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GPS for your Career Presentation

GPS for Your Career Presentation is a new, dynamic and free career planning tool offered by First Work.

 

Alexis Roy from  First Work will be presenting an overview of this resource on Tuesday, December 13 from 2-2:30pm via Zoom. 

With GPS for Your Career offers:

  • Personalized recommendation of in-demand careers and the pathways forward.
  • Skill-building roadmap of programs to maximize your chosen-career readiness.
  • Skills passport to showcase your abilities.

Make informed career decisions with GPS for Your Career.

After the presentation, participants will have the chance to explore the site on their own.

This online workshop is presented by Epilepsy Toronto’s Employment Services Department. To receive a zoom link to join, please complete this form to register.

Ask Me Anything…About Recruitment

Our Employment Services Department’s “Ask Me Anything…” webinar series is an opportunity for employers to talk about their recruitment process, company, or a topic related to job search they are are experts on; and a chance for our clients to ask them questions in an easy, open, comfortable environment. 

Have you ever wondered what recruiters look for in resumes, cover letters and interviews? How do they choose a candidate? Recruiters receive lots of resumes and are skilled at filtering information – they need to quickly identify the skills and experience their employers are seeking.

Danielle Helsby-Kwong will be joining us on Wednesday, July 20th 2022 @ 1 pm-2 PM for an AMA (Ask Me Anything!). Danielle, who has years of experience working as a recruiter, will take questions about the recruitment process, with the goal of enlightening job seekers on best practices when self-marketing for a job.

This online workshop is presented by Epilepsy Toronto’s Employment Services Department. To receive a zoom link to join, please complete this form to register.

About the Presenter

Danielle is an accomplished Human Resources Professional with demonstrated business knowledge in full-cycle Recruitment, HR Consulting, Coaching, HR Policy Design and Change Management. 

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Digital Literacy Workshop: Whats App

With the whole world living online, people with disabilities tend to get left behind due to the lack of accessibility to computers, tablets, and phones, Furthermore, they are also are less likely to be aware of the versatility and other capabilities of these devices and platforms.

We’re here to help you! Join us for a free series of interactive workshops and learn about all things digital with our facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa.

Join us for our Whats App Workshop! Another app that’s become popular for long distance calls, What’s App is also great for group chats and so much more. For our final workshop in this series, we are pleased to offer a useful primer, right at your fingertips!

Meet the workshop facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa:

Bryan was born and raised around the GTA, and despite epilepsy, earned a science PhD from the University of Waterloo.  Currently, he is making the effort to re-train himself in a newer field called Data Science where he can apply all of his science and presenting skills towards computer coding and understanding problems encountered by companies.  He recently underwent surgery to better control his epilepsy and recover more with every passing day.  He believes volunteering is a great way to give back to the people around him and a refreshing break from coding. And we’re glad to have him!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY

 

Please contact Carter if you have any questions about the workshop: carter@epilepsytoronto.org.

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Digital Literacy Workshop: QR Codes

With the whole world living online, people with disabilities tend to get left behind due to the lack of accessibility to computers, tablets, and phones, Furthermore, they are also are less likely to be aware of the versatility and other capabilities of these devices and platforms.

We’re here to help you! Join us for a free series of interactive workshops and learn about all things digital with our facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa.

Join us for our QR Codes Workshop! What are QR codes, you ask? Don’t worry, we’d never heard of them either. But these funky codes are used for much more than just navigating restaurant menus! QR Codes are also popular because they are good for the environment….join us and find out why!

Meet the workshop facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa:

Bryan was born and raised around the GTA, and despite epilepsy, earned a science PhD from the University of Waterloo.  Currently, he is making the effort to re-train himself in a newer field called Data Science where he can apply all of his science and presenting skills towards computer coding and understanding problems encountered by companies.  He recently underwent surgery to better control his epilepsy and recover more with every passing day.  He believes volunteering is a great way to give back to the people around him and a refreshing break from coding. And we’re glad to have him!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY

 

Please contact Carter if you have any questions about the workshop: carter@epilepsytoronto.org.

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Digital Literacy Workshop: All Things Google

With the whole world living online, people with disabilities tend to get left behind due to the lack of accessibility to computers, tablets, and phones, Furthermore, they are also are less likely to be aware of the versatility and other capabilities of these devices and platforms.

We’re here to help you! Join us for a free series of interactive workshops and learn about all things digital with our facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa.

First up is our All Things Google Workshop! Much more than just a search engine, Google offers a wealth of services that many people don’t know about or take advantage of. This is your chance to take a deeper dive into this popular search tool and learn more about what it can do for you!

Meet the workshop facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa:

Bryan was born and raised around the GTA, and despite epilepsy, earned a science PhD from the University of Waterloo.  Currently, he is making the effort to re-train himself in a newer field called Data Science where he can apply all of his science and presenting skills towards computer coding and understanding problems encountered by companies.  He recently underwent surgery to better control his epilepsy and recover more with every passing day.  He believes volunteering is a great way to give back to the people around him and a refreshing break from coding. And we’re glad to have him!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY

 

Please contact Carter if you have any questions about the workshop: carter@epilepsytoronto.org.

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Digital Literacy Workshop: Zoom 101

With the whole world living online, people with disabilities tend to get left behind due to the lack of accessibility to computers, tablets, and phones, Furthermore, they are also are less likely to be aware of the versatility and other capabilities of these devices and platforms.

We’re here to help you! Join us for a free series of interactive workshops and learn about all things digital with our facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa.

Join us for our Zoom 101 Workshop! It seems the whole world exists online these days, so why not pull up a chair and get a little more comfortable navigating the plethora of functions offered by Zoom. Whether it’s polling or break out rooms or creating funky background to hide those piles of dishes behind you, there’s something here for everyone!

Meet the workshop facilitator Bryan Kuropatwa:

Bryan was born and raised around the GTA, and despite epilepsy, earned a science PhD from the University of Waterloo.  Currently, he is making the effort to re-train himself in a newer field called Data Science where he can apply all of his science and presenting skills towards computer coding and understanding problems encountered by companies.  He recently underwent surgery to better control his epilepsy and recover more with every passing day.  He believes volunteering is a great way to give back to the people around him and a refreshing break from coding. And we’re glad to have him!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TODAY

 

Please contact Carter if you have any questions about the workshop: carter@epilepsytoronto.org.

Ask Me Anything…about Employment

Our Employment Services Department’s “Ask Me Anything…” webinar series is an opportunity for employers to talk about their recruitment process, company, or a topic related to job search they are are experts on; and a chance for our clients to ask them questions in an easy, open, comfortable environment. 

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Nirav Patel will be joining us on Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 @ 1 pm-2 PM for an AMA (Ask Me Anything!). He will take questions around job search and disclosure of a disability. Nirav will be speaking as a person with years of experience in these areas, not as a representative of OPG. Please join us for an enlightening AMA with Nirav!

This online workshop is presented by Epilepsy Toronto’s Employment Services Department. To receive a zoom link to join, please complete this form to register.

About the Presenter

Nirav Patel is Vice President of Human Resources at Ontario Power Generation.  He has been with the generation utility for 20 years taking on various roles within HR and leadership.  He has a special interest in recruitment, and ED&I and was recently awarded as the 2021 Agent of Change award for his commitment to inclusion efforts in the electricity sector by the non profit Electricity HR Canada organization.  Nirav is currently engaged in a number of HR transformations as his organization continues to focus on people, process and technology to create the HR organization of future focused on great employee experience.  In his spare time, Nirav is an avid cycler and continues to raise funds to Princess Margaret Cancer Centre through the Ride to Conquer Cancer.