Agriculture & Agri-Food, Bulletins, Career Focus, Food Processing, Hiring, Hiring Incentive, Manufacturing
Funding to Hire Youth
Funding is Running Out Apply Now
Canada’s Career Starter program provides “bio-economy” employers with 50% funding of a youth’s salary to a maximum of $20,000 in wage subsidies for a three to nine-month job placement. The program goal is to help the employer adopt a diverse and inclusive work culture while satisfying their need for skilled labour.
Eligible youth must be 15-30 years, a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or immigrants plus can legally and able to work fulltime in Canada. Additionally, the youth must be facing one or more barriers to employment including but not limited to:
- not in education, employment or training for at least six months
- Disability
- Indigenous
- A recent immigrant and/or refugee
- A visible minority
- LGBTQ2 +
- Homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
- Living in a low-income household
- Residing in a rural or remote location
- Living with family care responsibilities
- Affected by substance use
- Currently in, coming out of, or who have been involved in the justice system
- In or aging out of care
- Living with low levels of literacy and numeracy
The definition of bio-economy employees includes farmers, processors, pulp and paper manufacturers, the forest sector, bio-based health products, cannabis, bio-energy producers, pet food makers, IT/health software developers, etc. In addition, to a 6-to-9-month placement, employers must provide hired youth with a minimum of 2.5 hours/month of job coaching.
The program also offers internal job coaching such as skills training and onboarding tools for employers, including a diversity and inclusion HR policy template; and on-going monitoring to ensure program success.
Funding is extremely limited so apply quickly.
Agriculture & Agri-Food, Career Connect, Career Focus, Digital Media, Energy, Food Processing, Hiring, Hiring Incentive, Natural Resources
FUNDING TO HIRE RECENT GRADUATES NOW AVAILABLE
Employment Subsidy for Food Processing, Forestry and Other Bio-Economic Sectors
The Science Horizon Internship Program is advertising 80% up to $25,000 in grant funding to hire post-secondary graduates for internships in clean technology related jobs.
“Clean technology” includes any process, good, or service that reduces environmental impacts through:
- Activities which prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution or any other degradation of the environment
- Resource management activities resulting in more efficient use of natural resources, thus safeguarding against their depletion; or
- The use of goods that have been adapted to be significantly less energy or resource intensive than the industry standard
The program also offers up to $5,000 towards skills development, training costs, and/or other employment needs.
Subsidized interns must 30 years old or younger, have graduated from a recognized post-secondary program and currently unemployed or under employed. Interns must also be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or have been granted refugee status. Internships are to be full-time positions (i.e., 35 hours per week) and 6-12 months in duration.
Agriculture & Agri-Food, Apparel, Food Processing, Hiring, Hiring Incentive
Grant to Hire Summer Students in Rural Ontario
BUSINESS FUNDING NOW AVAILABLE FOR STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
The Rural Summer Jobs Service program will contribute $2.00 per hour for a maximum of 560 hours to hire students ages 15-30 during the period of April 1 and September 30, 2015. Applicants must be an Ontario business or community group located in an area with a population of 100,000 or less. The maximum number of students that can be subsidized under this program varies with the quantity of applicants, and employer location. Please note that applicants cannot receive additional funding from other government programs to subsidize the same student.
Agriculture & Agri-Food, Career Focus, Energy, Food Processing, Hiring, Hiring Incentive, Natural Resources, R&D, Research
GRANT TO HIRE INTERN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED!
The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program will pay up to 70% to a maximum of $30,000 towards the cost of hiring a post secondary school graduate to undertake an environment related project. The selected graduate will be 30 years of age or under, hired for six to twelve months, and mentored by applicant senior scientists and program managers. To be eligible, projects should be involved in researching or addressing atmospheric, aquatic, wildlife or landscape issues, influences, solutions or strategies related to the government’s strategic outcomes – ” to maintain a clean, safe and sustainable environment”. Approximately one hundred interns are supported annually. Program internships have been previously awarded for environmental projects related to climate and ecosystem research, wildlife research and management, ecological monitoring and assessment, and the development of scientific tools such as standards and guidelines of environmental quality. Deadline for applications is 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time, December 12, 2014
Apparel, Career Focus, Hiring, Hiring Incentive, Manufacturing
Funding to Hire Qualified Staff
Canada-Wide Employment Grant for Apparel and Textile Companies
The Apparel Career Focus program will contribute 50% up to $15,000 towards hiring a post-university or college graduate to work in their field of study. Read More
Agriculture & Agri-Food, Career Connect, Digital Media, Hiring, Hiring Incentive, IT, Technology
Limited Funding Now Available For Hiring Geeks
Canada-Wide Grant for Hiring Information and Communication Technology Graduates
The ICT CareerConnect program will contribute up to $18,000 towards the hiring of post-secondary graduates for information and communication technology (ICT) work placements. Read More
