Service d‟aide à l‟emploi is a Centre de ressources éducatives et

communautaires pour adultes (Créca) ‟s service

in partnership with the Centre local d‟emploi (CLE) Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

Créca is a charitable organization.

Our students are adults who want to improve their basic

knowledge in French or in computing.

They have in common to have a low level of studies.

We give basic computer courses.

We give literacy courses for everyone who needs it.

We teach French-literacy courses for immigrants.

Employment insurance (Canada) Employment Insurance (EI) provides temporary financial assistance to unemployed

Canadians who have lost their job through no fault of their own, while they look for work or upgrade their skills.

Emploi Québec Local employment centre (CLE)

CLE d'Ahuntsic (256)

10520, l'Acadie Boulevard Montréal (Québec) H4N 1L9 Tel.: (514) 872-4949 Fax: (514) 872-7098

ONLINE EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES

ONLINE EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES

ONLINE EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES ONLINE LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION (LMI Online)

A site that groups together information about:

more than 500 occupations

training programs

33 sectors of activity

businesses with more than four employees in each region of

Québec

Data for all of Québec and each of its 17 regions

Interaction with the Online Placement service

www.imt.emploiquebec.gouv.qc.ca

ONLINE EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES

MULTISERVICE ROOM Tools and documents to help you search for employment

Support from an employment-assistance officer, who can:

answer your questions

provide you with support or refer you to the appropriate service

help you register for Online Placement and use the Online Placement and Labour Market Information tools

SERVICES AVAILABLE AT LOCAL

EMPLOYMENT CENTRES (CLEs)

If you are able to look for work, here are the steps to find a job:

define and identify your skills and interests

find out about the labour market

prepare tools (résumé, cover letter) to tell people about yourself

consult the job offers that are posted and find out about jobs that are not posted (“hidden” offers)

get ready for a job interview

present your candidacy in a positive way

SERVICES AVAILABLE AT LOCAL

EMPLOYMENT CENTRES (CLEs)

First of all, you must think about your professional life.

• To have a career goal, you must spend some serious time thinking

about yourself. What you can do, love to do, want to do. This self-

analysis step is very important.

• Don‟t search for the answers right now. Feel free to ask questions with

an open mind. Feel free to ask yourself questions you never ask before.

• The main question is « How can I improve my skills, update it, maintain

it at the same level or get one. »

• Think of yourself as a value for the company. What is your ability to

create value for an employer.

• Be curious, get information about your sector of work

A successful job search is a matter of attitude. A positive

attitude is the cause of a successful job search, not the

result.

Employers are looking for people who believe in

themselves and in their skills, who want to work, who

want to work for them, and who generally have a positive

attitude.

Feel good about yourself. This is the key to a positive attitude. The points that follow are ways of helping you feel good about yourself.

Talk positively about yourself and your abilities. You know the story about the little engine that could, right?

What you believe about yourself is the foundation of all your future actions.

Job searching club (Club de recherche d’emploi)

Search for a job

Write with you your CV

Digitize your cv and cover letter in order for you to

send e-mails

An employment adviser may answer your

questions.

All this for free.

The resumé

A resume is an ad, a publicity.

Your are marketing yourself

Every sentence, every word in your CV has

to be useful. If not, it shouldn‟t appear in it.

Employers will scan a resume for less than 30 seconds to decide

considering the applicant. He will read those left after.

Some may use an automated scan instead to short list resumes and

get your resume in the „for consideration‟ pile.

A resume is a "snapshot" of your personality and needs to be:

Written with the employer‟s interests in mind

Professional in appearance

Targeted for a particular job or organization

"Letter-perfect." Spelling and grammar mistakes can mean an

automatic trip to the reject pile

An honest and clear demonstration of your skills, abilities and

achievements

A clear indication of what you offer to the employer.

A skill base résumé

SOPHIE LAPOINTE

123 rue des Ormes Montréal (Québec)

H8h 2h2

514-555-1212

Email: sophie.lapointe@gmail.com

SKILLS

• Languages: French, English, and Spanish (basic)

• Computer skills: Word,

access, Excel, power point,

avantage, and Simple Comptable

• General accounting: Client accounts, supplier accounts, payroll, billing, and

bank reconciliation

• preparation and analysis of monthly and yearly financial statements

• Inventory management

• Customer service

• production of tenders and sales reports

• Creation and management of data bases

• Translation of documents

• office work (receiving and dispatching telephone calls, filing, drafting correspondence, etc.)

WORK

EXPERIENCE

2004-2010 Administrative assistant

ABC Enr., montréal (Québec)

2003-2004 Sales secretary

Meubles du jardin Ltd., Laval (Québec)

2002 Payroll clerk

Portes et Fenêtres astro, montréal (Québec)

1998-2001 Accounts clerk

Garage Morin, montréal (Québec)

EDUCATION

1995-1998 Diploma of Collegial Studies

(Administration: Management Option)

Cégep Saint-Laurent, montréal (Québec)

PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

2003 Office automation updating

Collège informatique de la rive-Sud, Longueuil (Québec)

1998-1999 English and Spanish courses (conversation)

École des langues, Laval (Québec)

VOLUNTEER WORK

2008-2009 Volunteer during benefit activities for Leucan

2006-2008 Member of the board of directors of Lespetites Souris daycare centre

montréal)

2002-2006 Secretary-treasurer of the Laval Figure Skating Club

•The cover letter shows the employer why they should consider your

resume.

•It is the first impression you make on the employer and it shows how well

you communicate in writing.

•Break the text into short paragraphs, that makes it easier to read.

•The cover letter provides the opportunity to highlight how your skills and

qualifications will benefit the employer, It provides an individual touch

•Tell the employer why he should call you for an interview

•Never send a resume without a cover letter.

Before the interview

Collect information on the company you want to work for.(clients,

suppliers, past achievement, plans for years to come)

Prepare your answers (who are you, why do you want to work for

this company, what do your bring to the company)

• During the interview

• Believe in yourself an go fo it, do your best!

• Tell them why should they trust you

• Remember, your are a solution, not a problem.

• Act like a solution to their problems.

• Tell them why your difference can be a valuable asset for them.