Join Our Team
We provide: career consulting, employment support, occupational training, and professional development
Join the MCG Team
The success of MCG is heavily attributed to a great team of driven employees who have helped our company succeed over the years and have brought our company vision to life.
Our employees embody our company values, and impact the lives of Albertans on a daily basis.
If you are interested in joining our team of career-minded and driven employees, please take a look at the current MCG job openings below, and submit your resume and cover letter.
We thank all applicants for their time; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
- A 35-hour work week
- Flex time for employees with 2+ years of service
- Education funding to support ongoing professional growth
- Staff wellness plans
- Christmas bonus days and summer hours
- Early closures before long weekends
- A staff bonus points program
- Post-secondary education in a related field
- Minimum 2 years of experience in job placement
- Experience with various types of client and employer recruitment strategies
- Strong understanding of the career planning process
- Able to navigate online job boards, conduct online labour market research, use email, word processing and database software (Microsoft and Google Workspace)
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with exceptional negotiation, interpersonal, networking, and relationship-building abilities
- Experience in interviewing and assessment tools
- Understand the needs of unemployed and underemployed clients who have moderate barriers to finding, obtaining, and maintaining employment
- Have an excellent working knowledge of the various community resources
- Strong knowledge of the local labour market with a thorough understanding of the construction industry.
- Recruitment, marketing, and job placement experience
- Understanding of government-funded programs, policies and guidelines
- Understanding of contract expectations
- Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and sound judgment
- Access to a reliable Vehicle.
- Knowledge of the Government of Alberta’s Client Data Tracking and the Targeted Referral and Feedback (TRF) systems is an asset
- A 35-hour work week
- Flex time for employees with 2+ years of service
- Education funding to support ongoing professional growth
- Staff wellness plans
- Christmas bonus days and summer hours
- Early closures before long weekends
- A staff bonus points program
Job description
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Vision care
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Job Title: Job Developer/Marketer
The Primary Purpose of the Job is to find employment opportunities for the clients using a variety of resources. To ensure success, contact the clients for 90 days after their completion date.
Reports to: Program Manager
Direct Reports: Not Applicable.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Meeting one-on-one with clients to establish career goals
- Marketing the clients to employers by using their most vital skills as a tool
- Assist clients with resume/cover letter writing
- Motivate the clients to seek employment and strive for success
- Cold-calling new employers to develop a robust database of contacts
- Printing jobs off job boards that are advertised on the job board
- Keeping good contact with existing employers/creating new contacts
- Following up with clients for 30, 60, and 90 days after the completion date to ensure that they are successful
- Liaise with employers to develop and maintain a strong network
- Establishing strong contacts in various industries
- Cold calling and marketing new organizations
- Other duties as required
Qualifications:
- Post-secondary education and experience working in a client-based industry
- Experience with various types of recruitment strategies
- Strong understanding of the career planning process
- Computer competencies
- Communication & Problem-Solving skills, exceptional negotiation and interpersonal skills, networking abilities
- Interviewing and assessment training
- A sales background would be an asset
- Connections in the Construction Industry would be an asset for SkillBuild; multiple industry connections would be an asset for the Rapid Employment Services role.
- Access to a reliable vehicle
- Work 1:1 with clients on individualized employment goals and strategies
- Provide coaching on resume and cover letter development, interview skills, job search strategies, networking, and other related tasks
- Workshop facilitation utilizing engaging techniques, technology and applicable, updated materials
- Develop relevant and innovative materials applicable to job search, career investigation and education exploration
- Maintain and utilize resources for community referrals
- Establish and maintain a network with community partners, employers, and industry representatives to assist clients in attaching to the labour market
- Facilitate solutions and resource connections to mitigate barriers to employment
- Ensure contract expectations are being met, including, but not limited to, assessments, reporting, referrals, and file management
- Promote MCG Careers programs and services professionally; assist in the development of various marketing materials
- Work collaboratively with the team and provide support to other programs as needed
- Other duties as assigned
- Post-secondary education and experience working in a client-based industry
- Minimum 3 years in career development
- CCDP Certification is an asset
- Experience and understanding of the challenges of this specific client group
- Understanding of the career planning process
- Computer proficiency with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and using web-based software
- Knowledge of Social Media platforms
- Exposure to seminars or training programs/affiliation with professional associations related to career development
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program
- Work 1:1 with clients on individualized employment goals and strategies
- Provide coaching on resume and cover letter development, interview skills, job search strategies, networking, and other related tasks
- Workshop facilitation utilizing engaging techniques, technology and applicable, updated materials
- Develop relevant and innovative materials applicable to job search, career investigation and education exploration
- Maintain and utilize resources for community referrals
- Establish and maintain a network with community partners, employers, and industry representatives to assist clients in attaching to the labour market
- Facilitate solutions and resource connections to mitigate barriers to employment
- Ensure contract expectations are being met, including, but not limited to- assessments, reporting, referrals, and file management
- Promote MCG Careers programs and services professionally; assist in the development of various marketing materials
- Work collaboratively with the team and provide support to other programs as needed
- Other duties as assigned
- Post-secondary education and experience working in a client-based industry
- Minimum 3 years in career development
- CCDP Certification is an asset
- Experience and understanding of the challenges of this specific client group
- Understanding of the career planning process
- Computer proficiency with working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and using web-based software
- Knowledge of Social Media platforms
- Exposure to seminars or training programs/affiliation with professional associations related to career development
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program