Businesses
Make every day career day for Waterloo Region youth!
Provide opportunities for our youth to explore and experience different career options, set goals and plan a pathway to achieve them.
Why get involved?
By getting involved, your organization can:
- Give back to the community by helping our youth make informed career decisions
- Invest in building the workforce of the future
- Raise awareness of career options in your industry
- Provide rewarding professional development opportunities for your staff
- Demonstrate your company is an employer of choice
Through our partnerships, we can also connect local organizations to discounted recruitment opportunities that reach beyond Waterloo Region.
6 Ways to Get Started
Here are six of the ways your organization can support local students and schools:
01
Join The
Speakers Bureau
Through our Speakers Bureau, we connect you or your employees to career talks with grade 7-12 students across Waterloo Region. Since 2002, over 100,000 local students have participated in career talks organized through the Speakers Bureau.
02
Become a co-op employer
To gain confidence and insight into their interest, knowledge and skills, high school students need virtual and in-person opportunities to participate in the workforce. Become a co-op employer so youth can experience many different types of jobs.
03
Help students get to know your workplace
Edge Factor is an online platform used by local high schools where students can learn about local companies, different job options and related information such as the skills required.
04
Become A Sponsor
When your organization sponsors our work, events or programs, you help us make a positive impact on more students in grades 7 to 12 while doing good for your business too.
05
Share Your Challenges
Our Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Challenges engage students to design solutions for problems facing local organizations.
06
Showcase careers in your industry at Explore Your Future
Showcase careers in your industry at Explore Your Future, Waterloo Region's annual career expo for grade 7-12 students and their parents and guardians.