Hire Value

This is a resource kit for employers and employment support agencies. It provides information about the skills adults are acquiring in Literacy and Basic Skills programs. The Hiring Value Checklist in the kit can be used by employers to help find the right people with the right skills, and by people looking for work who want to assess their own skills.

Date Published: March 2000
Cost: Free
Shipping: To be determined
How to order: Contact QUILL

Opening Doors: How to Market Your Skills to Employers

This is a comprehensive workshop that contains overheads, master handout sheets, activities and facilitator’s notes. It is broken into 5 modules, all designed to be delivered in about 1.5 hours each. The workshop will teach learners/clients how to demonstrate and articulate the essential skills they have learned. Both the binder and CD contain the same information.

QUILL also offers an orientation (train-the-trainer) session for this workshop. It includes the opportunity to browse through the binder, and do some hands-on activities from the workshop.

• Session length is ideally around 3 hours, but can be shortened a bit
• Fee is negotiated based on travel & accommodation costs.
• Contact us for details.

Date Published: June 2003
Cost: Binder - $40, CD-ROM - $20
Shipping: maximum $7 for standard Canada Post shipping
How to order: Contact QUILL, or Print, complete and fax this order form (PDF).

Practical Supports: Reinforcing our Capacity to Serve Learners with Employment Goals

This is a collection of materials from the Train Ontario 1 and 2 projects. The materials have been updated and formatted to be in one easy-to-use tool, designed for use by Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) practitioners and administrators. It is ideal for new LBS staff entering the field who did not have the benefit of training from the Train Ontario sessions, but also as a refresher for other staff. A Guide to Using the Resource is also included in print form and can be found as an insert in the CD cover. It provides the basic information needed to get started with the resource.

Date Published: October 2006
Cost: $25
Shipping: To be determined
How to order: Contact QUILL

Strategies to Increase Participation: A Look at Underemployed Adults in Basic Skills Programs.

This report reflects 6 months of research and focus groups to find out the barriers to access training for underemployed adults. Report includes a section on recommendations for addressing barriers and strategies that were developed by frontline workers in basic training and employment preparation programs.

Date Published: June 2002
Cost: $15
Shipping: Included in cost
How to order: Contact QUILL