Employment Skills Certificate

This employment skills workshop instructs students on how to prepare their marketing tools: resumes and cover letters. Resume and cover letter writing is an essential skill for your job search. This workshop is designed to assist students with resume writing and cover letters tailored to each position that may lead to success in finding a job. A well-done resume and cover letter may mean an interview, and an interview gives you potential candidacy for a job. 

This pre-employment workshop instructs students on how to prepare for an interview. Being able to communicate your assets to a potential employer during an interview is an essential skill for your job search. The Interview Strategies Workshop is designed to assist students with developing appropriate self-marketing skills which will take the student to the next level – a job offer.

This pre-employment workshop instructs students on how to prepare to succeed at a new place of employment. The Workplace Basics Workshop is designed to assist students with developing appropriate skills for identifying and understanding workplace culture, developing workplace skills and attitude, learning to adjust work-related expectations, and mastering “new job” skills.

This pre-employment workshop helps students to understand and be comfortable with using updated terminology in relation to gender, sexuality, inclusion, and diversity. The workshop aims to raise awareness of sexual and gender diverse issues, and ways to help understand and support those individuals.

This pre-employment workshop instructs students on how to prepare for networking events. Being able to communicate effectively in large group settings increases employment opportunities. The Networking & Communication Workshop is designed to assist students with developing appropriate communication skills to succeed in networking situations.

This pre-employment workshop provides an opportunity for students to practice networking, communication, and other workplace skills in a positive learning environment. The Networking Event Workshop is designed to assist students with developing appropriate communication skills to succeed in networking situations.

This pre-employment workshop instructs students on how to create a professional portfolio, whether it be a physical binder or an electronic version. This workshop will teach students what items to include in their portfolio, how to showcase their experience and employment history, and the benefit having a portfolio has when meeting with employers.

This pre-employment workshop instructs students on the importance of creating professional social media platforms, cleaning up their digital image and how to set them up to be attractive to employers. Students will learn how to be confident in front of a camera, how to stage their room, angle their camera and virtual communication skills.

This pre-employment workshop instructs students on how to understand and effectively use various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing. Students will learn the skills and knowledge to make informed decisions about managing their money and their debt.  

This pre-employment workshop assessment helps students understand themselves and others so they can be more effective in their professional and personal life. Through simple assessment and fun activities, student can gain insight into their own and other’s personalities, values, strengths, potential challenges, and source of stress. It effectively promotes growth, enhances communication and cooperation, improves interpersonal relationships, fosters an attitude of appreciation and respect, builds an inclusive work culture, and enhances overall team performance.

This pre-employment session gives students an opportunity to get their professional photo taken. This photo can used on their social media platforms when applying for positions and as their headshot on their LinkedIn profile page.