B2 --The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 27, 1998 ‘ Ready by end of June A STUDY commisianed to find out what youth want has been handed back to its authors because il was in- complete. The study, paid for by the federal Human Resources Development Canada agency, was to have been released this month. But Human Resources De- velopment official Karen Wienberg said the consult- | ing firm of Burrows and Burrows didn’t include all the information it was sup- posed to. “There are some things that they were contracted to do that they haven’t com- pleted,”’? said Wienberg. “The report is missing some things.” Burrows and Burrows was hired to find out what's needed, what’s available, what’s being done and where the gaps are concern- ing youth. The report was also sup- posed to find youth service providers and potential funds for youth services, A youth is defined as a Youth get job centre YOUNG PEOPLE locking for a job in Terrace will have more resources than ever, slarting this summer. . By July a new youth employment centre will be open to help anyone under 30 with their job searches. - I’ be open year-round and pravide job postings as well as services to help youth find, get and keep jobs. , » “Pm really excited that - we're going to have this,’’ says Karen Wienberg of Hu- man Resources Develop- ment Canada, the federal agency paying for the new centre, ' She hoped for a more all- encompassing youth centre, but her agency was the only body to put up some money. : The new facility will be housed in a downtown storefront and will provide such things as internet ac- cess for job searches, job banks, computer access, faxing and training in resume, interview and job search skills, ' The summer Hire-A- Student office will set up Shop in the new centre next year. , That office opened in its jraditional spot in the Hy- nan Resources Develop- ment office the start of May. ‘ Once the mew youth employment centre opens, student employment officers Will go back and forth be- tween the two locations. —_ So far,’ the — student, employment office has seen hn encouraging number of* Job postings. * Most of that is because businesses, public sector bodies and non profit groups who received subsidies to NATALIE DICKSON helps students find work at the 2 Human Resources Development Canada office here and she's a student herself. Soon, youth will have their own job centre in a separate location. hire students arc looking to fill those positions. But student employment officer Natalie Dickson is worried that the number of postings will decline later in the summer once the sub- sidy jobs are taken up. Overall, more applications were submitted than there was money for federal stu- dent job subsidies. This year the federal pro- gram received 167 applica- tions, a 20 to 25 per cent in- crease over last year, The program has provided money for 76 jobs, includ- ing 18 positions. al private businesses. *Tt’s an indication of the economy. Businesses are trying to make ends meet as best they can,”’ says Wien- berg of an increase in busi- ness applications. The number of jobs avail- able may also not be the best indicator of what young people are facing this sum- mer. “There’s a different mix of people looking this sum- mer,’ says Wienberg. “There are youth, the sea- sonally employed and then there’s businesses that will be shutting down, and people are starting to look early.”’ . Darin Muir at Northwest Community College, which administers the provincial Student job subsidy program in the ‘region, says more, money than last year was received to hire students. He says most of the posi- tions are unskilled, although grants have gone to some co-op and = career-related postions. has TERRACE NOTICE CITY OF TERRACE SUMMER HOURS City of Terrace operations will be on Summer Hours as follows: person age 15 to 29, The report has discovered so far that youth want a one- stop-shopping | youth employment centre, opera- ted year-round, They don’t feel comfort- able in the Human Resources Development Canada empioyment centre on Lazelle and they find the Youth report needs work | computerized job bank there difficult to use. : Youth also — indicated they’d like'to access other job-related services in the same place, like help with resume writing, interview- ing, and in some cases: counselling services. The mew report release date is thé end of June. BC Women's is the only health care facility in British Columbia devoted to women and newborns. ge AC WOMENS Crish Columbia's Mibmen’s Haspral andHeath Centit