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Archive: February 2017

MATRIX HOSPITALITY/SERVICE COHORT – APRIL 2017

19 February 2017
Categories: working

Matrix Employment program is accepting applications for the next intake which focuses on work in the Service industry.  FREE certifications First Aid, Foodsafe, Serving it Right, Cashier Certification, Customer Service Essentials.  This is a FREE program of employability skills training and essential industry certifications delivered at the Princeton Skills Centre through program funding from the Canada-British Columbia Jobs Fund.   

Eligibility is restricted to those who have not had an EI claim in the last 3 years, and are currently unemployed.  Perfect for recent graduates, and those workers who have not established an EI claim.

Call Leah at the Skills Centre or stop in to discuss your suitability for this program and its suitability for your career plans.  Delivery timeline is beginning February through mid March.

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

19 February 2017
Categories: happening

We have had a few inquiries for:

Traffic Control Person: (2 day course to certify for Flagging)

Airbrakes (20 hour course to prepare for ICBC written exam to add endorsement)

If either of these courses is of interest, please call the Skills Centre at 250-295-4051 to add you name to an interest list.

ETA for these courses is beginning to end April 2017

A MESSAGE TO ALL MANAGERS… HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE SENDS A MESSAGE

17 February 2017
Categories: thinking

 

You aren’t outright harassing anyone right?  I mean, so what if you don’t acknowledge someone as you walk by, it doesn’t matter….right…..right…WRONG.

We all know by now that workplace bullying is against the law, and that an Employer can be held liable if workplace bullying is present, tolerated and unaddressed in your workplace (Worksafe BC Factsheet), but a new study out of the University of Calgary demonstrates that workplace incivility, especially from a superior in the workplace contributes to uneasiness and a lost sense of belonging within the organization.  A continued lack of civility contributes to poor health, and loss of job security and satisfaction.

An anti-bullying policy is not enough, we also need Respectful Workplace policies that are modeled by management, not just written by management. 

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