Employment
Lessons
- Lessons use tutorials and quizzes.
- Tutorials have slides with text and pictures.
- Learners can use the built-in screen reader.
- Other learning tools include dictionaries, translators and text highlighting.
- After watching a tutorial, learners complete a short quiz to check their knowledge.
- Lessons are grouped by level and subject.
Career Decision Making
Your personality plays an important role in making your career decisions. In this course you will explore tools to identify your personality traits, set short-term and long-term goals, and draw up an ideal career list that is aligned with your values, interests, personality, and skills.
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Communication
In this course, you will learn social and people skills that you can practice for effective communication, such as active listening, positive attitude, teamwork, and social sensitivity. You will explore effective strategies to address diversity and conflict. You will become familiar with reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills needed to participate in group discussions. You’ll learn best practices for face to face conversation, in-person and virtual meetings and business presentations.
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Employability Skills
In this course, you will learn the most common skills employers are looking for, such as positive work ethics, flexibility, and adaptability and how to demonstrate integrity in order to maintain honesty and reliability. You will learn ways to demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness. You will familiarize yourself with mathematical skills and proofreading skills required to complete common workplace tasks. You will read about critical thinking and problem-solving skills. You will explore customer service skills, time, task, and resource management skills to work effectively in an organization with technologies. You will determine the computer hardware and software requirements in business and how to organize files and folders. You learn about the importance of communication and technology skills in the workplace, and the etiquette and safety rules for using social media and technology responsibly.
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Exploring Entrepreneurship
This course covers the role and attributes of an entrepreneur, marketing and its components, the selling process, and operations management. You’ll look at how entrepreneurs must study economics to ensure their business survives. You’ll determine the importance of a business plan, list the steps for creating a business plan, and compare business plans from various sources.
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Health Care - Body Systems
Learn about the structure and functions of each body system. You will identify diseases, disorders, and medical procedures related to each system. Additionally, you will explore health science professions related to each body system.
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Health Care - Employability and Professional Skills
Learn how to develop communication and leadership skills. You will understand how to apply critical thinking and problem-solving techniques to resolve a conflict and how to combat stressful situations at work.
Health Care - Medical Terminology
Learn about the basic components of medical terms. You will familiarize yourself with various abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols used in health care. You will learn about the human body's planes and cavities. Terms used to describe the position of structures and parts of the human body will be discussed.
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How to Shine on the Job
Positive work ethics, teamwork, conflict resolution, effective speaking and listening, and customer service skills are required in the workplace. Take this course to learn job maintenance skills for a successful career.
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Job Search Toolkit
Learn how to research the job market and prepare your portfolio and resume. Decide which style of resume suits you best and understand strategies that will get your resume noticed. You will develop skills for success with in-person, online, or phone interviews, and learn how informational interviews and cold calling can open up your options.
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Key Technologies and Emerging Alternatives
This course is intended to help you familiarize yourself with engineering systems and technologies in the context of human necessities, culture, society, and our environment. You will explore careers in engineering, engineering systems and emerging technologies like electrical power generation and transmission. You will analyze various manufacturing processes and identify some important employability characteristics.
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Ready, Set, Go!
Soft skills such as self-esteem, mannerism, behaviours, sociability and honesty are valued by employers. Take this course to learn how to promote a positive and safe work environment and the importance of communication and technology skills in the workplace.
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Safe Food Handling Prep
This course introduces the principles of food safety and describes cross-contamination and food allergies. You will learn procedures for storing, prepping, cooking, cooling and reheating foods. You will learn the correct use of gloves and other hygiene practices. You will learn the difference between cleaning and sanitizing. This course also focuses on how to implement time and temperature control to prevent food contamination at various stages in the flow of food handling.
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Courses
- Created by the LearningHUB Team!
- Designed for literacy learners. The perfect introduction to online learning.
- Each course is 3-6 units.
- Each unit has a learning objective.
- Activities include pages to read, videos, journal-writing, short assignments, quizzes and more.
Accounting Basics
This course gives you the basics of accounting and bookkeeping. Learn the nature of accounting and how careers in accounting compare to bookkeeping. You will explore the characteristics of a corporation, partnership, franchise, or sole proprietorship business and the importance of double-entry accounting. You will classify the accounts of a service business as assets, liabilities or owner's equity; understand the relationship between an income statement, revenue and expense accounts and owner's equity; and analyze and record transactions in the general journal.
