PATH Employment Services

Specialties

PATH’s Employment Counselling and Placement Services (ECPS) offers One on One Employment assistance

Our employment coordinators are equipped with cutting edge knowledge and tools to assist members in creating innovative and successful employment action plans. The following are examples of services that could be included in the mutually agreed upon Employment action plan:

Exploring training and/​or work goals

Identification and exploration of possible barriers to employment

Participation in career and skill assessments

Assistance with the development of effective job search techniques

Strategies for including conducting an organized job search

Development of tools to create effective resumes and cover letters

Provide referral to appropriate PATH workshops

Customized marketing to local employers

Access to employer wage incentives to assist in job placement

Follow up support after job placement to ensure the job is retained

This Employment Ontario Program is funded by the Ontario Government

History

Established in 1972.

In 1971, students with disabilities were not encouraged to enroll in community colleges due to the perceptions regarding placement opportunities. Mark Garber, a placement officer at Mohawk College was discouraged because he could not place these clients. He knew they had just as much to offer in the workplace. He felt ABILITY not disability was what employers wanted.

One day two students with disabilities went into Mr. Garber’s office to discuss the idea of creating an agency entirely devoted to those with disabilities. This placement office at Mohawk was a Canada Employment Centre, a government agency, and therefore made perfect sense to pilot the first agency in North America exclusively for people with disabilities.

A grant was applied for and received on the same day in 1972. Now the hard part. In order to find meaningful employment for their clients, PATH had to start educating the community.