Skills Assessment Workshops

Offered in French since 2001 as the Outil d’analyse de compétence, the first English Skills Assessment group activity will be offered in the autumn of 2004. Information Sessions will be held beginning late August.

Overview

The Skills Assessment Tool (SAT) is a modular approach to competency identification developed by the employment team at CDEC CDN/NDG. The SAT targets persons wanting to validate their job objective, inform themselves on the characteristics of specific jobs, determine their transferable and professional skills, identify barriers to attaining job objectives, and/or plan the steps necessary to accomplish job objectives over the short-, medium-, and long-term.

The Skills Assessment is offered according to a group format: a five-day intensive session followed by a one-day debriefing enables participants to increase their awareness of their professional abilities, determine the major elements of a successful strategy to penetrate the labour market, and establish an action plan to attain their goal

Description of the Modules
1. My Situation (individual) Identification of constraints (internal and external) and their effect on job search.
	2. Job Objective Clarification (group) Verification of employment goal..
3. Analysis of Potential (group) Identification and evaluation of competencies acquired through training and work experience and comparison with those required by the employment goal.
	4. Pros and Cons (group) Identification of advantages and barriers to attaining the employment goal. Generation of solutions to reach the goal.
5. Planning the Future (group) Selection of solutions to attain employment goal and concretization into specific actions. Establishment of a short-, medium-, and long-term action plan.

Eligibility

     Resident of CDN/NDG
     Have identified one or two job objectives
     Actively looking for employment
     Speak, write, and understand English

Calendar
Schedule : one fulltime week (9-4:30, Monday to Friday) plus one debriefing day.

Groups February 11 to 15, 2008

More information
The Skills Assessment group activity is animated by the Agente aux initiatives locales. She is available to answer questions or to present the concept to groups organized by community intervenors. For more info read our brochure or contact Nabila Ghernati at nabila.ghernaticdeccdnndg.org