Released on April 28, 2005
With summer approaching, a newly enhanced provincial employment program is set to continue linking Saskatchewan students with meaningful job opportunities.The Centennial Student Employment Program (CSEP) now offers participants developmental resources aimed at enriching the opportunity for employers and students.
"The Centennial Student Employment Program receives excellent reviews from participants and continues to be an effective developmental tool," Culture, Youth and Recreation Minister Joan Beatty said. "The enhanced program promotes a mentoring-type relationship between employers and students. We are confident this will benefit students when they've completed their education and begin their careers in Saskatchewan."
CSEP is a five-year program specifically designed to link Saskatchewan students with employment relevant to their field of study or career ambition. The new program enhancement encourages a mentorship between employers and students to increase students' networks, develop a stronger familiarity with Saskatchewan industry and improve knowledge-transfer between experienced and new workers.
The program provides employers with subsidies of up to 75 per cent of student job costs, to a maximum of $3,500 per full-time opportunity and $2,000 per part-time opportunity.
Since inception, the program has connected nearly 5,000 students in more than 100 Saskatchewan communities to quality employment opportunities. Feedback from CSEP participants in 2004-05 was positive, with:
• 87 per cent of students reporting that their CSEP experience helped them to better understand the career opportunities available to them in Saskatchewan;
• 99 per cent saying that the level of work was related to their current field of study or career ambition; and
• 96 per cent of employer participants affirming that their student employees helped them to accomplish projects or programs that could not otherwise have been done.
For more information, please visit the Centennial Student Employment Program website at www.cyr.gov.sk.ca or call (306) 787-5729.
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For More Information, Contact:
| Janet Peters Culture, Youth and Recreation Regina Phone: (306) 787-4967 |