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Education, Technology and Labour Force Development: Mature Workers
Education, Technology and Labour Force Development: Mature Workers
All information about PEI Mature Workers is now located at peijoblink.ca Click on the Mature Worker button. Click on the Mature Worker Overview to view an automated show of the site content.
All information about PEI Mature Workers is now located at peijoblink.ca Click on the Mature Worker button. Click on the Mature Worker Overview to view an automated show of the site content.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Mature Workers
The Province of Prince Edward Island has a new program to support "mature workers" called Passport to Employment.
Objectives:
A program designed to keep people 55 - 64 in the workforce or bring them back into employment.
A process that provides opportunities for mature workers to take a number of “employment journeys”.
A short course that helps with job skills, knowledge and confidence.
An opportunity to seek employment.
An opportunity to secure a job.
A federally funded job search program.
edTech and Labour Consulting Services will be assisting the Province of PEI with moving the initiative to an online community through the provincial portal at peijoblink.ca
As part of the initiative they have created a blog at ptepei.blogspot.com
Drop by for a visit....
Objectives:
A program designed to keep people 55 - 64 in the workforce or bring them back into employment.
A process that provides opportunities for mature workers to take a number of “employment journeys”.
A short course that helps with job skills, knowledge and confidence.
An opportunity to seek employment.
An opportunity to secure a job.
A federally funded job search program.
edTech and Labour Consulting Services will be assisting the Province of PEI with moving the initiative to an online community through the provincial portal at peijoblink.ca
As part of the initiative they have created a blog at ptepei.blogspot.com
Drop by for a visit....
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Education, Technology and Skilled Labor
Doing some recruiting these days for a well established company locating to PEI. With an agressive hiring schedule they need 40 Jr., Sr., and Intermediate developers and managers by March, 2006 with plans to hire 200 by the end of August. If you or you know of anyone who may be interested email me or post a comment and I'll get in touch. The ads running for these positions can be seen at http://www.cgi.com/web/en/careers/working_at_cgi.htm#
Search Careers and look under Charlottetown, PEI.
Doing some recruiting these days for a well established company locating to PEI. With an agressive hiring schedule they need 40 Jr., Sr., and Intermediate developers and managers by March, 2006 with plans to hire 200 by the end of August. If you or you know of anyone who may be interested email me or post a comment and I'll get in touch. The ads running for these positions can be seen at http://www.cgi.com/web/en/careers/working_at_cgi.htm#
Search Careers and look under Charlottetown, PEI.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
In many jurisdictions particularly within Canada there is a dis-joint between education at all levels and addressing the needs of an information society. As one gets closer to the actual information technology sector and addressing their needs the gap widens even further.
Who is responsible? If you ask K-12 education they will tell you their job is much greater than to just prepare people for work. How could we disagree? Yet would anyone argue that when all is said and done after 12 years of K-12 schooling we should be on a solid literacy footing to move forward and take our place in modern society. Along with the literacy base we should, by the time we/ve obtained a grade 12 certificate, be made aware of career opporunities which exist in a modern society and the qualifications it will take to participate in this arena.
What exposures should our students receive while passing through the K-12 system? Should it be a combination of technology immersion with career insight? Is learning how to use technology enough? Do we also need to know how to apply it to real world situations? What responsibilites does the K-12 system have on behalf of our youth to prepare them for a society that is driven by technology and where some of the greatest career opportunities lies within the technology sector itself?
Who is responsible? If you ask K-12 education they will tell you their job is much greater than to just prepare people for work. How could we disagree? Yet would anyone argue that when all is said and done after 12 years of K-12 schooling we should be on a solid literacy footing to move forward and take our place in modern society. Along with the literacy base we should, by the time we/ve obtained a grade 12 certificate, be made aware of career opporunities which exist in a modern society and the qualifications it will take to participate in this arena.
What exposures should our students receive while passing through the K-12 system? Should it be a combination of technology immersion with career insight? Is learning how to use technology enough? Do we also need to know how to apply it to real world situations? What responsibilites does the K-12 system have on behalf of our youth to prepare them for a society that is driven by technology and where some of the greatest career opportunities lies within the technology sector itself?
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