Every business across the country has been impacted by Covid-19 in some way, and business leaders have stepped up to meet the challenges in incredibly creative and innovative ways. As we all work towards reopening safely, many of us are finding that we need to adjust our team make-up and skill-sets to meet new safety requirements, supply new product lines, reach customers remotely, and more. Whether we achieve this through training our existing staff or on-boarding additional team members, Employment Ontario services and programs will make this next transition smoother. This session will include an overview of the options available to both employers and job seekers from our panel of local service provider experts, and a Q&A component.

Meet the Panel

Amanda Noud, Employer Liaison with Agilec 
Amanda is passionate about people. Her experience includes working as a Career Consultant and Employer Liaison for a leading Canadian MBA school, as well as various roles in recruitment, sourcing top talent for a wide range of corporate clients in both Canada and the United Kingdom.  She is committed to helping people find the right job and helping employers find the right talent to execute on their business strategy and goals. Providing excellent service to her clients means listening to them to understand their needs, respecting their confidentiality, and working hard for them.

Amanda firmly believes that an organization's most valuable resource is its people.

Nancy Dénommé, Job Developer / Prospectrice en emploi with Employment Options Emploi / Le Collège Boréal
Nancy is all about supporting local businesses with their recruitment and training needs, along with coaching and mentoring job seekers. Her expertise and experience have helped local businesses in the County of Simcoe with meeting their human resource needs through Employment Ontario programs and services and providing them with up-to-date community resources and labour market information.

Collège Boréal provides high-caliber personalized education to a diverse clientele. As one of the 24 colleges in Ontario, Boréal practices leadership to foster the sustainable development of Ontario’s Francophone community. Collège Boréal also offers public bilingual employment services through Employment Ontario

Paula Valente, Employment Developer with the Career Centre
Paula has supported Barrie and surrounding job searchers and employers through the full suite of Employment Ontario Programs and Services including; Employment Supports, Youth Job Connection/ Youth Job Connection Summer and the Canada Ontario Job Grant for a magical 13 years.

The Career Centre, a department with Adult and Continuing Education, Simcoe County District School Board, is part of the Network of Employment Ontario Service Providers funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. As part of the network, Career Centre Employment Consultants work with individuals, employers and communities to build the highly skilled, highly educated workforce Ontario needs to be competitive.

Terry MacIsaac, Resource and Information with Georgian College Career & Employment Services
Georgian College operates Centres for Career and Employment Community Services in Barrie, Orillia and Orangeville. These centres are funded by Employment Ontario. This team values their contribution to Ontario and are proud of their reputation for excellence – in the programs they manage, the quality of service they offer our community, and the results they achieve. Their team of employment professionals will assist you to find the services that are right for you. 

Terry will be sharing information on ES services and apprenticeship.