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Island employers invited to support new internship program

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/island-employers-invited-to-support-new-internship-program
2019-03-11
Creating jobs for Islanders, Government is looking for Island businesses and non-profit organizations to help recent graduates gain work experience with an internship to improve their digital skills and prepare for current and future job opportunities.  The governments of Canada and Prince Edward...
Mike Annear

Job fairs connect job seekers with employers

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/job-fairs-connect-job-seekers-with-employers
2018-03-16
If you’re looking for work, the owner of Kings County Construction wants to meet you. Mike Annear will be among dozens of employers with a booth at the upcoming SkillsPEI job fairs in Charlottetown, Summerside, Montague, and O’Leary between April 9 and 19. Mike says he looks forward to the annual...
Jo-Anne White and Palette Pitre

Retired but wanting to work? Passport to Employment can help

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/retired-but-wanting-to-work-passport-to-employment-can-help
2018-02-20
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Retirement from decades-long careers left Jo-Anne White and Paulette Pitre thinking about returning to the workforce. Now they are training for the Island’s vibrant and fast-growing tourism industry through SkillsPEI’s Passport to Employment program. Passport to...
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Youth introduced to construction careers as industry booms

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/youth-introduced-to-construction-careers-as-industry-booms
2017-08-02
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Scott Murray says he wants to be a Red Seal carpenter one day and Team Construction is helping him build his dream. Murray is one of 80 young Islanders being introduced to careers in the booming construction industry over the next three years. The project, led by the...
Jenna MacNeill, who is working on the renovations at Province House, displays some of the artifacts that the crew has been finding.

New graduate will leave her mark on Province House

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/new-graduate-will-leave-her-mark-on-province-house
2017-07-21
Creating jobs for Islanders -, Jenna MacNeill found her dream job through the Graduate Mentorship Program. After graduating from Holland College's Heritage Retrofit Carpentry program last spring, the 26-year-old Cornwall resident was hired the following week to work on the large and...
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Career Fairs let Islanders ‘try a trade’

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/career-fairs-let-islanders-try-trade
2017-03-01
New interactive features will allow job seekers to “try a trade” at four Career Fairs across the province later this month. Tools and equipment will be available for people to try their hand at robotics, electronics, and electromechanical trades. Besides meeting employers, job seekers can register...
Minister Brown and three other people standing in front of Career Bridges sign and three of them are holding an information brochure.

SkillsPEI connects new, former residents to Island workforce

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/skillspei-connects-new-former-residents-island-workforce
2016-11-21
Cheryl Burns and Jean-Claude Barabe both credit SkillsPEI programs offered through Tremploy for helping them transition into the Prince Edward Island workforce. A former Islander living in Ontario, Burns participated in the 12-week Career Bridges program offered in Charlottetown. The program gave...
Bloyce Walfield - Welding Apprentice

Your future career - Want it? Make it.

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/your-future-career-want-it-make-it
2016-11-03
When he was a little boy, Bloyce Walfield really wanted a four wheeler. But it wasn’t in the cards, so he and a buddy made their own go-karts. Walfield’s early days of go-kart design - along with learning to weld equipment on a dairy farm - eventually led to a successful career and love of a...
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Week will focus on careers, trades, technology

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/week-will-focus-careers-trades-technology
2016-10-31
Students of any age can learn about job skills and career planning at events happening this week. Today marks the beginning of National Skilled Trades and Technology Week, as well as Atlantic Canada Career Week, both October 31 through November 6. The two initiatives were launched at Holland...
Minister Richard Brown is sitting in a barber chair having his haircut at The Humble Barber

The Humble Barber success is turning heads with help from Self Employ PEI

https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/news/humble-barber-success-turning-heads-help-self-employ-pei
2016-09-29
Sean Aylward, owner and operator of The Humble Barber, is the epitome of a hardworking Island entrepreneur. Opening in downtown Summerside in March 2015, Aylward’s barber shop received support through SkillsPEI’s Self Employ PEI program during its first year of operation. He recently opened a...
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