GUIDANCE  DEPARTMENT

SUMMER JOBS

This guide has been prepared to assist you in finding a summer job. Very few employers contact me about summer help. Any opportunities I hear about will be posted in the Guidance Office and advertised.

Quebec placement etudiant:

You must be a student and at least 16 on June 3O, 2010. You may register on-line. The telephone number is 1-800-463-2355.  The web site is: emploietudiant.qc.ca

Separate from above.

Obtain a Social Insurance Number now if you don't have one! 

You may now register on-line for Federal government jobs:
jobs

These are year-round programs, involving one weekend per month and one night per week. Pay is at least $40.00 per day and $20.OO per evening.

Requirements: l7 years old by July 2, 2010

Birth Certificate, Social Insurance Card.

Parent's signature if under 18 years

Canadian Citizen

To Apply: Contact each regiment directly.

In some years you had to be a member by March 3lst to be eligible for the summer program. i.e. SIGN UP NOW!

An Incomplete List of Regiments Follows:

n.b. telephone #'s are subject to change

l. Air Reserve Recruiting 671-3711

2. Canadian Grenadier Guards 496-1984

3. Royal Canadian Hussars 496-2024

4. Royal Montreal Regiment 496-2003

5. Black Watch 496-1686

6. (Naval) HMCS Donnaconna 283-6517

7. Communications Squadron 932-3842

8. 2nd Field Artillery 496-2021

9. 3rd Field Engineering 283-7428

Let neighbours know you are looking. There are a large number of Mother's Helpers required yearly. You may be required to do some housework and you'd better like children!

Local municipalities provide summer recreational activities for children. Go to you city hall and apply. Jobs here include: Parks and Playground Workers, Pool Lifeguard, etc. NOTE: These job often fill in February!

We have lists in the Guidance Office of all Quebec and Ontario Summer Camps. Remember camps require kitchen help, riding camps hire stable help, and golf courses require caddies. You may apply to a camp application service, or (preferred) write directly to the camp of your choice.

Additional hands are required for outdoor farm work, usually with 8 - 12 hour days, doing such jobs as planting, cultivating, weeding, picking and packaging. The Canada Farm Labour Pool Program is a joint Federal and Provincial effort. You may use its services to locate jobs, usually crop harvesting. Although the work is hard, the wages are usually good.

The web site is:                  jobseekers

Students find jobs here as factory or warehouse help, office workers or door-to-door distributors.

Remember family business offer employment possibilities. Remind your parents there may be tax advantages if they hire you, if you go through Canada Manpower!

Check your neighbourhood for signs and phone numbers. They are always looking for keen and hardworking students. The Guidance department will keep and post a list of any who approach us.

Many golf courses are looking for part-time employees. The jobs often start in the spring. Hours can be flexible. If interested, you should approach the clubs individually.

Particularly good for younger students who don't meet age qualifications or who want some leisure time.

Examples: Plant tending, gardening, landscaping, dog walking, painting, baby-sitting, window washing, etc.

Knock on doors. Talk to neighbours. Offer them a "mowing contract" for the summer. You have to find and fill a need.

Remember to seek out the help of friends or relatives. They know who you should contact and can give you a personal reference. Remember to check the ads in the newspaper. Notices for summer jobs start in March and peak in April. Knock on doors. Go by yourself to smaller firms. Ask at a reception desk for the person in charge of personnel. Employment agencies, such as Office Overload, exist in large cities. Register with them, but remember they keep a portion of your salary as commission.

When you apply for a job remember:

Be polite and friendly

Do not smoke or chew gum

Dress neatly

Speak and write your best English

Apply alone

I NEED A SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER

Go to SOCIAL INSURANCE

I NEED A RESUME OR CV.

Career cruising has an excellent program to help you write a resume.

1. Go to www.careercruising.com

2. Sign in. If you do not know how, see Mr. Corbett. He will give you the password.

3. Go to PORTFOLIO.

4. LOG INTO YOUR PORTFOLIO, or CREATE A PORTFOLIO.

5. Click on RESUME BUILDER.

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My name is Bruce Corbett and my e-mail address is bcorbett@lbpsb.qc.ca

Copyright © 1998 Bruce Corbett.
Last Revised: 11/30/2009