Success stories
Mike
Mike was the middle aged man who had mostly done manual labour in his life. He turned up one day required to produce his first resume to qualify for employment assistance.
"I'm a good worker," he kept repeating. "When I can meet someone I can show them that I am a good worker." I read this as meaning, “I don’t know how to do a resume and I don’t know whether my skills can be written down”
I spent the time with him. I asked about his background and explained what his work experience would look like in a resume. He also got a quick intro to the computer so that he could use our “2 finger” resume template. He was sufficiently encouraged that he came back for the next three days and despite some beginner mishaps with the computer produced a final resume.
He came back regularly to look for work on the JobBank. He also regularly thanked us for spending the time with him to teach him and get him started.
As a postscript, he was around the other day with an interesting information request. He is an experienced wild mushroom picker. He wanted to get a list of the forest fires from last summer so he could choose the best place to go based on his past experience. He didn’t have a vehicle, so he needed to choose wisely in spending his money to go up country. I found him both maps and longitude and latitude of all the fires. He went away to do his homework.
Thanks Pathways!
Over the past little while I had the unfortunate experience of being unemploymed and searching for work. I must say the people at Pathways were a great help and a wonderful resource. In this situation a simple thing like a free phone is such a help in so many ways.
Since using the services of Pathways, my computer knowledge has increased tremdously – although I still have much to learn and master.
The staff, overall, are wonderful. Totally supportive and non judgmental. I must in particular mention Glenn and Antoinette. Glenn, for his wonderful computer skills and knowledge and referrals to many other sources of help. Antoinette has always been a most pleasant, polite, professional person. Even on days I was not always feeling as positive as possible, she had a way of always making things seem much better. Even on days Antoinette was not feeling very well, she always had a beautiful smile and a kind word.
Over the weeks, I personally have suggested to several friends to use the services offered at Pathways, and all had positive things to say.
Recently, partly due to Pathways help, I was successful in securing a full time position.
Thank you so much
