You may qualify if you either:

• Unemployed jobseeker for six months or longer and are part of a low-income household;

• Working in a temporary job just to cover your costs. Jobs such as food and beverage servers, flight attendants, uber drivers, and retail salespersons.

High priority for individuals:

• Laid off on or after March 1, 2020;

• Have a high school education or less;

• Laid off from an industry severy affected by the pandemic, such as hospitality and food services, transportation and warehousing, or wholesale and retail trade;

• Want to train for a career in sectors that have potential for future employment in a local community or provincial priority area.

You can still apply if you receive either:

• Employment Insurance (EI)

• Ontario Works (OW)

• Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)

Agency Registration:

When you sign up for this program, you become a Skills for Change client, and cannot simultaneously be registered with another employment agency.

If you've participated in a previous program, please request the closure of the previous agency file before enrolling in Skills for Change.

When preparing your application, you will have to show:

• how long you have been unemployed, or working your temporary job, and looking for work;

• places you have applied and positions you have applied for (for example, cover letters, CVs or resumes, and responses from potential employers);

• level of education obtained;

• previous employment, how long you worked there, and skills that were required;

• what skills do you want to obtain and where you can get trained in them;

• information to support a financial needs assessment, such as some of the costs to be covered during training and your gross (before tax) household income (including the income of your spouse/partner).