and old ones are filled daily, undoubtedly benefiting both employers and students. So if you are looking for a summer job or if you need a position filled, Students for Hire can help!
Students For Hire A Program of the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce 100 Ordze Avenue, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada T8B 1M6 Tel: 780.298.4159 Toll Free: 866.464.0801 Fax: 780.449.3581 Email: students@sherwoodparkchamber.com tudent It s that time of year again. Summers coming and it s time to find the perfect summer job. Well, you re in luck! The Students for Hire office is open Monday to Friday, 8:30 to 5:00 to help you with all your employment needs. Our office is located on the main floor of the Chamber of Commerce building at 100 Ordze Avenue. We have over 110 job openings just waiting to be filled. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 298.4159.