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Career Focus Program

Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)

Last Verified: 2003-11-20

The Career Focus program constitutes one of the three components of the Youth Employment Strategy. Through this program, employers/sponsors may hire recent graduates and receive a wage subsidy of up to a third of the participants's salary ($15 000 maximum).

Eligibility Criteria

  • Graduates should:
    • be between the age of 15 and 30;
    • be a post-secondary graduates;
    • be out of school;
    • not be in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits; and
    • be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person who has been granted refugee status in Canada.
  • A sponsor can be:
    • a business;
    • an organization (including not-for-profit, professional, employer and labour associations);
    • a public health institution;
    • an educational institution;
    • a band/tribal council;
    • an Aboriginal organization; or
    • a municipal government.

Eligible Area

Canadian provinces and territories.

Summary

This project provide financial assistance to employers and organizations to deliver projects that will provide post-secondary graduate youth with work experiences within Canada and abroad.

How to apply

Interested post-secondary graduates and employers should contact their local Human Resources Development Canada office or visit the Website for more information.

Note:  This program is also offered through various other federal departments; each having their own specific criteria. These departments are:

  • Career Focus Program in Agriculture and Agri-Food
  • Career Focus Program
  • Science Horizons Youth Internship Program
  • Industry Canada

Saskatchewan Contact(s):
Service Canada Centres
For a complete list of all Service Canada Centres please visit the Web site or check the government listings in your telephone directory.
Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/where_you_live/regions/offices/sk.shtml


National Contact(s):
Skills Information Division
Human Resources Partnerships Directorate
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
5th Floor
Place du Portage IV
140 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0J9
Telephone: (819) 953-7454
Fax: (819) 997-0227
E-mail: noc-cnp@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca




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