Career Focus Program Announcement

ICTC is pleased to announce a work experience program to assist IT employers to hire IT graduates is about to being again for 2011-2012.

The Career Focus Program is a wage subsidy program equal to 1/3 the eligible participant’s salary up to a maximum of $10,000 over a maximum 11 month work experience period and minimum 4 months.

Benefits:

• Graduates will complete a paid work experience period of a maximum of 11 months
• Employers gain employees with cutting edge skills
• Participants gain experience within a work environment
• Ideally, upon completion of the contract, companies will retain graduates as full-time employees tuned in to their work environment.
• The Career Focus Program will run from April 1st, 2011 to February 28, 2012.

The number of participants registered, the start and end dates of their work experience period, and amount of subsidy paid out will determine how the limited funding is dispersed. Companies interested in participating in the program should submit their applications as soon as possible, to ensure that they receive funding. Application documents are available at http://www.ictc-ctic.ca/en/content.aspx?id=98

For more information contact:
Adèle Descarie
Program Manager
613-834-6871/ 613-237-8551 ext. 139
a.descarie@ictc-ctic.ca