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What
is Employment Placement?
Employment Placement
is an innovative, free of charge program designed to assist employers to
meet their hiring needs and to support job ready participants
to find and maintain paid employment. Supports may include interview
preparation, linkage to employers, child care support, and financial
incentives such as WSIB Indemnity for the first six months, for employers
who are offering full-time employment of 32 hours per week.
What
happens if I am accepted into the Employment Placement Program?
If
accepted into the Employment Placement Program, you will be expected to:
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Contact the program staff regularly for job leads |
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Work
with us to properly prepare for interviews |
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Follow-up on referrals to employment |
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Inform program staff of any outcome from referrals to job opportunities |
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Accept any reasonable offers of employment |
What
can my employer expect from the program?
The
Employment Placement Program is a free of charge service
designed to assist employers with their hiring needs by
offering:
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Free confidential
listings of your job vacancies |
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Assurance that you
will see only qualified applicants who match the job specified job
requirements |
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Human Resources
Support |
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Financial
incentives to offset training and hiring costs of “New Employees” |
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WSIB
Indemnity for the first six (6) months |
The
decision is the employer’s.
They select the candidates that best meet their needs. There is
no obligation.
Placement incentives of WSIB coverage for the first six
months and monetary incentives for both formal and informal training will be
determined when an Employer agrees to hire a participant for a minimum of 32
hours per week for a period of six months and the participant is placed on
the Employer’s payroll.
Can I
get assistance with Self-Employment?
Ontario Works can provide income support for a period of time for people who
are developing their own business or are pursuing self-employment. If
accepted into self-employment you will be referred to an agency which
specializes in helping people to develop a business plan and to establish
and maintain a business. Your business plan must
have a realistic expectation of success for continued qualification in the
self-employment program.
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