Sometimes, little decisions, made in haste to get you through a tiring day with minimum hassle, can have life altering consequences. Here's a good example. Six years ago, a visitor from Fargo, North Dakota, hunting in Saskatchewan stopped for lunch at a restaurant. What could have been a pleasant meal turned instead into life-and-death struggle for the hunter and a five-year nightmare for the former owners of the restaurant and the waitress who served the hunting party.
What would you do in this situation? Would you take the time to get your facts straight before answering a customer's question, or would you make your best guess and leave it at that? How would you handle the situation if the restaurant is crowded, full of noisy families with screaming babies demanding your attention, and you're tired? Would you really make the effort? Would it occur to you how badly things can go if you make the wrong judgement?
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Three Ready To Work projects underway this fall
We have three Ready To Work projects starting this fall:
First of all, welcome to the 60 or so (we don't yet have a final count for Saskatoon) Ready
to Work participants! We're glad to have you in our STEC "family", and we hope that you'll keep in touch as you embark on your new careers. We always love to know how you're doing.
To the employers out there, if you're in a position to hire new workers, you'll be happy to know that this fall's Ready To Work participants will be perfect candidates that will be ready for employment in time for your busy Christmas holiday season.
Our Ready To Work participants learn the skills that employers look for in entry level recruits, making them ideal candidates for work in tourism, hospitality and remote camp occupations. The RTW program delivers practical classroom instruction; hands-on skills training; safety training, including WHMIS, first aid / CPR, SIRS and Food Safe; and on-the-job mentoring.
Our Ready To Work coordinator has a Facebook account that lets RTW participants keep in touch with one another and to connect with STEC. This is the easiest and quickest way to locate and communicate with many RTW graduates. Employers can use our Facebook profile to find candidates for entry level positions. Just "friend" Ready To Work STEC and post a status update with a link to your job posting.
- Regina (started September 4)
- Lloydminster (started September 11)
- Saskatoon (starting September 24)
to Work participants! We're glad to have you in our STEC "family", and we hope that you'll keep in touch as you embark on your new careers. We always love to know how you're doing.
To the employers out there, if you're in a position to hire new workers, you'll be happy to know that this fall's Ready To Work participants will be perfect candidates that will be ready for employment in time for your busy Christmas holiday season.
Our Ready To Work participants learn the skills that employers look for in entry level recruits, making them ideal candidates for work in tourism, hospitality and remote camp occupations. The RTW program delivers practical classroom instruction; hands-on skills training; safety training, including WHMIS, first aid / CPR, SIRS and Food Safe; and on-the-job mentoring.
Our Ready To Work coordinator has a Facebook account that lets RTW participants keep in touch with one another and to connect with STEC. This is the easiest and quickest way to locate and communicate with many RTW graduates. Employers can use our Facebook profile to find candidates for entry level positions. Just "friend" Ready To Work STEC and post a status update with a link to your job posting.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Parliamentary Secretary announces youth funding in Saskatoon
This morning, Dr. Kellie Leitch, Parliamentary Secretary to Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane Finley, was in our Saskatoon offices to announce that the federal government was launching Calls for Proposals to deliver $50 million in funding for the Youth Employment Strategy.
We were happy to be part of today's announcement. STEC has been helping our province’s tourism and hospitality employers recruit, train and retain a professional, skilled workforce for more than 20 years.
For most of that time, Ready To Work – Tourism Careers has been an important component of our service delivery.
Since 1994, more than 40 communities and three thousand youth have participated in Ready to Work in Saskatchewan.
Graduates have found long-term rewarding careers, returned to school, and moved from front-line to supervisory positions.
In fact, of the 300 participants who went through the program last year, 80 per cent are still employed.
We're able to get those remarkable results because of the support we receive from federal programs such as those announced today, as well at the valuable support we receive from our provincial and community partners.
That support makes it possible for people from under-represented groups to make the transition from unemployment or under-employment to the workforce. In addition to tourism, a valuable contributor to our provincial economy, participants also find work in mining and other significant economic sectors.
We currently have four RTW projects running in Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, Lloydminster, Regina, and La Ronge.
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| STEC Manager of HR Development Darcy Acton, Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Kellie Leitch, and Tourism Saskatchewan Industry Development Manager Ian McGilp pose for a photo following Wednesday's announcement in Saskatoon. (Photo: Service Canada) |
For most of that time, Ready To Work – Tourism Careers has been an important component of our service delivery.
Since 1994, more than 40 communities and three thousand youth have participated in Ready to Work in Saskatchewan.
Graduates have found long-term rewarding careers, returned to school, and moved from front-line to supervisory positions.
In fact, of the 300 participants who went through the program last year, 80 per cent are still employed.
We're able to get those remarkable results because of the support we receive from federal programs such as those announced today, as well at the valuable support we receive from our provincial and community partners.
That support makes it possible for people from under-represented groups to make the transition from unemployment or under-employment to the workforce. In addition to tourism, a valuable contributor to our provincial economy, participants also find work in mining and other significant economic sectors.
We currently have four RTW projects running in Saskatchewan: Saskatoon, Lloydminster, Regina, and La Ronge.
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