Note: Microsoft Excel software (or equivalent) and skills are needed for this course. Instructions to create a free Excel for the Web account are provided in Unit 2.
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Conflict Resolution Skills and Strategies
This course offers helpful advice and activities on stress management and communication skills. It explains conflict and how different people deal with conflict in their lives. It explains the 4 P’s of Conflict Resolution: Preparedness, Perception, Personality and Practice.
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Customer Service Essentials
This course looks at the definition of customer service and the most common jobs that require good customer service skills. Topics include: workplace expectations, communication skills, being prepared for a career in customer service and how to have a positive attitude for workplace success. This course will empower participants to deal effectively with difficult customers and make sure that customers have a good service experience.
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Improving Your Job Skills
This course explains the basic skills needed in every job. You will look at personal skills like time management and being responsible. You will practise reading, writing and listening to improve your communication skills. You will learn how to gather and manage the information that you need on the job. You will also explore ways to think through problems at work and decide upon solutions.
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One and Done - Writing Professional Email
Writing a professional email is a skill that will help you in many situations, from applying for a job to collaborating with your co-workers on a project. You could be sharing information, expressing a viewpoint or communicating with companies about products and services. Employers are looking for clear writing skills that can improve their customer service since effective communication maintains relationships, avoids misunderstandings and helps solve conflicts. Whether it's personal or work-related, everyone benefits from learning to write a professional email that gives a favourable first impression of who you are and how well you communicate. In this course, you’ll learn to communicate in a friendly, respectful way with a clear and concise message to make a positive impression with your online correspondence.
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Self-Exploration: How I Communicate in Different Places
This course is the digital version of a course created by Literacy Link South Central (LLSC) in 2013 and funded by the Ontario government using Employment Ontario funding. It is one of a series of 4 courses we've grouped together under the heading of Self Exploration. In this course, you will be thinking and talking about how you communicate in different places. At the end of this course you should be able to understand how different generations communicate, understand key factors in effective communication, feel more comfortable communicating in a group setting, begin to understand how to improve communication skills and identify your current skills and the skills that you need to work on.
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Self-Exploration: My Dream Career
This course is the digital version of a course created by Literacy Link South Central (LLSC) in 2013 and funded by the Ontario government using Employment Ontario funding. It is one of a series of 4 courses we've grouped together under the heading of Self Exploration. In this course, you will be thinking and talking about dream careers. At the end of this course you should be able to: understand the difference between a job and a career, identify your current skills and knowledge, understand barriers to employment and know more about your dream career.
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Self-Exploration: My Role Models
This course is the digital version of a course created by Literacy Link South Central (LLSC) in 2013 and funded by the Ontario government using Employment Ontario funding. It is one of a series of 4 courses we've grouped together under the heading of Self Exploration. In this course, you will think about the qualities of a good role model. You will examine role models and mentors you have or may have had. Think about your local role models and those in the media. Explore the qualities you have and those you can work on to become a good role model.
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Social Media and Your Job Search
If you're an experienced job searcher, you may know quite a bit about resumes, cover letters, interviews and the best websites for job listings. But you might not be as familiar with the latest online tools to enhance your job search! In this course you will learn how LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter can help with your employment search. Each unit has an interactive activity to guide you through creating a sample account using the basic features.
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Workplace Essentials 1- Soft Skills
This course will introduce and reinforce the importance of time management, adaptability, motivation, attitude, and accountability in the workplace. It encourages building problem solving skills using creativity and innovation. It explores ways in which collaboration, communication, teamwork, and leadership play an important role in building and maintaining positive relationships with others at work. This is the first part of a 3-part course.
Workplace Essentials 1 focuses on the following soft skills: time management, adaptability, creativity and innovation.
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Workplace Essentials 2- Soft Skills
This course will introduce and reinforce the importance of time management, adaptability, motivation, attitude, and accountability in the workplace. It encourages building problem solving skills using creativity and innovation. It explores ways in which collaboration, communication, teamwork, and leadership play an important role in building and maintaining positive relationships with others at work. This is the second part of a 3-part course.
Workplace Essentials 2 focuses on the following soft skills: motivation, attitude, and accountability.
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Workplace Safety and Rights
This course explores workplace safety. You will learn to understand the rights and responsibilities of both employers and workers for workplace safety. You will be able to identify and categorize common workplace hazards, recognize WHMIS pictograms and take steps to prevent accidents and be safe at work. You learn how to write a hazard report. You will learn about laws from the Employment Standards Act and Human Rights Code and how they protect you. You will learn how to read a pay stub and to know which deductions are legal or illegal to be deducted from your wages.
