Client Services
Client Services
Career Link client services overview including employment counselling.
Self Help Services
You can use our telephone, fax machine, photocopier, computers, internet for your job search. Our job board includes postings you won't find on our website.
Wage Subsidy Program
If you have been on EI in the last 3 years you may be eligible.
Targeted Initiative for Older Workers (TIOW)
To assist job seekers between the ages 55 and 64.
Disability Support
If you have a disability and are looking for work.
Help Yourself
Link’s to several self-help services including EI, financial, housing and legal.
Career Professionals
Link’s to professional career groups.
Wage Subsidy Program for Job Seekers
Career Link’s Wage Subsidy Program is intended to assist you to enhance your skills, gain valuable work experience, and secure long-term employment. Our primary goal is to assist eligible clients in the pursuit of appropriate, sustainable employment. The program provides employers the opportunity to hire a new employee and spend quality time with new skill development.
Are you eligible for Wage Subsidy?
All persons applying for the Wage Subsidy Program must have a connection with Employment Insurance (EI) and not be currently employed for more than 19 hours a week.
You are eligible if you have:
- Collected EI benefits within the last 3 years
- Collected EI benefits within the last 5 years due to maternity/parental leave.
Requirements
- Applicants must be ready and willing to work and require work experience or skills enrichment to become productive in the workplace
- Applicants must reside within the Powell River Region
How To Apply
Contact Career Link, 604-485-7958, and set up an appointment with an employment counsellor. Please remember to bring your Social Insurance Number with you as your counsellor will need it to confirm your eligibility.
Procedure
Once you have met with a Career Link Career Coach and discussed if a Wage Subsidy would be appropriate for you, they will guide you through the following process:
- You will be asked to fill out the Career Link application. (The application will consist of basic information, employment goals, and job preferences. Your Career Coach will also help you complete an up-to-date resume.)
- You and your Career Coach will develop a “return to work” action plan, including your employment preferences, strengths, goals, and commitment.
- Your Career Coach will check your eligibility for the Wage Subsidy Program and, if you are eligible, instruct and provide you with a letter of eligibility to effectively promote yourself and the program to potential, suitable employers.
What to expect once you are hired:
- It is your responsibility to negotiate wages and a start date with the Employer
- It is the Employer’s responsibility to contact Career Link and have the appropriate paperwork submitted and signed BEFORE you start your first day of work.
- A training schedule will be created by the Employer outlining all the tasks and skills you will be learning during the training period.
- The Career Link Wage Subsidy Coordinator will make arrangements to monitor your progress throughout the wage-subsidy agreement. This will include a mid-contract and end-of-contract monitor which consists of a few brief questions.
- Throughout the duration of the wage-subsidy agreement, you will be a regular employee of the employer’s company, paid directly by that company.
