Bancroft and Belleville have a range of summer job opportunities for students, through Ontario’s Summer Jobs Programs. These programs help working-age students gain jobs and experience so they can succeed and continue their studies.
Through the government’s Summer Jobs website, students can:
· Find job listings
· Get help to improve their marketing skills
· Learn how to start their own “Summer Company”
· Apply for summer jobs with the Ontario Government
· Find out about the $2-per-hour hiring incentive for employers.
The Summer Jobs Service offers students free self-marketing and job search services, and offers employers a $2-per-hour hiring incentive to encourage them to hire students. Summer Jobs Services are open to students aged 15 to 30 years who are planning to return to school this fall.
Students can access Ontario’s Summer Jobs Service at Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology- Bancroft Campus and at 54 Dundas St E in Belleville.
QUOTES
”Helping students find summer jobs strengthens our local communities and workforce.” – Leona Dombrowsky MPP for Prince Edward-Hastings
"We’re helping more students each year find summer jobs so they can continue their studies and succeed in life." – John Milloy, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities
QUICK FACTS
· Students work in all employment sectors, including private sector, non-profit, broader public and public sector jobs.
· Through the Ontario Summer Jobs Strategy, the McGuinty government is helping to build the best-educated, best-trained workforce in North America.
· Last summer, the government helped 110,521 Ontario students find jobs.
LEARN MORE
Call Employment Ontario at 1-800-387-5656 or visit: www.ontario.ca/summerjobs
Employers, students, schools and community agencies will find useful downloadable resources on the MTCU website.
Summer jobs programs are offered across several ministries. For descriptions, see the Backgrounder “Ontario Ministries Have Summer Jobs for Students.”
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Contact:
Sheila Alexander 613-962-1144
ldombrowsky.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org