Employment

Job Seekers, Employers and Educators Benefit From New Website

The posAbilities Employment Service website was launched on March 31 due to a growing demand for effective employment services from job seekers with diverse abilities. The interactive site www.PESworks.ca,...

Happy Campers Get a Head Start on Employment

An interview with Kelly Berge conducted by Aamir Sheriff This week, I had the pleasure of talking to Kelly Berge, an Employment Skills Facilitator from our posAbilities Employment Service....

A Spotlight on Inclusive Employment

Getting a head start on the journey to a fulfilling career! As a recent news article states, the attitude toward hiring persons with developmental disabilities is slowly changing. Employers...

Q and A with inclusive hiring champion Mark Wafer

Tim Hortons owner to share his story at B.C. event Oct. 2 By Michelle Strutzenberger Having employed more than 80 people who have a disability over the last 17 years, Tim...

Mark Wafer says inclusive hiring has been integral to financial success

Mark Wafer says inclusive hiring has been integral to financial success By Michelle Strutzenberger Shortly after opening his first Tim Hortons location in Ontario in 1995, Mark Wafer hired his first...

Youth can kick-start their employability

PosAbilities hosts summer camp for job seekers By Natalie Hamilton Youth seeking a part-time job or looking to jumpstart their professional life after high school can launch their employment search at...

Joe’s Table brews an abilities-friendly workplace

Amanda Kim teams up with Burnaby café to bring meaningful employment to persons with disabilities By Patricia Marcoccia PosAbilities employment specialist Amanda Kim placed a barista “cheat sheet” in a drawer...

Stakeholders strive to create 500 jobs for 500 grads

I>Inclusion BC launches Ready, Willing and Able employment campaign By Natalie Hamilton There are many British Columbia residents who have a disability and are “Ready, Willing and Able” to work. In fact,...

Don’t Sweat It business manager makes new connections at AIM conference

I>Social enterprise model unique at event By Natalie Hamilton Fostering a deeper sense of inclusion and creating more partnerships are two objectives Paul Colvin has in mind for Don’t Sweat It,...

Don’t Sweat It positioning for growth

Continues to provide meaningful work, community services By Natalie Hamilton Whether they’re tending to garden beds in a residential community or gathering up recyclables from a Vancouver-area business, Don’t Sweat It...

Inclusive employment, Gangnam Style

PosAbilities YouTube video sees uptake ‘skyrocket’ By Kristian Partington PSY, a singer/songwriter/rapper from South Korea, managed to rack up an astounding total of close to 1.2 billion views on YouTube with...

posAbilities launches into digital storytelling

Overarching intentions: demystifying disability, raising awareness of posAbilities By Michelle Strutzenberger PosAbilities is about to take its passion for storytelling to a whole new level with the launch of a digital...

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