Matching clients and employers.Ensuring job specific skills and corporate culture are a FIT for both parties.

The Business School

•Coached job seekers, with their resumes, cover letters and sharing current job search information/ labour market trends•Oriented clients to relevant resources and services available in centre as well as in community •Guided clients to maximize usage of equipment and resources for their benefit •Encouraged clients to overcome obstacles such as using the computers and other multimedia equipment•Created and delivered workshops based on Adult Learning principles that were interactive, relevant and interesting•Continuously stayed abreast of community resources and ensured the information was accessible to clients •Arranged for guest speakers that would be of interest to clients and inspiring•Created an interactive job search bulletin board that encouraged clients to go through a series of 15 questions and rate their overall job search knowledge•Harmoniously worked on the RERC team and willingly took on assignments •Effectively marketed upcoming events with other local resources and community providers

•Facilitated workshops designed to enhance the self-confidence and self-marketing skills of people impacted by layoff, restructuring or termination. Workshops were from one day to three days in duration and involved up to60 participants.•Assessed clients needs, discussed most successful order of events and documented on the Return to Work Action Plan for further referral •Delivered workshops in various locations throughout Peel, Halton and Dufferin Regions for people representing a diverse range of cultures, levels of education, occupations and industries •Created a respectful, comfortable and encouraging learning environment in order to facilitate learning and help motivate clients•Motivated clients to create effective Action Plans based on realistic and achievable goals•Coached participants helping to resolve obstacles 1 on 1 and in a group setting i.e. Resume assistance, Tough interview questions, What to wear, etc.•Solicited client expectations at the start of each session and customized the workshop to ensure these needs were addressed•Liaised with clients and providers in order to seek solutions – i.e. emergency housing, medical issues, etc.

ADECCO CANADA•Liaised between customers and staffing coordinators ensuring a good FIT was made•Watched over accounts and ensured customers were happy with our employees. •Effectively communicated with customers to resolve problems that arose•Organized large recruits and special projects •Developed proposals to address needs identified by clients and delivered highly effective presentations for senior managers•Assisted in the creation of marketing materials, including advertisements and flyers•Administrative skills managed phones, filing, created proposals, etc.MANPOWER SERVICES, 1996 to 1998 SENIOR SERVICE REPRESENTITIVE (1997 – 1998)ON-SITE CO-ORDINATOR (BAYER) (1996 – 1997)Branch Administrator (1996)•On-Site Coordinator — Bayer Aspirin account – Managed our 60+ employees on staff and continued to successfully fill positions required by internal departments.•Recruited and placed for various positions from Packer to Management using various tools to advertise i.e. , postings in colleges, universities as well as traditional methods; newspapers, internet etc. •Assessed clients through questions and testing that were relevant to the position and organization•Promoted additional services to active corporate clients using a variety of sales techniques, including cross-selling and up-selling•Administered payroll information for clients so that pay cheques would be on time and accurate •Serviced all major accounts, ensuring that the expectations of corporate clients were consistently met or exceeded