Success Stories

Before I came to YES, I was on welfare. I wanted to get out there and do something with my life, but I had no idea how to get started. YES Job Camp helped me out a lot.

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“My name is Abdul and I am 23 years old. I came to Canada just one month ago to escape war in my home country of Sierra Leone, Africa. My younger brother and I live with my aunt. I don’t like asking for money, so I needed to find a job to help take the pressure off my aunt because she is supporting us. To help me do this, she brought me to the Youth Job Centre. At the Youth Job Centre I met a job counsellor. He made me feel comfortable and helped me believe that I would be able to find work. I attended workshops to learn how to write a resume and cover letter, and to help with …

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“Before I came to YES Job Camp I was extremely frustrated because I did not have a job and I wanted to be independent. I did not know how to write a proper cover letter, resume or perform in job interviews. I was also staying at a shelter. A friend of mine told me about Job Camp. I decided to go because I had nothing else left to do and I had no job. There I learned how to write a resume and cover letter. The main thing I learned was to have confidence in my skills and abilities - this really helped me with interviews. We also got to go sailing, which was fun because I had never been …

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