Getting
to Work
Canadian Armed Forces
personnel often face
significant challenges when
transitioning into the civilian
workforce. One Alberta not-for-
profit is helping to make
that transition easier.
By Jim Timlick
An innovative program devel-oped
by an Alberta not-for-prof-it
organization is providing for-mer
Canadian military personnel with
some much-needed help transitioning
into the civilian workforce while assist-ing
employers in the province to tap
into an often-neglected pool of high-ly
skilled talent.
Forces@WORK was first launched in
late 2011 by Prospect Human Services,
a charitable organization dedicated to
helping break down barriers that pre-vent
individuals from finding employ-ment.
The aim of the employment
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