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Outcome
Output
Service providers in the 6 EO networks in Toronto will have reliable
resource directory for newcomer employment and settlement services
so that they will be better able to serve
Brochure
Proposed Action (4)
Lead
Community Partners
Opening Doors: Connecting Youth to Careers in Hospitality
Youth Employment Partnerships
Timelines January/February 2014
Outcome
Output
City of Toronto, PAYE and TESS, Ontario Tourism Education Council
100 youth will have greater understanding of careers opportunities in
hospitality sector of Toronto
Career Fair, training and orientation to sector, assessment and interviews
Workforce Development Priority 3 — Digital Literacy/Rapid Pace of
Technological Change
As electronic mediums increasingly saturate our working lives, basic e-literacy competencies are
becoming more sophisticated. Social media is now used by eighty-two percent (82%) of employers
for recruitment and reference checking of potential employees.
Past Actions
Workshops/Forums: Seeing the Bigger Picture: Digital Technology;
YEP Breakfast Series for Job Developers in Using Social Media for
Employment Support; Promising Practices — Social Media in Job
Development
Projects: St. Jamestown Digital Mapping;
Reports: Promising Practices: Social Media Strategies for Employers
and Job Seekers
Proposed Action
Lead
Community Partners
Social Media in Job Development: Digital Literacy Curriculum
Toronto Workforce Innovation Group
Timelines April 2013-March 2015
EO service providers, First Work, Durham Workforce Authority, Peel
Halton Workforce Development Group, Simcoe Muskoka Workforce
Development Group; Workforce Development Board of York Region,
Ryerson University (WhoPlusYou database)
Local Labour Market Update 2013 • Toronto’s Opportunities and Priorities
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