PEIANC Community Engagement and Employment Workshops
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THE BOX
PEIANC's Employment Counsellors were able to offer the Alternate Careers workshop virtually for the first time in
the fall of 2020. Previously, the event had been a one-day session which allowed employers and clients to
communi-cate directly with each other. This year, EAS offered 5 online sessions over the course of a week, with
each day covering a specific sector, including construction, health care, public service, finance, and more.
Employers gave a brief overview of employment opportunities in each sector and clients were able to directly
question employers while EAS staff moderated the proceedings.
The EAS team were able to quickly adapt to the changing landscape and were successful in quickly moving a num-
ber of their employment-based workshops, such as "Canadian Workplace Culture" and "Job Search Techniques",
to online platforms to allow for continuity of service delivery. We spent a great deal of time working with clients to
access and navigate various provincial and federal employment support programs, including CERB, and developed
a number of new contacts which will further enhance staff professional development and client service delivery.
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