What is WhyTry? WhyTry is a 10-week course that typically runs 1.5 hrs two days per week for ten weeks.
Who is this course for? This course is for people who have been out of work, don’t know what to do, where to go for help and are discouraged. This course is for people who may feel anxious and/or isolated and need connection.
What does this course provide? This course will provide many fun ways to develop life skills, re-motivate, build resiliency, while creating a supportive, community atmosphere. It utilizes many methods to engage participants – metaphors are a primary tool, music, visual analogies, games, journaling, homework, art, group activities and discussions are all part of this exciting course.
What will you take away from WhyTry? This is a course about building supports from within yourself and your community; where people can participate as much or as little as they feel comfortable doing, while remaining in an accepting, caring atmosphere.
Contact WorkBC today to find out when we are hosting WhyTry.
Social Media is revolutionizing job search, employer recruitment and selection! Develop a plan to make social media work for you! This 4-hour workshop will include an orientation and overview on optimizing various social medias, as well as a hands on component to practice what you learn.
The hands on component focuses between Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and other applicable social media platforms, with each topic alternating be-weekly.
Overview
Change-what it is and ways to deal with it
Topics
Awareness and resilience building to cope with life changes
Stress reduction and self-talk techniques
Stages of change model in regard to decision making
Benefits
Skills and strategies for dealing with life changes
Attitude and perspective shift
Improved life and career planning
LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION AND TOOLS
Overview:
The local job market; how to use research tools to conduct labour market research
Topics:
Research career ideas
Find out about labour market demand
Research tools and tips
Next steps
Benefits:
Learn more about the labour market
Identify labour market information
Learn research tools
Build confidence for your career decisions
IDENTIFYING SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Overview:
Learn about assessment tools; how to use them; when to use them; what to do with the results
Topics:
Learn about assessment tools
Self assess for interests, values and skills
Using assessments for Career Decision Making
Next steps
Benefits:
Learn more about yourself
Identify your strengths
Learn assessment tools
Build confidence for your career decisions
Topics:
Economic trends
Demographics
Current and future jobs
Benefits:
Gain understanding about how certain factors impact our labour maket
Increase awareness of growing vs. shrinking industries
Get tips on how you can respond to and prepare for the changing needs of our economy
Overview:
Increase your interview knowledge and skills
Topics:
What employers want to know
First impressions
What to say before, during and after the interview
Practice with your peers
Benefits:
Understand interviews
Learn to make the most of meeting with employers
Learn and practice a strategy for answering questions Learn how to take control of the post-interview wait
Overview::
Create an efficient job search plan and learn different job search methods
Topics:
Where the jobs are
Networking / Cold calls
Transferable skills / Research
Practice with your peers
Informational interviews
Follow ups/contact sheets
Technology & your job search
Benefits:
Build confidence
Learn how to research employers
Find out the best ways to network
Discover your transferable skills
Increase your job search skills
Gather information on the best way to follow up with employers
Topics:
Navigating the Internet / Using search engines
Responding to job postings
Attaching resumes and Cover letter to e-mails
Save/save as file management
Document extension (docx, doc, rtf, pdf)
Creating alerts
Benefits:
Build confidence
Improve your online job search skills
Become more proficient with using search engines
Increase your ability to apply for online postings
Topics:
Career Advisors available to provide assistance with resume editing and creation and cover letter
What is important to include or not
Basic Word Processing
Cover Letter
Benefits:
Get noticed by potential employers
Tailor made resume for specific employment goals
Learn up-to-date format and phrasing
Computer skills to become self-sufficient
This program is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.