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Live Classes
- Taught by a LearningHUB Practitioner.
- 1-2 hours long and run at a set date and time.
- Available October-November, January-February and April-May.
- Now running in Zoom!
Employment Success Series 1: Resume Basics
Employment Success is six-part series that will help you get ready for your next job. These are short sessions that give you the tips you need to move forward with your goals.
In this first class, we introduce you to the basic steps for creating a Résumé. A résumé is a 1-2 page document that tells an employer your qualifications, skills, education and work history. We will talk about these sections and give you strategies to make your résumé clear, attractive and professional. We will also share websites and free services you can use for help.
Employment Success Series 2: Interviews
Employment Success is six-part series that will help you get ready for your next job. These are short sessions that give you the tips you need to move forward with your goals!
In the second class, we talk about Interviews. Interviews are a way for an employer to meet you and learn more about your qualifications. It is also a chance for you to ask questions and learn more about the company or organization. It is normal to be nervous for an interview, but being prepared can help us control nerves and have a better experience. We can do this in a number of ways and we will review them together. We will also look at online interviews, which are becoming more common as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Employment Success Series 3: Workplace Expectations
Employment Success is six-part series that will help you get ready for your next job. They are short sessions that give an introduction to a topic. Taking these classes will improve your confidence and give you the tips you need to move forward with your goals! If you are nervous about making a good impression at a new job, you are not alone. The workplace can be confusing with so many rules to follow.
In the third class, we talk about Expectations. You will learn what employers expect from you when it comes to behaviour and communication. You will learn how to prepare for your first day and get tips to use when faced with a challenge. We will also explain some of your rights as an employee when it comes to your pay, breaks and safety.
Employment Success Series 4: Workplace Communication
Employment Success is six-part series that will help you get ready for your next job. They are short sessions that give an introduction to a topic. Taking these classes will improve your confidence and give you the tips you need to move forward with your goals!
Communicating at work is challenging. Everyone has different personalities and ways of expressing themselves. If you want to succeed at work, you need to communicate and listen well. In our fourth class, you will learn how to improve your listening skills, how to handle difficult people at work, how your body language affects others and how communication styles and rules change in our digital world.
Employment Success Series 5: Email Communication
Employment Success is six-part series that will help you get ready for your next job. These are short sessions that give you the tips you need to move forward with your goals!
In our fifth class, we talk about Email Communication. We start by reviewing the parts of an email and the features that are commonly used in the workplace. We then look at "email etiquette" - the rules we should follow when communicating digitally. You will also learn the key skills for writing clear and effective messages. Finally, we will work through some email scenarios together, to learn best ways to respond when faced with a challenge.
Employment Success Series 6: Workplace Documents
Employment Success is six-part series to help you get ready for your next job. These are short sessions that give the tools you need to move forward with your goals!
In our final class, we talk about the documents you might see in your first week on the job. Some of these include, welcome packages, policy and safety manuals, payroll and tax forms, as well as benefits applications and vacation request forms. All this paperwork can be overwhelming, but being prepared will help! We show you common forms and give tips for reading and completing them.
Soft Skills Series 1 – Problem Solving & Conflict Resolution
Soft Skills is a 3-part series. In this class, we discuss the process of overcoming obstacles by reviewing the steps to problem solving: identifying the problem, gathering all the information to explore solutions, implementing solutions, and reflecting on the outcome. This class helps you identify the many ways in which conflict can arise in the workplace. We provide you with the essential tools which will help you navigate the process of finding an effective solution.
Soft Skills Series 2 – Teamwork & Leadership
Soft Skills is a 3-part series. In this class, we outline the importance of teamwork and leadership in the workplace. Teamwork and leadership skills improve workplace morale, boosts engagement, builds connectedness and confidence in the workplace. We review the essential skills needed to be an effective team player and leader. This class identifies the skills required to collaborate effectively within a team – Trust, Communication, Respect, Problem Solving Skills, and Cooperation.
Soft Skills Series 3 – Workplace Essentials
Soft Skills is a 3-part series. In this class, we discuss essential skills in the workplace: Time Management, Adaptability, Motivation, Attitude, and Accountability. Learn how to be confident and how to be an integral part of your workplace environment. Make the most out of your workday by using some of our tips and tools to stay positive, stay motivated, adapt to change, and manage your time so you stay on task!