Programs

• • Resume Writing Workshop
    • Learn the process of creating a professional resume while improving your writing skills
    • Topics include resume formats, including the right information, tips and strategies to get noticed, and writing cover letters
  • Job Interview Preparation
    • Job interviews can be a stressful experience; let us help you get ready and feel more confident.
    • Topics include types of interviews, answering the most common questions, and tips for a successful interview
    • Mock interviews can be arranged as one-on-one activity

• • Develop essential life and work skills through this workshop series. These are the skills that help an individual fit in at a workplace, work well with others, and get a job done efficiently. These skills promote a healthy work environment.
  • Topics include communication, collaboration, problem solving, adaptability, creativity, and stress management

• • Budgeting and Smart Shopping
  • Credit and Borrowing Money
  • RRSP, TFSA, RESP and Other Ways to Save
  • Banking 101
  • Wills and Estates

In this course, you will get to practice reading and understanding different kinds of reading materials you encounter daily – letters, emails, directions, recipes, labels & warnings, newspapers, legal documents, forms, manuals, etc. Feel free to bring any reading material you want to talk about. We will discuss tips and techniques that will help improve your reading skills and allow you to cope with all the reading you will do throughout your life.

Do you feel uncomfortable when you write? Do you often postpone any writing task because you feel that you don’t know what to say or how to say it? Writing doesn’t just mean you are able to write a novel; it could be any basic writing tasks you do daily such as filling in forms, writing cheques, taking notes, making a list, and composing letters, mobile text or email messages. This short course will help you learn how to handle the many common everyday writing tasks. You might even find writing a little more enjoyable!

• • In partnership with Town of Oyen Library, our online book club runs from October to May via Zoom.
  • The library provides the books selected by members.
  • Meetings are scheduled in the evening once a month.