Connect with Oxford County Resources
People and organizations can help you with employment-related issues throughout Oxford County.
Services offered in Oxford County
Finish high school
Get your high school diploma or your GED certificate. For more information about these choices, click here.
- If you want a diploma and you are outside the high school system, the Thames Valley District School Board has two centres in Oxford County:
- To get help in preparing to write the GED exam:
Get career or vocational counselling
Find out what kinds of work your skills & interests are best suited to.
Get training
Find out what resources are available to help you get training or an education.
Start your own business:
Find out what resources are available to help you start your business.
Write resumes & cover letters
Get help writing a strong resume and cover letter.
Learn job search strategies
Discover how to take control of your job search.
Prepare for interviews
Learn & practise good interviewing skills.
Organizations in Oxford County
- Blossom Park Adult Education Centre, 391 Blossom Park Road, Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7J1. Phone: (519) 537-0109
- Services include:
- High school credit courses offered through daytime courses, & correspondence courses
- English as a Second Language
- Woodstock Community Employment Services, 40 Metcalfe St., Woodstock, Ontario, N4S 3E7. Phone: (519) 539-8161.
- This centre brings together federal, provincial and municipal employment services.
- Services include:
- WorkStart Program: An interactive computer program to guide you toward meaningful work.
- Career & employment counselling: career planning, resume writing, job search strategies.
- Vocational Testing: Find out what kind of work suits you.
- Training and Upgrading: Financial support for job training.
- Wage Subsidy Programs: Incentives for employers to hire you.
- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Offices in:
- Tillsonburg, at the Livingston Centre, 90-96 Tillson Ave., N4G 3A1. Phone: (519) 842-9000
- Woodstock, at 959 Dundas St., Suite 101, N4S 1H2. Phone: (519) 421-7225. See Community Employment Services.
- Services provided:
- Skills Development Training Program: Help for getting job training that will make you more employable.
- Targeted Wage Subsidy Program: An incentive program to encourage employers to hire EI eligible people.
- Self-employment Program: Support for people starting their own business.
- Job Opportunities for Youth: Support for students finding work.
- Student & Agricultural Services: Support for students finding farm work.
- Ingersoll Learning & Employment Resource Centre, 37 Alma St., Ingersoll, ON, N5C 1N1. Phone: (519) 485-6088
- Services include:
- Basic adult literacy: Learn the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.
- Preparation for GED exam: Get your high school equivalency.
- Career or employment counselling: Find out what kind of work suits you.
- Resume and cover letter preparation
- Job search workshops
- Computer-assisted job searching
- Job Finding Club
- This three week program guides and supports people through the job search process, helping them develop the skills of an effective job hunter. (The Tillsonburg site also offers vocational counselling.) Available in:
- Tillsonburg at the Tillsonburg Livingston Centre, 90 Tillson Avenue, Tillsonburg, ON, N4G 4N1. (519) 842-9000.
- Woodstock at 389 Dundas Street, Woodstock, Ontario, N4S 1B6. Phone: (519) 539-5983.
- The Livingston Centre
, 90 Tillson Avenue, Tillsonburg, Ontario, N4G 4N1. Phone: (519) 842-9000.
- Through the Livingston Centre, the Thames Valley District School Board offers the following services:
- High school credit courses offered through night school, daytime courses, & summer school courses
- English as a Second Language
- Norwich Learning & Employment Resource Centre, 21 Stover St. N., Norwich, Ontario, N0J 1P0. Phone: (519) 863-6611.
- Services include:
- Basic adult literacy: Learn the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.
- Preparation for GED exam: Get your high school equivalency.
- Employment and career counselling: Find out what kind of work suits you.
- Job search techniques.
- Resumes & cover letters.
- Ontario Works
, 93 Graham St., Woodstock, Ontario, . Phone: (519) 539-9800.
- Employment-related services include:
- Arranging volunteer opportunities that can provide valuable work experience.
- Funding specific employment-related training.
- Arranging job placements for people ready to start work.
- Oxford Small Business Support Centre
- Services include:
- Financing: Providing loans for small businesses.
- Self-Employment Benefits (SEB) Program: Provides training, consulting and financing for eligible entrepreneurs.
- Entrepreneurial services: Seminars, business counselling, a business library, and more.
- Women's Employment Resource Centre
WERC provides free Employment Assistance Services for all women of Oxford County.
Registration and Employment Assessment, Employment Preparation, Skills Development, Counseling (by appointment).
Additional Resources:
- Job Board Posting
- Career Information Resources
- Reference Material
- Computer/Internet Access
- Fax & Photocopying Services
- Oxford County Library's Rural Resource Partnership,
- Provides FREE employment services and resources at 13 branch libraries to assist with job search, including:
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