YES Programs

YES offers a variety of innovative programs to those in need of support to secure and maintain employment.

A Passion For Fashion!

Youth Employment Services YES has teamed up with Toronto Fashion Incubator (TFI) to create this amazing opportunity for youth to learn about entrepreneurship and fashion design.

BizStart Entrepreneurship

BizStart is a full-time, 11-month Entrepreneurship Training Program at YES. BizStart assists youth to launch a new business and become self-employed.

Bloor-Dundas Employment Centre

The Employment Resource Centre is a drop-in centre that provides workshops, job fairs, employment assistance, and access to computers, internet, phones, printers, photocopiers, and fax machines to people of all ages.

Career Discovery

The Career Discovery Program provides professional career testing leading to appropriate skills training, work experience or employment placement.

Employment Placement

The Employment Placement Program assists people of all ages who receive social assistance to find employment.

Entry Point

In partnership with community agencies, Entry Point assists post-secondary students living with a disability to find part-time employment.

eYES

eYES is a computer training program whereby youth are hired and trained to teach seniors
how to use computers and navigate the internet.

Great Grads

Great Grads is a client-centered program for post-secondary graduate youth designed to meet the needs of a knowledge-based economy.

Job Camp

Job Camp is a full-time, five-week program for disadvantaged and vulnerable youth ages 15-30.

Job Connect

Job Connect assists youth to secure and maintain employment. Job Development and Placement Services (JDPS) works with local employers to provide on-the-job training and job placement services for Job Connect participants.

Job Reach

Job Reach partners with the Broad Reach Foundation for Youth Leaders. A five-week intensive program serving a selected group of disadvantaged and vulnerable youth. Job Reach focuses on developing the practical skills needed to identify, secure and maintain employment through a positive life experience.

Reconnect to Employment

Reconnect to Employment helps individuals of all ages who have personal difficulties finding and retaining employment.

Resource and Phone Centre (R.A.P. Centre)

The RAP Centre provides free use of computers, internet, phones, printers, photocopiers,
and fax machines to all YES clients.

Street to Jobs

The focus of the Streets to Jobs (STJ) project is to help homeless youth overcome the primary barriers to employment that keep them out of work.

Student Services

Student Services provides students with year-round access to part-time jobs, job search resources, employment preparation assistance in RAP Centre, and outreach/ job search workshops in the schools.

Summer Company

Summer Company is a program designed to help enterprising young people (15-29) start up and run their own summer business.

Summer Jobs Service (SJS)

Summer Job Service (SJS) offers job opportunities for high school, university and college students seeking summer employment by providing a wage subsidy to eligible employers.

Youth Collaboration

Youth Collaboration works with community agencies to provide assessments, workshops and referrals.

Youth Job Centre - Job Central

Youth Job Centre, located near Keele & Eglinton, assists youth ages 15-30 living in this under-serviced neighbourhood to find employment through job development and placement, job maintenance support, and employer subsidy programs.