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Skills development trailer to promote high demand jobs
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Jobs available in Huron, Perth,
Bruce or Grey will soon be on the
road and visiting job hunters and
students in a new skills development
trailer developed by the Four County
Labour Market Planning Board.
With a three-year grant of $195,200
from the Trillium Foundation, the
planning board created an interac-
tive trailer that focuses on the re-
gion's labour market and the differ-
ent skills needed.
"We want to get the information
out to where the people are," says
Huron director Dave Hemingway.
"People tend to decide on jobs
based on their own interests or the .
interests of their friends or parents
but they're not all getting the same
information," he says. "We're trying
to communicate about the jobs of the
future."
. Hemingway says the plan is to get
the 'skills developmenttrailer into
community parades, fairs, schools,
plant closures and any other event
where people might be interested in
learning about the regional job mar-
ket.
The back door of the trailer is
a ramp opening up to more than
400 square feet of displays on local
healthcare, construction, manufac-
turing, energy and agricultural jobs
in the four -county region.
Six kiosks are positioned in the
trailer so that job seekers can follow
a zig-zag trail through the displays
where computer screens are set up
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various careers needed in the area.
A map of the four counties is also
connected to a wall full of pamphlets
outlining apprenticeships available
in construction, industrial, motive
power and the service sector.
Healthkick Huron organized the
kiosk outlining the healthcare jobs
needed in the region with a touch -
screen computer that displays infor-
mation about the occupations cur-
rently in high demand.
"The concept is that most people
will have about three minutes to
look at the display so we provide
a card people can take home with
manager Laura Overholt.
Healthkick's display provides job
descriptions of various occupations
with demographics, main duties,
work environments, employment
requirements, education, future out-
looks and salaries.
"We wanted something as interac-
tive as it could be. Hopefully, we'll
make a big enough impression that
we'll get people coming to our web-
site," she says.
The display also provides links to
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Healthkick Huron manager Laura Overholt demonstrates a
display about healthcare fobs needed In the Huron, Perth,
Bruce and Grey region.
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