Women's Employment Outreach

Valuing Women ~ Working for Change

Women’s Employment Outreach (WEO) has consistently provided a range of free services to women who are unemployed, nearing unemployment, on stress-related leave or looking for a career change.  WEO has been in operation since 1980 and employs a Coordinator and three Employment Counsellors.  Our services range from individual counselling on job search strategies, skill enhancement and career decision-making, to workshops on building self-confidence, computer skills and job search techniques.

WEO is under the sponsorship and management of the Women’s Employment and Advocacy Society (WEAS).  WEAS is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the Societies Act.  The objective of WEAS is to advocate on behalf of women for employment and support services, to promote gender equality, and to operate from a base of feminist ethics.

Funding for Women’s Employment Outreach is provided by Service Canada.  WEO is part of HRDC’s Employment Assistance Program, which provides employment services to special needs clients.
Programs and services are available to all women who require assistance in the areas of career decision-making, skill enhancement, job search and/or employment maintenance.
The target groups for WEO are unemployed women, single mothers, older workers, and Black women.  The organization has ongoing partnerships with many community agencies for the purposes of referral or to provide workshops for targeted groups of women, including the Bayer’s Westwood Family Resource Center, Dartmouth Family Resource Centre, Veith House and Memory Lane Family Place.  WEO also partners with Halifax Public Libraries to provide workshops at the Alderney Gate, Keshen Goodman and Sackville Public Libraries.
Women can contact WEO to receive additional information about our services or book an appointment with an employment counsellor.  At our Halifax office, we offer employment counselling, workshops, a job board with postings from local employers, Internet access, job bank access, computer bookings for word processing, and a resource library.  During the individual counselling process, a counsellor assesses the client’s skills and identifies short and long-term career goals.  Advocacy and referrals to agencies may be part of the counselling process.  Follow-up with clients occurs at regular intervals, as required.  Information about various training programs and upgrading is available at WEO.
WEO accepts job postings from various employers in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Clients who are registered and who have the appropriate qualifications are referred to these vacancies.

Contact Information       

Telephone 

(902) 422-8023                   

E-mail            admin@womensemploymentoutreach.org
Fax

(902) 425-7449

 

Address

1888 Brunswick Street

 Suite 807 (8th Floor)            
 Halifax, Nova Scotia

 B3J 3J8

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