Employment and Skills

Work BC

WorkBC is the provincial government’s access point to the world of work in British Columbia.

Working one on one with clients, the WorkBC staff offer a wide range of services and supports to help BC job seekers find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness.

Philosophy

To support clients in getting a job as quickly as possible and keeping it.

Program Criteria Include

Additional Resources

Implicit Career Search Workshop: An innovative approach to exploring career and life options. Some clients can qualify for training supports or back to school funding.

Individual Counseling: Access to specialized counseling i.e. sexual abuse, post traumatic stress disorder

Howard Industries

Providing opportunities for employment and training has been a foundation service of JHSNOK since the 1960's.

In fact, the founding Executive Director, Bill Hesketh, was decades ahead of his time when he created Howard Industries as a separate arm of the Society for the sole purpose of reconnecting homeless and unemployed men, and those who had recently been released from incarceration, with the work world. Until the early 1990’s, Howard Industries provided employment and training opportunities primarily in the forest, agricultural and construction sector.

Howard Industries Ltd. was revived in 2010 as an incorporated entity, separate from the John Howard Society. Howard Industries functions as a social enterprise – a business venture designed to provide a needed service or goods to the marketplace, while supporting the mission of the John Howard Society of the North Okanagan/Kootenay Region of BC.

Howard Industries provides the following services:

For more information on our services or to submit a resume:

Email: info@nulljhsnok.ca
Attention: Howard Industries Manager