Community Resources
Talking Trades
Employment Strategies
Job Seeker Essentials
Employable Skills
100

The full title of the EEC (unabbreviated). 

What is The Employment and Education Centre?

100

This trade's primary work involves cutting, installing, and shaping building materials during various construction projects, often working with wood and power tools.

What is Carpentry? 

100

A local organization to contact when you are having trouble with your job search or want to develop life and employment skills.

What is the Employment and Education Centre/EEC?

100

Sometimes employers ask for this to go with a resume when someone applies.

What is a Cover Letter?

100

I am a various set of skills that are tangible and usually come with education and experience.

What are Hard Skills?

200

Somewhere students from grade 7-12 can go after school on Tuesdays to play sports and do other fun physical activities (without COVID of course).

What is Brockville Stingers Complex?

200

The title of someone who has successfully completed an apprenticeship program.

What is a Journeyperson/Journeyman? 

200

Connecting with people of various professions, geographical locations, and skillsets to expand your pool of colleagues/friends/mentors/etc.

What is networking?

200

As a recent graduate, my resume should be this long.

What is one page?

200

I am a various set of skills that are not tangible and hard to pin down, but employers love to see me on a resume.

What are Soft Skills/Power Skills?

300

Some of our services include Community Addictions Services, Counselling, Social Recreation, and Case Management.

Who is LLG Addictions and Mental Health?

300

A system of training people for trades and skilled labour positions with both classroom learning and on-the-job training.

What is an Apprenticeship?

300

The best website to use to access Ontario labour market information.

What is Ontario.ca/page/labour-market? (Ontario Labour Market is an acceptable answer)

300

Something that an applicant should do after any job interview.

What is a follow up/thank you?

300

This skill is demonstrated by arriving on time for work (or to any other obligations) on a consistent and reliable basis.

What is Punctuality?

400

We provide programs and services that help people affected by the justice system to develop key life skills, build productive futures, and navigate issues of criminal justice.

Who is John Howard Society?

400

Indicates a tradesperson has demonstrated knowledge required for the national standard of the trade when affixed to a provincial/territorial trade certificate.

What is The Red Seal?

400

The type of outfit to wear for an interview at an organization with a fairly relaxed corporate culture.

What is Business Casual? 

400

Something you should read to help tailor your resume to the job you are applying for.

What is a Job Description?

400

My skillset is front and centre in this type of resume format.

What is Functional?

500

The name of the new bus that goes back and fourth from Brockville to Cardinal throughout the day, stopping at a variety of employment and shopping locations.

What is RiverRoute?

500

The four main categories of skilled trades.

What are Construction, Transportation, Manufacturing, and Service.

500

This register of language is standard amongst employers, schools, and most community services.

What is a Formal Register?

500

Something to be cautious and aware about using carelessly, since employers will look through it when reviewing your application.

What is Social Media/Facebook?

500

Time management is an example of what type of skill?

What is a Soft/Power Skill?

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