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Training for work : help for career advisors

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This accompanying guide to Easy Reading Training for Work is for career advisors and tutors who work with adults with low literacy skills. The guide includes objectives and strategies,... More ≫

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This accompanying guide to Easy Reading Training for Work is for career advisors and tutors who work with adults with low literacy skills. The guide includes objectives and strategies, supplemental activities and other resources to help advisors support clients in finding the right type of training that will help them succeed.

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Assessing you : the first step in career planning

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A self-assessment workbook to help you learn about the skills and assets you have that will help you adapt in today's world of work. Read about the skills employers are looking for and work on... More ≫

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A self-assessment workbook to help you learn about the skills and assets you have that will help you adapt in today's world of work. Read about the skills employers are looking for and work on exercises that will help identify your own strengths. Includes suggestions for keeping track of your skills and ideas for repackaging your career assets to suit your current needs. By the end of the book you will have developed a summary of personal assets that will help you with future career choices.

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Adult back to school planner

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This booklet is part of a planning series that includes Career Planner and Education and Training Planner. It is written at a lower literacy level. This booklet is written for adults who are... More ≫

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This booklet is part of a planning series that includes Career Planner and Education and Training Planner. It is written at a lower literacy level. This booklet is written for adults who are planning to go back to school. It will increase their personal management, learning and work exploration, and improve their ability to make life/work decisions. It will help them: Understand how returning to school may require them to make changes in other areas of their life; explore time management, problem-solving, stress management and balancing life and school; understand the importance of asking for help and ways to do it; consider the advantages and disadvantages of various training options that suit their needs; think about how personal decisions impact them and others; create a short-term action plan to prepare for their future; connect with further information and resources.

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A foreign qualification recognition plan for Alberta : progress report

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The past several years have marked some exciting milestones for our province. Read about the progress made in assessing and recognizing foreign-earned qualifications to help newcomers work in... More ≫

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The past several years have marked some exciting milestones for our province. Read about the progress made in assessing and recognizing foreign-earned qualifications to help newcomers work in their field of education and experience.

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Impact of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program on the labour market in Alberta

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In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) participating in Alberta's labour market. This is a trend largely related to the strong... More ≫

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In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) participating in Alberta's labour market. This is a trend largely related to the strong performance of Alberta's economy. Until 2006, less than one per cent of the province's total labour force was TFWs. However, with the federal changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program in 2007 and Alberta's growing economy at the time, the province saw a significant spike in the number of TFWs in the province to a high of almost 58,000 in 2008. In 2010, Teresa Woo-Paw, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Employment and Immigration, was mandated to carry out a series of public consultations to identify where the TFW Program fits in Alberta's labour force planning, what role TFWs fill in Alberta's labour market and how to ensure the program is best serving the needs of Albertans. Over an eleven-week period, 14 consultation sessions were held in 12 different communities across...

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