Job search

Come and meet with a counsellor who can help you every step of the way during your job search preparation and active job search.

Steps

First of all, you will meet with our admissions counsellor, who will help you to determine your needs and together you will create an elaborate action plan that best suits your needs. The admissions counsellor will then refer you to an employment counsellor who will work with you to complete the action plan that has been set up for you.

Here is a list of things that can appear in your action plan:

• Personal inventory: what you know (education), who you are (personality and interest), what you can do (professional experience)
• Goal setting
• Writing, preparing and translating your resume
• Preparing a list of references
• How to write a cover letter
• Verifying your reference list
• Assistance with preparing for an interviews
• Information on the local and regional labour markets and community resources
• Help in identifying your work values
• How to contact and follow-up with employers
• Access to our job placement services
• Assistance with your job search

You may also consult our Tricks of the Trade section. They will provide useful advice on job search steps.

You can visit several Web sites where you will find many job postings and all kinds of information related to your job search. We selected some for you in our page of link

Methods of intervention

• Individual and/or group meetings.

Available material

• Computers and Internet
• Photocopiers
• Fax
machine
• Telephone and various telephone books
• Local and regional newspapers
• Business directories
• Bulletin boards and job offers

Bank of candidates

• Before posting job offers in newspapers, several employers use our placement services.

• Our job placement service is aimed at job seekers who live in the Pontiac, or for those who want to work in the Pontiac region.

• In order for your name to be put in the job placement service you must meet with an employment counsellor. Your employment counsellor will help you write and correct your resume, determine what type of work interests you and will also contact your previous employers to verify your references.

• When the placement counsellor receives job offers from employers, and there’s one that matches your interests, they will communicate with you in order to give you the details regarding the position (e.g. Employer, place of employment, job description, salary, schedule, etc…) if you are interested in the position, your resume and profile will be forwarded to the employer.

Pontiac Labour Market

Here is some information concerning the Pontiac’s four main economical sectors, the number of industries and employees involved.

If you wish to find out more about the businesses in the Pontiac and would like to know what jobs are available, please contact us at (819) 648-5065. It will be a pleasure for us to help you and to answer your questions.