Partnerships

EMOLTB will be working on several partnerships for 2009 - 2010

LITERACY, ESSENTIAL SKILLS EMPLOYER SURVEY
Part of a larger two-year project, "Connecting Literacy and Employment Through Essential Skills" led by Literacy Link South Central. A survey will be conducted to capture how employers identify literacy or essential skills levels for prospective hires. The survey will be used to determine next steps in developing information to encourage employers to access resources available to assist them in determining the literacy and essentail skill levels of their employees.

OXFORD INVITATIONAL YOUTH ROBOTICS CHALLENGE
A program to give youth hands-on experience in design, construction and team problem solving by building and programming a robot for an industry modeled task. Click here for more information.

ELGIN LABOUR FORCE STRATEGY
The Workforce Development Plan is an Elgin-St. Thomas initiative of Economic Development, education, community agencies and business organizations to help address the current workforce challenges.

SWEAP, THE NEXT GENERATION
This will be an update to the SWEAP document released four years ago. The new edition will include careers that have emerged since the original publication.

SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CHANGE REPORTS
Labour Market Indicators information and Canadian Business Patterns information will be combined to determine key areas of change for businesses with up to 200 employees. A series of sector specific focus group discussions will be held with local employers from these key areas to identify the reasons behind the growth or decline.