Employment Resources
For Job Seekers
COURSE
Personal Values: Self-Assessment
Discover your unique set of values to help you find work that really works for you.
COURSE
Set Goals for Job Search, Work, and Career Success
Effective goal setting strategies to help you succeed in your job search, work, or career.
COURSE
How to Change for the Better
Learn how change can get you the results you want in your worklife.
Career Planning Resources
Personal Branding
Success Strategies, Tips and Inspiration
Explore Careers Choices Made by Successful Youth (Career VLOG)
Tools and Resources from Ontario’s Largest Network of Related Resources
Job Search
COURSE
Keys to Success in Your Job Search
Use the word ‘Success’ to guide you in a successful job search.
COURSE
Competing for Jobs You Really Want
Learn four ways to become competitive in today’s changing job market.
COURSE
Overcoming Procrastination in Your Job Search
Simple steps to stay that can lead you to the job you want.
COURSE
Visualization: A Secret Strategy for Job Search Success
Find out how many successful people are using visualization as a technique and how it can help you, too!
COURSE
Solving the Puzzle:
The Secret to Making Resume Points That ‘Sell’
Discover tips and tricks that professionals use to get noticed by employers!
Searching for Work
Cover Letters and Resumes
Build a Professional Resume Tool
Cover Letter Outlines, Examples and Checklists
Skills for Success
Skills for Success: Discover the Skills You Need for Work and Daily Life
What is a Mock Interview? How Can It Help You Get the Job You Want?
How to Think Like an Employer and Understand the Hiring Process
How to Create a Good LinkedIn Profile
How a Marketing Mindset Can Lead to Better Job Opportunities
4 Game Changing Strategies When Competing for Jobs
7 Keys to Job Search Success
COURSE
Self Talking Yourself Toward Success
Change the silent conversation you have with yourself to improve your daily life.
COURSE
Staying Motivated in Difficult Times
Strategies to stay motivated you need to be successful in your job search.
Workplace Success Resources
Education
Skills on Demand: Free and Flexible Academic Upgrading Programs
Full- and Part-time Courses and Programs at Fleming College
Ontario Universities
Ontario Colleges Application Service
Private Career Colleges
Find Microcredential Courses Across Ontario
A Mini Guide to College Microcredentials
Understanding Apprenticeship
Library of 150+ Skilled Trades Descriptions
Trades Information, Compulsory Trades, and Non-Compulsary Trades
Skilled Trades Ontario: Starting and Finishing an Apprenticeship
Supporting the Apprenticeship Journey for Youth
Apprenticeship 101: What is an Apprentice and How to Become One
What is an Apprentice?
Video Series: The Future of Apprenticeship in Canada
Financial Assistance
Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit
Ontario Apprentice Tools Grant
Apprenticeship Completion Grant for Red Seal Trades
Apprenticeship Completion Grant for Women in Canada ‘Red Seal’ Trades
Labour Market Information
COURSE
Power Your Plans for Work or Career
MKES and WDB team up to help you find and use the labour market information that can help you succeed in your work or career goals.
Labour Market Information (LMI) Resources
Understanding Labour Market Information (LMI)
Labour Market User Guide
Labour Market Information 101
Labour Market Information Toolkit
Find Local LMI
Workforce Development Board
(Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland, and Peterborough)
Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board (District of Muskoka)
Financial Support
Support in Haliburton County
Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce
Haliburton County Development Corporation
Food Business Support and Directory
Support in Peterborough County
Business Advisory Centre (Peterborough and area)
Doing Business in Peterborough
Lending and Business Advice, Mentorship and Business Support
Peterborough + Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce
Peterborough and The Kawarthas Innovation Cluster
Peterborough & The Kawarthas Economic Development
World of Work
Discuss what influences job choices, the benefits of working, and explore the hidden job market for possible opportunities.
Prepare for Meaningful Employment
Get to know yourself by taking an inventory of your values, interests, skills, and strengths. Learn how this plays a key role in your job satisfaction.
Personality Dimensions
Explore how personality impacts workplace interactions, learn to understand yourself while appreciating differences in others, and find ways to communicate effectively in your relationships.
Making Work Stick
Find out how to stay employed, reduce stress, and feel more satisfied at work. Explore common work challenges and tools to help you make work stick, even when it gets tough.
Time Management
Review the value of time management in the workplace and explore strategies to best manage time in your personal and professional life.
Working in Teams
Explore what a team is, the benefits of teamwork, and how to improve your teamwork skills.
Communication
Learn key elements of body language and verbal communication. Apply communication tactics and discuss topics for professional workplace conversations.
Customer Service
Learn techniques to routinely deliver positive customer experiences, deal effectively with difficult customers, and demonstrate a positive, confident, and professional approach.
Problem Solving
Learn to recognize and address problems as they arise and acquire the skills to solve problems in an effective and timely manner.
Understanding Conflict
Learn to recognize default conflict style patterns to improve self-awareness and explore positive solutions for resolving workplace conflicts.
Technology in the Workplace
Explore strategies to use e-mail, text messaging apps and social media effectively and professionally at work and for job searching.
Our employability skills workshops are also offered online.
Workshops are approximately 2-hours in length. E-mail us or ask your nearest service provider for workshop dates and times.