‘Larry Merrill, and a gallery of success.

CAREERS FOR.
MPLOYABLE” |

Interconnect discovered the
_ back-to-work program that works

Now many y organizations regularly frame and hang their most

suocéeefull dients. For Interconnect Training and Employment Services office;

however, the large colour photos | of happily-employed clientele which cover the

office walls are the best proof that this program works. a

we - Interconnect i is not an employment agency. It is a non-profit organization, -part |
-_of the Terrace and District Community Services Society, which offers a pre-employ-

ment development service for people who are often considered unemployable due

to lack of skills or personal problems. "We are the last place. they touch when

they're down, or the first place they touch on the way up," says. Larry Merrill,

Interconnect’s employment training coordinator. .

_ ~ In it’s fourth year of operation, this service, called the Core. program,. has put

more than 100 "poor employment prospects" well on. their way to. regular

employment. "Rather than career building, we ty to put together a foundation t to

build a career on," says Merrill. Lo a

32-0 | Terrace Review — April 10, 1992

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