How Goodwill makes work, WORK.
Goodwill is a job creator with a door open to people who need a job the most.
Work experience is a pathway forward
Ready to work or not, a job at Goodwill is a path to work readiness. People who face obstacles such as mental illness, poverty or learning deficits, are Goodwill’s priority for hiring. The goal is to empower workers to advance their careers by eliminating barriers as they gain work experience, strengthen confidence, attain in-demand labour market skills, and build toward a better career.
The dignity, purpose and sustenance, the embrace of a working community, the confidence that builds as skills are attained, and the sense of a better future that comes with work are the key life-transforming opportunities.
Life Coaching and Wellness Support
Goodwill provides immediate and consistent workplace access to coaching, and health and wellness supports to navigate life issues such as stable housing, food security, child care, transporation, financial literacy, GED completion....
Access to health care resources such as counseling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, dental and eye care, are provided at work through employee benefits.
Skills Training, Credentialing and Access to Education
Intensive on-the-job skills development and credentialing, targeted to industry relevant skills and the career aspirations of team members is a hallmark of Goodwill's approach. Training develops basic and soft skills such as digital literacy, teamwork and communications, and more advanced cognitive and technical skills. Access to Goodwill scholarships, and to secondary and post-secondary programs is also provided to all employees.
Deliberate Advancement to a Better Career
As an individual progresses and clarity emerges as to their desired path forward, job development professionals support the team member in a job search process, including access to better jobs at Goodwill. Equipped with a well-established network of relationships with employers seeking skilled workers, the Job Developer serves as a matchmaker for both parties. Goodwill deliberately aims to advance its workers to better jobs at Goodwill, or the labour market beyond.
Continued Support
As individuals progress, hired for their skills and qualifications, Goodwill may continue to support both the worker and employers through continued mentoring and training to ensure barriers to retention are mitigated, and workers integrate successfully.
Goodwill has over 95 job roles from entry level to senior leadership. People are encouraged to aspire, and Goodwill’s mission is to empower them with the skills, knowledge, tools, and the confidence to reach their goals.
