Information for Employers
ASETS programming covers a wide range of necessary skills and training areas that span multiple career stages. Send us and email to get added to our annual callout for for Summer Students and Targeted Wage Subsidy funding.
TARGETED WAGE SUBSIDY
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
An 8-27 week program that provides funding to cover part of an employees wage. The Program creates opportunities to enhance skills on the job and improve long term employability with a local employer.
This opportunity may lead to continued employment with the sponsor. TWS funds are not meant to create a funding dependency. Core staff or normal program activities can only be supported once.
OBJECTIVES · To provide a wage subsidy, employment related costs and related training dollars for an unemployed eligible participant
· Sponsors will offer likely hood of long-term employment or for the participant to obtain sustainable employment
SUMMER STUDENT
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
An 8-16 week wage subsidy program that provides funding to hire high school or post secondary student for summer jobs.
The Program provides students with work experience, builds transferrable skills career awareness and preparation for future entry into the labour market
OBJECTIVES · This program focuses on providing work experience and developmental learning for in school youth through the provision of a wage subsidy to employers · Employers are to avoid hiring the same students for the same positions in consecutive years. Hiring must be done in a fair and equitable manner providing equal opportunity to those interested in the position. Students cannot be supervised by their immediate family members.
DIRECT PURCHASE
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Provides funding to purchase seats in identified training courses and/or workshops from private and public training agencies for a group or individual, Training must meet Labour Market Demand
OBJECTIVE
To provide funding for a group of eligible participants who may attend occupational/vocational training from public or registered private institutions for various accredited training programs.