START Program for Employers

Make a difference and achieve your operational goals.

Connect with potential employees through meaningful work experiences or share your entrepreneurial journey and business insights as a guest speaker!

PROGRAM BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYERS

SHOWCASE YOUR BUSINESS

Share your business with youth job seekers. Visit our in-session START cohort or better yet, invite this talented youth group to your workplace. Introduce your company culture and connect with potential employees.  

WORK EXPERIENCE

Engage with youth job seekers through START. Offer them meaningful work experience.

POST ON OUR JOB BOARD

Are you looking to hire? Post on our job board for free! Take it one step further and consider tailoring a job posting to a young job seeker. This will bring new perspectives to your team and foster a diverse workplace.

How Businesses Have Utilized Work Experience

Filing and Sorting

A START cohort tackled a two-week contract with an accounting office, assisting with document management post-tax season.

Office Renovation Support

A START cohort dedicated a few weeks to helping a business paint the exterior of an office building. They prepared the building by cleaning and power-washing it before applying paint under the guidance of a professional painter.

Retail Store Support

START participants prepared a farm and feed store for Spring by assembling products and cleaning the outdoor area.

Construction Support

Several START participants gained hands-on experience as labourers in an 8-week placement, cleaning up a large construction site and then moving on to other positions as assigned by the foreperson. After the placement ended, several START participants secured careers in trades.

WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAM

Are you willing to hire and train eligible youth for long-term employment? Access the Wage Subsidy program and receive up to 50% salary reimbursement for up to 8 weeks.

Wage Subsidy Road Map

Contact our Program Coordinator to discuss your opportunities!

Email – START@worklink.bc.ca | Phone – 250-478-9525 ext 266