myself have

businesses, five of them.

We have two employees that came through the Employment Skills Training program. As a business person

what I liked about the Employment Skills Training program is I know they come with not only an expectation of

establishing themselves in the career,

but they come with the communicating in the workplace training, problem solving, the skills and basic knowledge.

They are ready to start. And that is the reason I encourage all employers to embrace the

program and

welcome these young jobseekers

into your business. The employability skills training that Rebecca did before she started here at Cafe 89 gave her an edge

where she came in with a bit of confidence.

She'd obviously done some training in how to meet and greet people, how to interview and just how to have a positive interaction

in the workplace.

I think EST gave her a really big step up to other candidates that we had apply at the time. From

Jesse's Employability Skills Training he'd had help with his

Resume also in his interview skills. They say that he'd not had a job if I was really impressed how he did interview.

He's also researched

Our gym. He was fully prepared for the interview

and so I do think it gave him an advantage. We speak to employers now, and we do encourage them to consider

applicants who have come off an EST program. We can actually

customize the training of that EST course based on the industry.

So some of them I come into a business space EST course or a construction

EST course or a hospitality EST course.

They get a bit of an overview of

What that industry looks like and how to present themselves and how to prepare themselves for work in that industry as well.