Other PD Opportunities & Resources

OAYEC believes in the value of offering continuing professional development opportunities, including Canada'a largest youth employment conference, to youth employment sector workers in Ontario.

Visit our Events page to find other professional development events offered across the province.

OAYEC's Resource Library is a searchable, online database of over 500 resources, documents and links related to the youth employment sector.

 

Job Developer Institute: September 10 and 11, 2008

Professional Development for Job Developers

"Today, the challenges and opportunities of the job developer
 are greater than ever, and the need for… services is felt
more acutely by those we serve. Never has there been
 a greater need for job developers to take an intelligent,
business-minded, proactive and revolutionary approach to
 creating employment opportunities in our local communities"
- Denise Bissonnette

• A 2 day event to launch the Professional Job Development course designed by Conestoaga College, as part of the Career Development Practitioners Program
• College-level curriculum, 9 hours face-to-face instruction followed by 36 hours of elearning
• Receive a Conestoga College "Certification of Completion"
• Suitable for seasoned professionals to newly-hired job developers. Contribute your expertise as well as learn!
• Be on the ground floor in the initiating the Job Developer “Community of Practice”

For more information, and to register, please visit the Job Developers Institute page.

For more information: Susan Kachmar: (416) 323 9557 ext 227 or email skachmar@oayec.org

 

Recommended Online Professional Development Resources:

• Contact Point
  Funded by the Counselling Foundation of Canada, this user-friendly web site is targeted directly towards employment counsellors across Canada. Features include a resources database, job postings for employment counsellors, discussion areas, news, professional development and more.