Post
Katrina Talent
(Employment Resource for Marketing, Advertising, P.R. and Creative Professionals
Affected by Katrina)
POTENTIAL
EMPLOYEES:
Use this free site to get your resumé in front of
potential employers nationwide. If you need a computer to draft your resumé,
some of our sponsor organizations have kindly offered their facilities.
To schedule a session, click
here. To post your resumé and information, go
here.
POTENTIAL
EMPLOYERS:
There is an unprecedented amount of marketing, advertising,
public relations and creative talent available that is eager to begin
working immediately. To begin your search for potential employees, go
here.
Mission:
Baton Rouge’s marketing community has joined forces to provide this
free resumé posting resource to assist the tremendous number of
marketing, public relations, advertising and creative professionals displaced
by Hurricane Katrina.
It is our sincerest hope that this site creates needed opportunities for our many peers who fell victim to Katrina, and allows them to quickly get back to doing what they do best.
Why
is this resource only for marketing, public relations, advertising and
creative professionals?
As residents of the region, we understand that thousands of people’s
careers have been drastically affected by Katrina. People want to work,
and they want to work now. In order to make this resource available as
quickly as possible, we chose to focus on the needs of our professional
peers— where our sphere of influence can have the most impact. For
Katrina resources beyond marketing, public relations, advertising and
creative professions, please visit our links
page.
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Steps to Applying for Skills:
Step
1
Visit an Employment Resource Centre (ERC) to attend an information session
or make an appointment with a case manager.
At your initial meeting, you and your case manager will determine what the next steps are to help you find work.
Your Return to Work Action Plan (RTWAP) may include several steps or programs before you proceed to the application phase.
If Skills Development is deemed appropriate for your situation, a case manager will give you the training application package.
Step
2
Your case manager will continue to meet with you, to help you develop
your application. ?? You may need to meet more than once to ensure all
application questions are answered with the required degree of detail.
Financial assistance is determined by Service Canada on an individual basis. October, 2006 Aussi disponible en français.
Step
3
When your draft application is complete, your case manager will review
it and prepare it for submission to Service Canada. The application package
should include:
- Skills Development application form
- Current Resume
- Job search records
- Labour Market Research
- Acceptance letter and course outline from the school of your choice.
- School & employer research
Step
4
Upon receipt of your completed application package:
- May require up to 4 weeks to process your application package.
- A Program Officer will contact you to discuss your application.
- If approved, you will be required to sign a Skills Development agreement.
Your application must be approved before you start the course.