ONESTEP'S Member Bulletin

News/Alerts

Study: Long-term unemployment 1976 to 2003

According to a new study, long-term unemployment-52 consecutive weeks or more without work-surged during the recessions of the early 1980s and 1990s, but has since fallen significantly.

Apply for the 2004 SHOWCASE ONTARIO VOLUNTARY SECTOR IT AWARDS!

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS!

Bachelor of Applied Nonprofit Studies Now Offered at Mount Royal College

With 200,000 charities and nonprofit organizations in Canada, nonprofit is currently the fastest growing sector of the Canadian economy. Increasing pressure on these groups to provide more services means the demand for skilled employees has never been greater.

VSI Announcement/Annonce de l'ISBC

Now available on the VSI Web site, "Resources for Accountability and Financial Management in the Voluntary Sector" provides organizations with resources, including Web site links, to advance their financial management knowledge and skills as well as enhance their accountability.

Events

London Professional Development Workshop - Registration Now Open! (London)

London - May 13, 2004 - Best Western Lamplighter Inn. Program now available. Register now using our faxable form.

KEYS presents: Guest Speaker Series showcasing "Recreation & Leisure" Employer Connections 2004 (Kingston)

Hear directly from employers about: Range of Jobs, Current/Future Hiring Forecasts, Employment Opportunities

Portfolio Development for Career & Employment Professionals (Toronto)

ONIP.online is offering a unique opportunity for career management practitioners to learn about the role of professional portfolios in career development and job search. Professional portfolios are becoming more and more popular as a successful job search tool for people from all professional backgrounds and walks of life. This course is for career management practitioners who want to learn the theory fundamentals of profolio development, while experiencing the process of building a portfolio. During the course participants will be coached to create a portfolio for themselves and/or guide a client(s) through the process.

The London Leadership Conference (Grand Bend)

In the first event of its kind, individuals from the private, public, and voluntary sectors and Labour will come together to evaluate the issues that face our community's leadership and explore our strengths and opportunities.

23rd Annual Conference of CASAE (Victoria)

A Joint 2004 Gathering of the ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE (AERC) and the CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF ADULT EDUCATION (CASAE) L'ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE POUR L'ETUDE DE L'EDUCATION DES ADULTES (ACÉÉA) May 28-30, 2004 Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Online Resources

The Resource Library is an online searchable database of information about community-based employment and training across Ontario and beyond. Visit the ONESTEP Resource Library: www.onestep.on.ca/resource/intro.cfm Below are some recent additions:

Participating in Federal Public Policy: A Guide for the Voluntary Sector

As part of the CJT’s commitments in the area of building policy capacity, this guide was designed to help voluntary organizations participate in Canadian public policy dialogue as well as to give federal departments greater insight on how to involve their sector counterparts more effectively. It is primarily intended to assist organizations that do not have full-time staff devoted to policy; however, some of the tools and resources will be helpful to all organizations. Each section contains resources and links to other Web sites for additional information. The guide provides an overview of the public policy process. It is not intended to be self-contained in any way or provide full training on these topics.