Community Employment Resource Centre
What’s inside?
·
Career Week – What a Success!
·
HR Link
·
To Every Job Seeker Who Comes to CERC
·
And the Winners Are …
·
Quote of the Month
·
CERC Holiday Hours
·
About CERC
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SPECIAL INSERT:
Cookie recipes from Career Week!
Career Week – What a
Success!
If you
came into CERC during the week of November 1 – 5th, you certainly
were in for a
real
treat! Literally speaking, we had
cookies and cake, but you also saw your favourite staff members dressed up in
various occupational “uniforms”. We had
a police officer, a truck driver, a baker, an electrician, a hospitality server, an educational
assistant and a retail salesperson. You
might have also had the opportunity to learn more about a career that was of
interest to you as the staff had prepared lots of materials about different
occupations.
The
following is a list of what’s available so even if you missed Career Week you
can still get your copy of the careers that were highlighted.
· Food and Beverage Server
· Managers in Food Service
· Maitre D’Hotel and Host/Hostess
· Bartender
· Baker
· Truck Driver
· Educational Assistant
· Elementary School and
Kindergarten Teacher
· Early Childhood Educators and
Assistants
· Construction and Maintenance
Electrician
· Firefighter
· Police Officer
· Ambulance Attendant/Paramedic
· Retail Salesperson
Winners of the Portfolios from Career Week were:
Ken McCutchen of
Port Hope and
Robert Hacala of
Cobourg
“We care.” Those are the sentiments of Bev Eldridge and
Heidi Reid, partners in HR Link; a new employment staffing agency in
Northumberland County. HR Link,
according to Bev and Heidi, has a lot to offer the job seeker and with their
combined experience of over 25 years in employment services, they hope that
you’ll contact them if you are looking for work.
HR Link offers temporary,
contract and permanent placements in the following areas: Industrial/
Manufacturing/General Labour;
Clerical; Hospitality; and Accounting.
Once you contact HR Link, you will be invited to attend an appointment
where information will be gathered about your work history and a plan will be
put in place so that HR Link can assist you with finding suitable
employment. “We care about your future
and want to get you working as quickly as possible,” say Bev and Heidi. In addition to finding a job placement, “job
coaching will be provided as an added service to help you keep yourself
employed.” Recently featured in the Northumberland County Business Times, Bev
and Heidi state “we love our community and are excited to operate locally
linking excellent talent with progressive clients in Northumberland. In other words, if you want to work we can
help you, give us a call.”
You can reach HR Link by calling
373-4400, by sending an email to resumes@hr-link.com, or by faxing
them at 905-373-4401. In closing, Bev
and Heidi want to assist you and believe, “work … it’s in you to give.”
To Every Job-Seeker who
comes to CERC
November 12, 2004
I wanted to offer
up this testimonial of my personal experience visiting CERC on a daily basis as
a job-seeker for the past 6 months
First of all, let
me say that, without the incredible staff and services at both CERC offices in
Cobourg and Port Hope, I would not have my new job in Toronto. I spent many months searching for work and
the CERC staff was always extremely knowledgeable, helpful and incredibly
generous with their patience and time.
On a couple of occasions, some of the staff even stayed late so I could do
a little extra emergency work trying to nail down a job.
I noticed total
dedication, not just to me, but to every single member that came into the
office. And I know that some people who
came through the doors weren’t the easiest to deal with but the CERC staff
never lost their cool in dealing with tough situations. True professionals in every way.
Anybody seeking
employment, you will definitely succeed if you use the exceptional services of
CERC. And I can’t say enough good
things about the staff who I actually consider my friends now.
Wherever I go I
will always recommend CERC and its wonderful staff. Thank you, ladies! You
are the best!
Yours sincerely,
Joe Edwards
Re-printed with
permission by the author
And
the Winners are…
The
winners of our
wellness packages
are:
Doug
Grierson, Jim Horsefield and
Tracy
Walsh of Cobourg
Rebecca Roberts, Rose Anne Kalisz
and
Ken McCutchen of Port Hope
Congratulations to
our winners!
Next
Wellness draws:
December 10th and 23rd
Quote of the Month
“Life loves to be taken by the
lapel and told
‘I am with you kid. Let’s Go!’”
~
Maya Angelou
CERC
Holiday Hours
CERC will be closed on the
following days:
Friday
December 24, 2004
Monday
December 27, 2004
Friday
December 31, 2004
Outreach Locations – Bewdley and
Colborne
will
be closed from December 20 until
January
4, 2005
About CERC:
Your Job Search Connection
Hours
Monday:
9am – 6pm (every third Monday of the month the Port Hope office will
close at 4:00pm due to staff development, but the Cobourg office will be open
until 6:00pm)
Tuesday - Thursday:
9am –5pm
Friday:
9am – 4pm
Email
Web Site
Locations
Port Hope: 33
Walton Street (Walton and Queen) Telephone: 905-885-2372 Fax:
905-885-5706
Cobourg:
1005 Elgin Street (Fleming Building)
Telephone:
905-372-9372 Fax: 905-372-5247
Bewdley:
Optimist Centre (Tuesdays 9-12noon)
Colborne:
Public Library (Thursdays 2-5pm)
We wish you a safe and
peaceful holiday season