Programs that provide comprehensive support services for ex-offenders who need assistance preparing for, finding and retaining paid employment. Services may include vocational assessment; guidance relating to resume preparation, job application letters and questionnaires, interview techniques, appropriate dress and personal-social behaviours that will allow them to get along with employers and co-workers on the job; job skills development support; job placement assistance; limited periods of subsidized employment, where necessary; and/or on-the-job support, as required, by a personal case manager who may visit the individual while at work, meet with the person's supervisor and/or co-workers and provide whatever assistance the ex-offender needs to meet the challenges of entering the workforce and retain his or her position.

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Programs that provide comprehensive support services for immigrants and refugees who need assistance to prepare for, find and retain paid employment. Services may include vocational assessment, job search assistance, professional mentoring programs and other levels of initial and ongoing support. The emphasis is on preparing individuals for the expectations of employment in a new country and in particular, to obtain recognition for professional experience secured in another country and to obtain initial work experience in their new country.

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Programs that provide comprehensive support services for indigenous people who need assistance preparing for, finding and retaining paid employment. Services may include vocational assessment, job search assistance and other levels of initial and ongoing support. Included are specific federal incentive programs such as the Aboriginal Workforce Participation Initiative in addition to economic resource development projects in which approval is dependant on commitments that ensure the employment of First Nations for Inuit people.

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Programs that provide vocational assessments, retraining, re-employment assistance and, if necessary, limited support payments for older workers (generally age 45 and older) who have lost their jobs and are unlikely to regain employment in their previous trade/profession.

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