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We’re here to help you to find work. Change can be stressful but it can also mean excitement, advancement, and opportunity.
At Northern Lights, we believe in Real Work for Real People, and we want to help you meet your employment goal. This might mean getting you back to work quickly. It might mean guiding you toward a new career. Or it might be as simple as showing you a few tools to make your task easier. We’ll help you determine the programs and services you may want to explore to help you get back to work.
How can we help you?
Each person looking for a job is unique. You may have your resumé all set to go and just need some direction on how to search for a job. You may benefit from some training before you can get a job.
Northern Lights has been helping people in Durham Region get to work since 1985. We can link you to a wide range of employment programs and services. Each one is customized to meet different needs.
Browse our site. Look through the variety of employment programs and services available to you through numerous community agencies, and then get in touch with us. We’re here to help.
Where do you start?
Want to learn more about Northern Lights? Click here!
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Labour Market Bulletin Greater Toronto Region Service Canada
An Analysis of the Greater Toronto Region Labour Market - Third Quarter 2007
An overview of the Greater Toronto Region (GTR) Statistics Canada Economic Region 530 - It consists of the City of Toronto plus the surrounding regions of Durham, York, Peel and Halton (excluding Burlington). This area includes the municipalities of Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington, Uxbridge, Scugog, Brock, Georgina, East Gwillimbury, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Newmarket, Aurora, King, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville.
In the Greater Toronto Region (GTR), employment increased by 5,900 in the third quarter of 2007. Labour force participation usually rises during the summer months. The labour force expanded by 30,400 compared to the second quarter. The number of unemployed people grew by 24,500, and the unemployment rate in the GTR increased to 7.5% compared to 6.8% in the April to June quarter.
About 3,029,000 people were employed in the third quarter of 2007 in the GTR. Employment in the GTR has increased by 64,000 (+ 2.2%) since the third quarter of 2006. Employment increases have occurred mainly in the Services-producing sector. Industries with large employment gains over the last year include: professional, scientific and technical services; accommodation and food services; and educational services. The economy of the GTR continues to be affected by the rapid rise in the value of the Canadian dollar, which rose from 94 cents U.S. in July to par by the end of September 2007. Gains in the value of the Canadian dollar have led to widespread restructuring efforts in the manufacturing sector in order to reduce the cost of production.
Highlights:
Canadian Securities industry employment increased
TTC maintenance and summer student job application deadline January 31, 2008
Whitby call centre will hire 220 service representatives
Canadian Tire expanding
Source: Statistics CanadaLabour Force Survey Data more trends |
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Seventy-eight per cent of the people who took advantage of the resources The Employment Advantage provided got jobs! |
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