12. Terrace Review — Wednesday, July 31, 1991

CEC for Students worried

Nicki Karlash

The Canada Employment Centre for Students is concerned that student employment is down this year, both locally and around the province. Student placement officer . Nicki Karlash says that May was about the same with 63 placements of post-secondary students.and she was most encouraged. Since then, the numbers have gone down. June was their lowest month, with placement down 60 percent from Jast year. That translates to a loss of 90 jobs, down from 149.

Construction and forestry are the two areas that show the largest

‘Where To Find It

Harpal Manhas

drop over last year. Student em- ployment officer Harpal Manhas says that employers in these indus- tries tell them that they’re having enough trouble keeping their own workers busy.

The hospitality industry through- out the area has remained the number one industry employer of students. Figures are stable throughout the region. "Fast food is the best way in (to the employ- ment market)", says Harpal. The training is good and those employers use large numbers of students.

In Terrace, two motivated stu- dents started their own landscaping business this summer. Although it was alot of work, it has been a worthwhile endeavour for them.

Nicki and Harpal continue to contact employers through promo- tional letters, radio spots and per- sonal visits to deliver information

|. packages on their services. They

are still conducting group informa- tion sessions with students to dis-

“cuss employer expectations, appli-

cation completion, resume writing and other job-related topics.

The Canada Employment Centre for Students will remain open as late as August 23, Nicki’s and Harpal’s last day of work, if the demand is there. They still have enthusiastic students looking for full-time, part-time and casual work. Perhaps employers losing a post-secondary student at the end of the summer will consider hiring a secondary student on a part-time basis.

This weekend, the Canada Em- ployment Centre for Students and Overwaitea, with the help of vol- unteer students, will sponsor a barbecue in the Overwaitea parking lot to raise funds for Ter- trace Special Olympics.

Retirees needed...

Local individuals who are retired or semi-retired business owners or professionals are needed as paid business coun- sellors for the Counselling Assistance to Small Enterprises (CASE) program of the Federal Business Development Bank (FBDB).

Women and men who have successfully owned and oper- ated their own businesses are in particular demand as are former executives with experi- ence in engineering, manufac-

- turing, marketing, accounting,

franchising, exporting and human resources. Counsellors are placed on the bank’s roster and are called upon when their specific expertise is required by actient. There are no minimum

or maximum number of assign-

ments that a counsellor must complete and counsellors re free to turn down any assign- ments they do not wish to undertake. This leaves counse]-

' lors with sufficient free time to

enjoy their retirement while using their wealth of business experience to help entrepre- neurs better manage their busi- nesses.

The CASE program was

established in 1972 to provide affordable . counselling to owners of small and medium- sized businesses. This service can include assistance with

market research, developing a_ |-

business plan, inventory con- trol, cash flow analysis, pro- duction systems, sales/market- ing/promotion, computerization, developing export markets, etc. Clients can receive a free con- Sultation to determine the nature of their business wants, needs and expectations or area of interest before a contract is signed.

In the year ended March 51, 1991, some 11,000 entrepre- news nationwide benefitted from CASE counselling, over 3,000 of which were in B.C, Entrepreneurs can access the CASE service from any of FBDB’s 16 British Columbia and Yukon branches. Counsel- lors will trave] to remote loca- tions if required.

Anyone interested in becom- ing a CASE counsellor, or in using the CASE service is asked to call Bob Walch, Training Co-ordinator at the Terrace branch, 635-4951.

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