Looking for Summer Work...or Workers?

After attending the 2012 Contact Conference in Saskatoon I reflected on all the fantastic sessions for Career Practitioners, the vibrant keynote speakers and the networking opportunities that took place. Several agencies had display booths set up and as I was perusing I came to a table with three young women, likely the youngest people at the conference.  Looking just as professional as all the rest, they brought their own unique flare to the promotion of their product…a new tool especially for youth, TEENWORK.CA. Their take-away gifts, packs of gum cleverly branded, encouraging job seeking youth and employee seeking businesses to ‘chewse’ the site for their needs.

The founder, Evelyn Morett, graduated from High School in 2011. Stephanie Lord and Chrissie Czaikowski have been driving the progress with Morett and the crew has expanded, recently adding Kurtis Gryba to the team. All four are Bishop James Mahoney graduates of 2011, a testament not only to networking, but to the entrepreneurial spirit.

So far the Saskatchewan based jobs are in Saskatoon, with postings for positions at summer camps around the province. Edmonton youth can check out the jobs for their area as well. The team already has close to 600 youth friendly listings and they continue to grow.  

The appeal for youth: no searching through pages and pages of jobs that don’t apply, the search can be narrowed to factor in location within the city, and the mobile site it easy to use on the go. The appeal for employers: company profile page with logo, unlimited words to describe positions and of course a direct link to a hugely important resource – eager young workers.                              -CFJ

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