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The Final Cheque! Newcastle Lions Club President George Rickard presented Clarington Fire Department Captain Gord Weir with a cheque for $8,000 to bring the department's fund-raising efforts up to the $70,000 mark. The money was used to train the firefighters firefighters to use defibrillators and to outfit each station with one of the devices. The Clarington/Courticc Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, March 14, 1998 Page 5 Teleprofessionals Train At Durham College Business and Industry Development Services of Durham College is offering tclcprofcssional management training to meet the growing demand in the call centre industry. Call centres, often called help desks, customer service or information centres, are on the rise and Ontario with about 3000 has over 65% of all Canadian call centres. This number is expected to rise by 27%. 'This is the career of the future," says Bcv Turner, Vice President of Business and Skills Development at Durham College. "It's a growing field, with everyone from banks, to public utilities, to airlines, to software manufacturers manufacturers getting involved." The Tclcprofcssional and Call Centre Management program program provides participants with a broad range of telecommunication, computer and customer service skills, as well as management and professional selling techniques. techniques. The program will be offered, full time, beginning May 25, 1998. The course will run at the Durham College Skills Training Centre, 1610 Champlain Avc., Whitby. Information sessions will be held on Thursday, March 19. For more information call Business and Industry Development Services at (905) 721-3340. The Makings of a Perfect Escape Program Helps Youths Find Work For the first time, five programs under three Ministries will be working together to support the promotion of job creation for young people as part of the Youth Opportunities Ontario strategy. Dave Johnson, Minister of Education and Training, and A1 Palladini, Minister of Economic . Development, Trade and Tourism, launched today ;the first series of Youth • ; Opportunities Ontario 1 • advertisments at Bedford ; ' Furniture Industries, a firm : which has trained and hired 11 employees under ; Job Connect, a service provided by the Ministry i ; of Education and Training. > "Since last February, •_ Ontario gained 29,400 new jobs for young pco- > pie," Johnson said. "While there are posi- !;• live signs, there arc still too many young people • ' unemployed or underem- !•* ployed. Ontario has a G broad range of services to ' help young people train for jobs, or create their own job, and with today's ' launch we arc committing > ourselves to better inform ; '. young people about the • ; resources available to them to help them find work." Youth Opportunities Ontario will coordinate promotion of all of Ontario's major youth training and employment initiatives. The initial campaign campaign includes promotion of the Ministry of Education and Training's Job Connect and the Young Entrepreneurs Program, which is a partnership partnership between the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism and the Royal Bank. The Ontario government government continues to call on the Federal government to eliminate Employment Insurance premiums for young Canadians to encourage job creation for youth, and is considering the results of a consultation consultation with people in rural Ontario on ways to help young people in rural areas find work. In coming weeks, additional additional campaigns will be launched to inform young people about services such as Ontario Summer Jobs, 1998 and the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program. "By linking program communications to the coordinated coordinated Youth Opportunities Ontario strategy, the Ontario government government can ensure young people know our services arc available when they need them," Palladini said. Job Connect helps young people and adults look for work by giving them the opportunity to develop their job search skills and link them with opportunities for on-the- job training. Job Connect is available through Ministry of Education and Training funded delivery agencies, such as community community colleges and not-for- profit organizations in more than 110 Ontario communities. The Young Entrepreneurs Program, delivered in partnership with the Royal Bank, offers aspiring small business business owners between 18 and 29 a loan guarantee of up to $7,500, along with guidance in building a successful successful business. 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Broadcaster Addresses Business Group This month's Clarington Business Group Breakfast meeting features a special guest presentation by Larry Solway on using the media to get your message across. Larry Solway has been a broadcaster, writer and actor for 40 years. He has hosted numerous radio and television programmes and has been involved in media training for over a decade. In his presentation to the Clarington Business Group, Mr. Solway will describe types of information that can effectively be transmitted through the print and/or electronic media. He will also talk about the types of media resources that are readily readily available to businesses and how to make the best use of these resources. Just like at all Clarington Business Group Breakfast Meetings, there will be plenty of time for networking and promoting promoting your business. This meeting takes place on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 a.m. at Silks Café, 73 King Street West in Downtown Bowmanville. Everyone is welcome. 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