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Youth Job Connection

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About The Youth Job Connection Program

The Youth Job Connection (YJC) program provides year-round pre-employment and life skills training as well as job placement support and mentoring to youth.

The program aims to help youth who are:

  • 15-29 years of age;
  • Eligible to work in Canada;
  • Unemployed;
  • Not attending school full-time, and experiencing multiple barriers to employment.

Employers can receive help in: identifying their human resource skill requirements; matching of position/workplace needs to participants’ skills, capabilities, interests and experience; support for developing on-the-job training plans; monitoring of placements; and retention services in order to support long-term success!


The YJC Program Provides: 

  • Comprehensive pre-employment training and job search services;
  • Job matching;
  • Paid job placements with supports for participants, and hiring incentives for employers;
  • Placement monitoring and retention support;
  • Mentorship and networking opportunities;
  • Education and work transitions supports;
  • Information and Referral to other employment and community services.

For more information or to book an appointment, please call (416) 235-1091 or email yjc@careerfoundation.org.


Youth Job Connection (YJC) Summer Program

Additionally, our YJC Summer Program will provide summer job opportunities and part-time job placements during the school year to help multi-barriered high school students, aged 15 to 18, make positive educational and career choices. The focus will be on those facing challenging life circumstances and are at-risk of experiencing poor transitions between education and work.

For more information or to book an appointment, please call (416) 235-1091 or email yjcstudent@careerfoundation.org.

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Start a career in the trades—at no cost 🛠️ Start a career in the trades—at no cost 🛠️

Ready to build something real? The General Carpenter Pre-Apprenticeship Program for Youth (ages 18–29) offers hands-on training, certifications, and a 12-week paid job placement to help kickstart a career in carpentry 👷‍♀️

PPE is provided, plus employment support to help land a job after the program.

Next cohort starts May 11, 2026!

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One of our employer partners is hiring an Electronics & Systems Technician to join their team.

If you have hands-on experience with electronic assembly, PCB soldering, troubleshooting hardware systems, and working with lab equipment like oscilloscopes and multimeters, this could be a great opportunity.

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💲 Pay: $55,000 – $80,000 per year
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Yesterday, The Career Foundation joined partners f Yesterday, The Career Foundation joined partners from across the province at Queen’s Park for Advocacy Day, hosted by @firstworkontario . As part of Ontario’s Workforce Development Network — representing more than 115 employment and employer service providers — we met with MPPs and ministers to share one clear, collective message: strong workforce systems matter.

With a united voice, our conversations focused on practical solutions that strengthen results for Ontarians: stabilizing funding to move beyond short‑term cycles, reducing red tape so frontline teams can focus on people rather than administration, and leveraging community‑level expertise to respond quickly to labour market needs. These are proven ways to increase impact, efficiency, and value from existing investments.

We also had the opportunity to meet with MPPs from the constituencies where The Career Foundation operates, grounding system‑level priorities in local impact. These discussions highlighted how employment services help people facing barriers to employment build stability — improving outcomes not only in work, but across income support, health, and community well‑being.

Thank you to the government representatives and partners who took the time to connect with us:

Stephanie Smyth, MPP for Toronto–St. Paul’s
Stephanie Bowman, MPP for Don Valley West
Mohamed Firin, MPP for York South–Weston and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills
Sheref Sabawy, MPP for Mississauga–Erin Mills and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills
Michelle Cooper, MPP for Eglinton–Lawrence and Parliamentary Assistant to the Ontario Finance | Ontario Finances 
Akosua A., Executive Director (First Work)
Lance Barrett, Director, Workforce Development (The Career Foundation)
Kristy Sansom, Director, Stakeholder Relations, Resource Development & Growth (The Career Foundation)
Shauna McKenzie-Onita, Manager, Economic and Workforce Development Strategies (The Career Foundation) 

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