Sectoral Career Focus Program

Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)

Last Verified: 2005-06-30

The Sectoral Career Focus Program is a national initiative between the Government of Canada and sector councils and cross-sectoral organizations. It constitutes a component of the Youth Employment Strategy. Through the Program, sector councils help employers in hiring recent graduates by offering wage subsidy of up to a third of the participants' salary ($15 000 maximum).

Eligibility Criteria

Basic criteria are:

be between the age of 15 and 30;
be a post-secondary graduates;
be out of school;
be legally entitled to work in Canada;
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.

In addition, each council has their own criteria. Visit the pertinent Web site below for more details.

Eligible Area

All Canadian provinces and territories.

Eligible Activities

These vary with each sector council, but activities of each council include:

apparel manufacturing;
biotechnology;
aquaculture;
aviation;
career;
environment;
technology;
trucking;
cultural disciplines;
seafood;
software;
textiles; and
wood manufacturing.

Summary

Sector councils are well positioned to develop projects that assist youth in finding quality employment and are well qualified to act as project managers, assessing and matching employers and participants based on program eligibility requirements and assuming responsibility for the overall financial management of projects. As project managers and recipient sponsors, sector councils assess potential employers and participants to ensure they meet program eligibility requirements and assume responsibility for the overall financial management of projects.

The Government of Canada will be providing $7,138,423 over a two-year period for this program

How to Apply

The Sectoral Career Focus Program is administered through sector councils, Human Resources Partnership's main recipients. Youth and employers interested in participating in the program should contact the sector council of interest below.

Sector Councils with Sectoral Career Focus Projects

Biotechnology Human Resource Council
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA)
Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC)
Canada Career Consortium (CCC)
Environmental Careers Organization (ECO)
Canadian Technology Human Resources Board (CTHRB)
Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC)
Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC)
National Seafood Sector Council (NSSC)
Software Human Resource Council (SHRC)

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon Contact(s):
See National Contact.

National Contact(s):
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Web site: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/hrp/gcs_spi/scfp.shtml