22 — Wednesday, July 22, 1998 — North Shore News

Youth career
help offered

Seymour centre open all summer

The Seycove Youth
Career & Employment
Centre (YCEC) is, for
the first time, open to
the community’s youth
throughout the sum-
mer.

Located in the student
services area in Seycove
Community School, the cen-
tre received sponsorship
from Investors Group,
Human Resources
Development Canada,
Seycove Community School,
and Seycove Community
Programs Society to advance
to a year-round operation in
providing resources and sup-
port to youth in terms of
career and employment con-
cerns.

The centre hopes to pro-
vide youth with assistance
and guidance in establishing
post-secondary and carcer
plans.

Aiming at serving youth
in the geographic area east of
the Seymour River, the
Seycove YCEC wants to
offer an environment that is
friendly and familiar —
important factors that influ-
ence the likelihood of youth
returning in the future for
further needs.

Youth are encouraged to
drop-in during the week.

The Centre is open
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday from 9 a.m. to 4

p.m.
‘ Resources are available on
_ topics that many youth may
_ have growing — concerns
about, including post-sec-

ondary institutions and their
programs, international stu-
dent exchanges, scholarships,
bursaries and other financial
aid and apprenticeship pro-
grams.

Youth will also be able to
access current labor market
information and research
eireers that interest them to
sie What exactly cach
involves,

Three computers have
been made available for the
career centre’s use, and thev
are equipped with internet

Centre include sessions on
resume writing, cover letter
writing and interview skills.

The Seycove YCEC has
posted local volunteer and
employment opportunitics
for those who are interested.

Ir is hoped that the carcer
centre will serve as a fink
between local business and
local youth.

Therefore, focal business
are encouraged to approach
the Centre with — their

- employment needs.

Joyee Lau, a 1997 gradu-
ate from Seycove, was
recently hired as the coordi-
nator for the Seycove YCEC
and she is on duty for the
hours listed above.

Joyee is anxious for the
comununity’s youth to
become aware of the
Centre’s existence so that
she can, as a peer, help them
make use of these valuable
resources. :

If there are any questions
or concerns, she can be
reached at 929-7981.

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