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Where should Canadian youth be looking for work?

Getting a job is difficult everywhere with today’s fragile state of the economy. If you live in Canada, and you are anywhere between 19 and 45-years old, you have to…

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Featured Employment Ontario Partner – Career Foundation

Canada Youth Works is a proud partner of The Career Foundation, which is powered by Employment Ontario. While we work with dozens of local partners, nationwide, The Career Foundation has…

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Canadian Youth Employment: Challenges Young Canadians Face in the Canadian Job Market

Canadian youth often have many hurdles to overcome in order to find meaningful employment in the job market. Even if they have the transferable knowledge and skills to be successful…

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Canada Youth Works – Employers Connecting Opportunity with Young Talent

Bringing together young talent and employers operating across Canada, Canada Youth Works is a leader in the youth employment initiative. Many youth, whether they are members of the indigenous community,…

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Youth Experiencing Barriers

Why is it so hard for Canadian youth experiencing barriers to find work? Youth unemployment is at a concerning level, nationwide. For many, finding that first job is crucial to…

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Canadian Youth looking for work today are experiencing the biggest culture shift in decades. Employers are often looking for experience, even for entry level roles, and have complicated application and onboarding processes. Often times youth are overlooked and written off. This is even more difficult for youth that are experiencing barriers to workforce entry.

Canada Youth Works is part of a national online employment community focused on helping youth across Canada find suitable employment. We work with employment centers, schools, not-for-profit resources and social enterprises to share awesome positions, nationwide. Through this network, we can connect youth to employers and government funded resources, coast to coast.

We seek to help all youth looking to find work, including members of the indigenous community, new immigrants, individuals with disabilities, vulnerable youth, single parents and non-high school graduates, among others. We aim to highlight employers who share the CYW vision of drastically reducing youth unemployment. Together, we can ensure that every Canadian youth has meaningful work, Nationwide.

While the job board caters to a specific community, we welcome all interested applicants to explore and apply to the available job opportunities present. We have a ‘zero tolerance’ policy when it comes to discrimination; we seek to provide an inclusive environment for all individuals.