Experience

New Canadians Centre

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim settlement Coordinator

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Employment Counsellor

  • 2013 - Nov 2022

  Workplace Integration Program• Assess and counsel new arrivals regarding employability, directing them to programs and services most relevant to their needs (credential assessment centres, job search tools and strategies developing workshops, networking events, bridging programs and other trainings, Canadian Workplace Communications Skills Development Workshop)• Conduct one to one resume tune up and interview preparation sessions, support clients with on-line applications and connect clients with local employers• Attend Chamber of Commerce events developing network with local businesses, promote Internationally Trained Professionals to local employers• Contact local employers regarding new openings, arranged job interviews for clients, contact community partners (Employment Ontario Job Developers) regarding enrollment clients to Job Placement programs• Case note documentation, data base entering, files maintaining, regular follow up conducting on program participant’s progress



YMCA of the USA (National Resource Office)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Job Skills Counsellor

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2012

  • Assessed and counseled clients, of diverse populations, regarding employability, directing them to programs and services most relevant to their needs• Assisted in identifying barriers to employment, developing realistic Client Service Plans applying the Decision Making and Employability Dimensions models• Case note documentation, rational preparation and maintaining clients case files ensuring quality audit measures are achieved, regular follow up on program participant’s progress• Facilitate “Resume Writing “ and “Interview Skills” workshops, conduct Career Occupational Preference system (CAPS, COPS and COPES) battery of tests



George Brown College

• Alumni

  • 2007 - 2011



DIXON Hall

• Employment Counsellor

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2008

  • Conducted Common Assessment with BEST/MISTER programs participants obtaining educational and employment history• Developed realistic back to work Action Plan for OW recipients including new immigrants• Provided clients with expert career counselling/ coaching, based on analysis of vocational tests results, assisting clients to identify all factors affecting their employment goals • Case management, preparation written case-note documentation and client service plan • Advocacy, referrals(e.g. legal clinics, work permit and study permit for refugee claimant, private medical practitioners or mental health works at hospitals for health care, housing program of Dixon Hall, emergency shelters), completing forms and applications