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Free community program · York Region

English for Employment

Free employment-readiness education with The Salvation Army — real job postings, truthful résumés and interview practice, built on your experience.

Every Friday · 11 a.m.–1 p.m.9050 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill

Diamond STEM (آیین الماس) — practical education and community connection since 2019.

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English for Employment

From our recent sessions

Photographs from recent English for Employment sessions, shared with participant consent. Some faces are privacy-blurred.

An educator discusses a Canadian job posting with English for Employment participants.
Reading a real job posting
Participants learn to complete online job applications during an English for Employment session.
Practising online applications
Participants work together around workshop tables during an English for Employment session, with faces privacy-blurred.
Learning together
A facilitator leads an English for Employment learning discussion.
Group discussion

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