HOW WE HELP
Employment
Meaningful employment services
The first step to empowerment is to ensure people have the means and know-how to support themselves. Opportunities Yukon offers employment support programs, designed to connect people with diverse needs and abilities to opportunities that are not only meaningful, but enable them to develop their professional skills for future career prospects.
Want more info?
Contact: Employment Support Services
Phone: 867-668-4421
Email: employment@opportunitiesyukon.ca
Employment Support Services
(for individuals and employers)
Opportunities Yukon’s employment support services works with job seekers who have faced challenges getting a job, and employers who are looking for more inclusive and diverse candidates to join and grow their business.
For the job seeker, we help with:
- Discovering your employment goals
- Resume development
- Job search
- Interview support
- Employer contact and advocacy
- Transportation planning
- Employment documents
- On-site job coaching
For the employer, we can help with:
- Access to an untapped workforce
- Job creation – forming new positions that benefit employers and employees
- On-site job coaching
- Workplace accommodation and facilitates
- Networking opportunities
“I had fun working here and would like to stay here for a long time but if there will be an opening for me to stay I would like to.”
Employment Training
Opportunities Yukon, funded by Service Canada, delivers the EmployAbility Skills program. This program is a comprehensive employment training program for people who experience challenges navigating the job market and building their career. The program runs for 12 weeks with a cohort of 8 participants.
Participants will:
- Participate in work experience with a local employer
- Build a resume and cover letter
- Practice interview and job search skills
- Learn how to get a job and keep a job
- Increase job readiness upon completion of the program
- Receive training in Food Safe, First Aid and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Want more info?
Contact: Employment Training
Phone: 867-668-4421
Email: employment@opportunitiesyukon.ca
Looking for a job?
There are many job boards available in the Yukon. Here are a few places to start:
YuWIN The Yukon Work Information Network, managed by the Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce, is an online employment resource for employers and job seekers.
Employment Central is an employment support service that shares job postings, provides career and employment counselling, and helps job seekers and employers connect.
Wayfinder is the Yukon’s first-ever training and employment website designed and built, specifically for Yukon First Nations people.
The Government of Yukon lists all available job postings in the region for job seekers.