18 Service Canada Centre for Youth offices are set to open across New Brunswick

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If you are a young person looking for a job or an employer looking for a young worker, mark Wednesday on your calendar.

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Greg Agnew/Times & Transcript

Randy Dinan, Lead Youth Services Officer at the Service Canada Centre for Youth on the third floor of the Heritage Court building in downtown Moncton loads up the information shelves in preparation for Monday's opening of the seasonal job centre.

That's when the Service Canada Centre for Youth opens its offices across New Brunswick.

"Whatever the job, big or small, short or long term, we can help you fill it," says Stephanie Leger, assistant co-ordinator for youth initiatives in New Brunswick.

"In the coming weeks, youth services officers will be contacting local employers to make them aware that our SCCYs are now open and ready to assist them."

Consider SCCYs as a bridge linking young people and employers, much to the benefit of both.

From building your resume to finding out your strengths, the SCCY office is an essential guide for young workers.

"We take the time to offer them quality, one-on-one services," Leger says.

"We want to assess their needs, to get to know them."

Young people can get excellent interview tips, job-search strategies and a list of available jobs. Employers and youths can get information on wage rates, labour laws, health and safety in the workplace as well as information on government of Canada and provincial initiatives.

Employers and homeowners interested in hiring, and young people looking for work, can visit any SCCY office between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. You can also reach any SCCY office by dialing 1-800-O-CANADA.

Jobs are also posted on line at www.jobbank.gc.ca, under Student Job Search, New Brunswick.

To get an idea of how active SCCY offices and its employees are, last year they served 16,000 people face to face, gave presentations to more than 10,000 students and posted 11,000 jobs in just three months.

SCCY staff aren't just focused on summer jobs but rather on building young people's job-seeking skills with good information that they can use for the rest of their working lives.

"They are not just summer work experiences," Leger says.

"These are experiences that are stepping stones to a future career."

SCCY staff are now planning their spring and summer outreach events, where they go into the community to offer their services, for example at job fairs.

"Our Service Canada Centres for Youth will be present in our New Brunswick communities all summer long," Leger says.