Employment Resources
Looking for a job? Levelling up your career? Need a little help along the way? Good news—tons of local resources are here to get you where you want to go. From manufacturing and farming to finance, construction, healthcare, education, retail, and hospitality (yep, our restaurants and hotels are booming), there’s a service ready to back you up.
META Employment Services are the pros when it comes to job search support — from polishing resumes and prepping for interviews to connecting job seekers directly with employers. They’re all about helping people advance their careers quickly and confidently.
Career Edge helps youth and adults find work and build skills with personalized support, training programs, and connections to local employers. They offer hands-on guidance and career-building tools to set people up for long-term success.
The Training & Knowledge Centre at Loyalist College is all about levelling up—fast. From trades to tech, leadership to logistics, their programs are built with real jobs (and real paycheques) in mind. Short courses. Big results. Your next opportunity might just start here.
Quinte Business Development Commission
Quinte Business Development Commission (QBDC) is a group of organizations that help businesses grow and offer many services for entrepreneurs, new businesses, local companies, and businesses that want to move to the area. These links will take you to the various services offered all located in the same building at Loyalist College.
Staffing Agencies
A staffing agency is a company that helps businesses find and hire workers for different jobs. They match job seekers with companies that need employees. When someone applies for a job through a staffing agency, the agency will help them prepare for interviews and find a good job that fits their skills. Some staffing agencies specialize in certain industries, like healthcare or technology, while others help with many different types of jobs. The agency may also handle the hiring process and pay the workers, especially if the job is temporary or short-term.
Upskilling and Re-Skilling
Upskilling and reskilling are terms used to describe learning new skills to keep up with changes in the job market or to switch to a different career.
Upskilling: This means learning new skills or improving existing ones to do your current job better or to keep up with new technology and methods. For example, if you work in IT and take a course on the latest programming language, you are upskilling.
Reskilling: This means learning completely new skills to change careers or to do a different job within the same company. For example, if you work in retail and take a course to become a graphic designer, you are reskilling.
Healthcare
The Bay of Quinte Region offers many opportunities for physicians and other healthcare professionals wanting to practice in our community.
