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A Fresh Approach to Developing Life and Career Skills
From the Ground Up!

Helping YOU Reach Your Individual Potential

Are you an unemployed Northern Albertan looking to improve your life and career skills?

Our 12 Week, No-Cost GroundWORKS Program Can Help!

Recruiting Now!

Classes Start: April 17, 2023

GET STARTED!

Do you have little or no work experience? Are you wanting to re-enter the workforce after an extended period of absence? Do you need to gain skills in order to find and maintain employment?
This is the program for you!

About the program

This ONLINE & IN-PERSON Pre-Employment Program Offers the Guidance, Training, and Tools you need to participate and thrive when learning, working, or just living everyday life, with all its ups and downs. Individuals are unique – let’s plan and strive to develop those digital, critical, essential and employment skills from the GROUND UP!

Communities we serve

Eligible Participants may face barriers to employment and currently live in the Alberta North Zone – Rural Region:

Athabasca

Whitecourt

Hinton

Edson

Grande Prairie

Peace River

High Level

What You’ll Learn

  • Basic Computer skills to utilize Word, Excel, Outlook, and your cell phone.

  • Social and Life Skills to develop positive communication, adaptability, and problem-solving.

  • Essential Skills in collaboration, reading, writing, numeracy, and creativity.

  • Pre-employment skills that include resume writing, interview skills and job search techniques

Typical week consists of:

  • 3 half days of virtual classroom

  • 1 full day in-person training with lunch provided

  • 1 on 1 coaching

Join for 12 weeks or pick a module

Cohort 1

Module 1 -April 17 -May 12

Module 2 – May 22- June 16

Module 3 – June 26- July 21

Cohort 2 (Module rotation restarts)

Module 1 – July 31 – August 25

Module 2 – September 5 – September 29

Module 3 – October 10 – November 3

Cohort 3 (Module rotation restarts 2023 – 2024)

Module 1 – November 13 – December 8

Module 2 – January 2 – January 26, 2024

Module 3 – February 5 – March 1, 2024

GET STARTED!

Module One:

Week One: INTRODUCTION & BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS

Week Two: WORD

Week Three: EXCEL

Week Four: CAREER EXPLORATION & TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Module Two:

Week One: WORD (builds on Module 1) & GOAL SETTING

Week Two: EXCEL (builds on Module 1) & BUDGETING

Week Three: GOOGLE & POWERPOINT

Week Four: EMPLOYMENT & PROBLEM SOLVING

Module Three:

Week One: RESUME DEVELOPMENT

Week Two: COMMUNICATION

Week Three: ADAPTABILITY

Week Four: INTERVIEW SKILLS

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No Tech? No Problem!

We’ll assess your needs and loan you anything (laptops, speakers, cameras, etc.) you don’t have to help ensure your success!

Curious to find out more about GroundWORKS? We want to hear from you!

Motivated, but Not Sure Where to Start? Need More Information?

Please contact Jan Watson, North Region Program Coordinator:

Or get the process started by filling out the form below!

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Funded by Community and Social Services