Halifax Regional Municipality Employment Services
Future Worx Job Search Centre
15 Commerce Court, Suite 110
Elmsdale, NS B3S 3K5
Phone: (902) 883-7010
Fax: (902) 883-7054
Truo Location:
80 Glenwood Drive
Truro, NS B2N 1P3
Phone: (902) 895-2837
Fax: (902) 893-9454
Email: info@futureworx.ca
Website: www.futureworx.ca
Serving the Residents of Colchester & East Hants
Serving Youth (16-29) and adults
Fees: No charge for services
Referral Procedure: Walk in service open to all
Services Offered:
- Job Search Assistance
- Resume Writing
- Cover Letters
- Internet Access
- Workshops
- Job development
- Youth/Career Job Search Services
- Skills dev’t and wage
- Youth services (16-29) and adults
- Fax & Photocopy
- Local Newspaper Listing
- Networking
- Self-Employment Referrals
- WHMIS, First Aid, CPR
- Resource Library
- Referrals to other Services including Employment Counseling and
- Department of Community Services
Dress for Success
Box 159
1096 Queen St.
Halifax, NS B3R 2H9
Phone: (902) 493-7377
Fax: (902) 493-7378
Serving HRM
Fees: No charge for services
Referral Procedure: Clients are referred by agencies.
Services Offered:
- Interview appropriate clothing
- Career Services
Halifax North Career Development Centre
2269 Gottingen Street
Halifax, N.S.
B3K 3B7
Phone: 425-3105 (ext. 221)
Fax: 425-3105
Email: finely_tolliver@ymca.ca
Website: www.yechalifax.ca
Call to make an appointment.
Programs begin at different times throughout the year.
Fees: None
Referral Procedure: Self referral, on-the-spot job referral.
Services Offered:
- Y-Move (for youth)
- Employment Centre: a self centre that includes resume building and job searching programs.
Lakecity Employment Services Association
386 Windmill Road
Dartmouth, NS B3A 1J5
Phone: (902) 465-5000
Fax: (902) 465-5009
Email: lesa@lakecityemployment.com
Website: www.lakecityemployment.com
Contact: Bob Jollota or Dave Rideout - Coordinators
Area Covered: HRM
Ages Served: 19 years old and up
Fees: None
Referral Procedure: Two page referral, call to have mailed or download from website
Services Offered: Employment Development
Our clients currently receive the following info if we get a call that we can refer - LakeCity assists mental health consumers to improve their quality of life through work. It assists mental health consumers to live and work as independently as possible and aids mental health consumers in realizing and developing their potential in a safe work environment. LakeCity provides Individualized employment counselling.
Opportunity Place
108 Cobequid Rd
Lower Sackville, N.S.
B4C 2N2
Phone: 864-7520
Fax: (902) 869-3836
Email: staff@opportunityplace.ca
Website: www.opportunityplace.ca
Fees: None
Anyone who is unemployed or work less than 20 hours each week.
- Assistive technology
- Career counselling
- Community outreach
- Computer workshops
- Drop-in Center
- Employer services
- Job readiness
- Resource library
- Youth workshops
People Plus Consulting Limited
Tower One, Suite 203
Halifax Shopping Centre
7001 Mumford Rd.
Halifax, NS B3L 4N9
Phone: (902) 453-6556
Fax: (902) 453-2345
E-mail: Halifax@peopleplusconsulting.com
Website: www.peopleplusconsulting.com
Fees: None
Referral: referrals from any agency, self-referrals
Services offered:
- Community Access Program (CAP) Site
- Community Income Tax Program
- Job Search Drop In
- Employment Support Program
- Computer Literacy Program
- ADHD ADD parent support group
- Advocacy and Referrals
- St. John Ambulance On-line Child Care Course
- Community Meeting Place
Teamwork Cooperative Ltd.
7071 Bayers Rd
Suite M278
Halifax, NS B3L 2C2
Phone: (902) 422-8900
Fax: (902) 422-3992
TTY: (902) 420-0721
Email: contact@teamworkcooperative.ns.ca
Website: http://www.teamworkcooperative.ns.ca/
West Nova Inclusive Employment Society
Pier One, 103 Water Street
Yarmouth, NS B5A 4P4
Phone: (902) 742-5859
Fax: (902) 742-5861
Email: anoah@winies.com
Website: www.wnies.com
Contact: Andrea Noah
Area Covered: Yarmouth County, Shelburne County, and Municipality of Clare
Ages Served: All ages, most are between the ages of 19-65
Fees: n/a
Referral Procedure: Self referral
Services Offered:
- Employment Assistance Services for persons with disabilities.
Women's Employment Outreach
Women's Employment Outreach (Funded by Human Resources & Skills Development Canada)
Suite 807, 1888 Brunswick Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3J8
Phone: (902) 422-8023
Fax: (902) 425-7449
Email: admin@womensemploymentoutreach.org
Website: www.womensemploymentoutreach.org
Area Covered: Halifax, Dartmouth & Bedford/Sackville
Ages Served: Women ages 18 & over
Fees: All services are free
Free childcare during workshops and free bus fair to workshops.
Referral Procedure: Self-referral
Services Offered:
- Women's Employment Outreach offers free employment & career counselling to women who are unemployed, nearing unemployment, on stress-related leave, or looking for a career change.
- Services include individual counselling, computer coaching, use of computers/photocopier/fax, and workshops at various locations throughout HRM.
- Workshops include: Job Search, Career Decision-Making, Portfolio Development, Confidence Building, Black Women: Enhancing Cultural Pride, & Basic/Enhanced Computer Skills for Job Search.
- Assistance with bus tickets & childcare is available for all workshops.
Halifax Regional Municipality Learning Disabilities Resources
Disclaimer
LDANS does not support, endorse or recommend any method, treatment, product, remedial centre, program or person for children or adults with a learning disability. It does, however, endeavor to inform in the belief that you have the right to know.