Job opportunities
If you've been having difficulty finding work, this program will assist an employer with the costs of providing you with training and work experience. The employer is expected to continue employing you after the Job Opportunities contract ends.

Job development
Assists people who are at risk of long-term unemployment. Projects provide training and work experience to participants by providing training-related costs, wage subsidies and other specified costs to employers. Training can be in an institution, on-the-job or a combination of both.

Job creation
Provides opportunities for unemployed workers to maintain their work skills during periods when they are without work.

Self-employment assistance
For people on UI or Social Assistance who have the interest and the skill to become self-employed and who have a business idea. This program is not operating in the lower mainland or the Greater Victoria area. Course covers business planning, financial management, marketing and inventory control.

Mobility assistance
Financial help for people who have to look for work or move to accept work outside of the area where they currently live.

This is only a partial list to give you some idea of the scope of EIC employment services. They have many useful services, they're just a little hard to find. Also cutbacks are affecting them all the time. It seems to be a common experience that if you ask a lot of questions and keep trying to figure it out, suddenly someone will give you the exact right piece of information and you can whiz through the rest of the process. Along with this chapter, you should read
The shopping list in your head (page 7), How to ask questions (page 8) and Sarah's story (page 29).