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The challenge ...
FOR JULY AND AUGUST, 2000

Many youth today experi-

the skills’, but they wonder

| All Mectings will be held in the Central Saanich Municipal how to get the skills without

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— TIME MEETING ence difficulty in knowing how

Monday. July 10,2000 7:30 p.m. Special Council to look for work. They get dis...

Monday. July 24. 2000 7:30 p.m. Special Council couraged because of the com-

Monday. August 14.2000 7:30p.m. — Special Council petition for the jobs available.
Boe ; .They -repeatedly hear ‘you

Monday, August 28, 2000 7:30 p.m. Special Council - won't get a job unless you have

- This was.the experience
of Tana, who is 17 and
needed to look for work.
“My first time trying to
get a job; | know I had a re-
ally poor attitude and didn’t
care what I looked like. I
started to feel down when |
couldn't get a job: I was get-
ting annoyed with the fact of

having no response,” says .

| Hall Council Chamber, 1903 Mount Newton Cross Road,
f Saanichton, BC.

Tana. She felt that she was

being given a chance to expe a Nat's:
not giving the right impreés-

rience the work.

etting work experience

sion to employers. She
would mumble, would ‘not
look employers directly in
the. eye, and generally
showed no enthusiasm.

Tana faced: many per-
sonal challenges when look-
ing for work.. “I didn’t want
to get out of my house and
go look for work. I lacked
motivation,” she says; she
did not have the confidence
to get out there, and felt like
she was put on the spot.

Discovering skills ...

Like many youth, Tana
struggled to overcome chal-
lenges she faced. She got
help through the’ Spring-

~. board to Success program:

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Tana realized thei impor-”
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: earnest, ‘to look ‘for

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Same. with work today.

have .to take charge and:
know what needs to be done
“at work,” and she ensures _

the work gets done.

~ The skills learned and re-
Jationships built through vol-.
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hity may be the most useful ’

in your job search and per-
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positive work ethic and feel-
ings of confidence and self
worth can assist you in se-
curing the job you want.
This is also a way to dis-
cover your likes and dislikes
of types of work, and may
give you contacts to help to
guide you toward the career
path of your choice.

Carrying confidence

into the interview ...

Tana recalls her first tele- |

phone call for an interview,
and how it made her shine.
She was really excited, and.
said that her confidence in-

_ creased as she prepared for
the - interview: She. said
when it came time for. the:

actual interview: “I came in
with a glowing show of con-
“fidence and this helped me
to get. the job. I gave the im-

_pression I would be good .
“with people. I'was. outgoing :
and not’ sheltered, this is

‘what employer s look for.”

person.’ ‘for the ‘job, ‘and: :
“make it clear. why: you are.’
~ Don't be afraid: to/highlight:

-your strengths, and. be pre-

pared: to let. the employer. .
“know how those strengths.
will assist . their. company,,
Keeping a positive attitude.
will, help. you achieve your. :

career. goal,

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~Tana’s advice for youth 2s

Visit the Employment Re-
source Centre at our Youth.
Open House, July 5, 10 am.

Community