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Mohawk officially opens new Community Welcome Centre at Fennell Campus

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:26:43 -0500

Mohawk College officially opened its new centre on Hamilton Mountain to serve and connect job seekers and employers. About 100 people attended the official official opening held at the Fennell Campus last night.

The Community Welcome Centre offers a complete range of free employment services delivered in partnership with Employment Ontario, including an employment resource centre, career planning, employment workshops, apprenticeship information, Summer Job Services and referrals to other services and resources in the community. The Community Welcome Centre also offers recruitment and hiring services for employers.

Mohawk has delivered employment services for more than 30 years and is one of seven Employment Ontario service providers in Greater Hamilton. The College also offers free employment services at its skilled- trades campus (STARRT) in East Hamilton. Along with employment services, the new centre is also home to Mohawk’s free academic upgrading, Continuing Education and language skills development programs.

The Community Welcome Centre at the Fennell Campus is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. For more information, call 905.575.2177.

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Mohawk College officially opens a new centre this afternoon on Hamilton Mountain to serve and connect job seekers and employers.

Mohawk officially opens the new Community Welcome Centre with college partners on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in room J137 at the Fennell Campus.

“As a learning and employment hub, Mohawk’s Community Welcome Centre builds on a long-standing partnership between our college and the Ontario government in helping people in our community fulfill their potential,” says Jim Vanderveken, Dean of Mohawk’s Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Mohawk has delivered employment services for more than 30 years and is one of seven Employment Ontario service providers in Greater Hamilton. Mohawk also offers free employment services at its skilled- trades campus (STARRT) in East Hamilton.

Major renovations, supported with funding from Employment Ontario, converted former classrooms and offices at the Fennell Campus into the new one-stop Community Welcome Centre. Along with employment services, the new centre is also home to Mohawk’s free academic upgrading, Continuing Education and language skills development programs. The renovations are part of the largest campus renewal project in Mohawk’s history.

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Mohawk hosts a Community Employment Services open house at 3:30 p.m. today in the Awareness Theatre at its skilled trades campus in Stoney Creek. Joining employers and job seekers who've found work through Community Employment Services at Mohawk will be Ted McMeekin, MPP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale and Mohawk President Rob MacIsaac.

Funded by Employment Ontario, Community Employment Services offers free and comprehensive employment services to job seekers, including:

One-on-one employment consultation, job search support and group workshops

Access to a resource centre and computer lab

Access to Ontario government programs, including Second Career

Community Employment Services also serves employers by posting job opportunities, hosting job fairs, pre-screening job applicants and, in some cases, offering subsidies to offset initial training costs.

Along with serving job seekers and employers in East Hamilton, Mohawk offers Community Employment Services on the West Mountain at its Fennell Campus.

“Mohawk College is proud to work with the Ontario government in offering a one-stop and full-service employment connection for job seekers and employers in our community,” says Jim Vanderveken, who leads community services at Mohawk as Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Community Employment Services at Mohawk College

Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Mohawk STARRT Institute Library, 481 Barton St. East (extended hours to 7 p.m. Thursdays)

Fennell Campus J-Wing, 135 Fennell Ave. West, (extended hours to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays)

To book an appointment with an employment consultant, please call 905.575.2177.