Youth Job Seekers

Employment-related services and supports are available for youth looking to find work. You can also explore Jobs at the City to learn of current opportunities to work for the City of Toronto.

See our events listing for up-to-date workforce development events and announcements.

Toronto Youth Partnerships & Employment (TYPE) is a mobile intensive case management program supporting vulnerable youth (aged 16 to 29) in Toronto who are facing multiple and complex barriers to finding employment. An Outreach Youth Counsellor will help you with life stabilization supports by developing an action plan and connecting you to relevant services, programs, and resources.

TYPE helps you move towards employability by identifying your skills and interests, and working through the barriers that prevent you from reaching your immediate and long term employment goals.

Youth in the TYPE program can access:

  • intensive, mobile, and youth directed support and service planning
  • support with job readiness and job preparation
  • connection to employment, education, and training programs

TYPE supports youth who identify as part of the following equity deserving groups:

  • Newcomer
  • Person with Disabilities
  • 2SLGBTQ+
  • Experiencing Gender-Based Violence
  • Involvement with the Justice System

Contact

Email: type@toronto.ca

Note: PAYE is currently paused, however, for information on City of Toronto employment programs and services for youth, visit Find Youth Services.
If you are receiving Ontario Works Assistance or Ontario Disability Support, you can speak to your caseworker about a referral to an Employment Ontario Employment Services agency specializing in youth services.

 

PAYE provides youth with one-on-one support, referrals to training and education, networking and mentoring opportunities, and jobs with career potential.

Each year, PAYE works with hundreds of employers to help more than 1,000 youth get jobs and connect with work-based learning opportunities.

Join this unique program to get the skills, experience and connections needed in today’s job market. Schedule a one-on-one coaching session and find out more about upcoming events and employment opportunities. Call 416-397-5627 or email PAYE@toronto.ca.

Youth Employment Partnerships (YEP) is a youth-friendly community organization network that offers co-ordinated support to young job seekers 15 to 29 years of age.

YEP is flexible to connect you to the right service and through one-on-one support and mentorship help you develop skills and knowledge as well as identify and secure the right opportunities with career potential. YEP can also connect you with training, certification and education programs to prepare you for employment.

For more information about YEP, contact Mikael Khalam at Mikael.khalam@toronto.ca

 

Next summer, work for the best boss ever… you!

Every summer, Enterprise Toronto delivers a program designed to foster the entrepreneurial spirit in students aged 15 to 29 who are returning to school in the fall.

In place of a summer job, students have the opportunity to be their own boss. All that’s required is a good summer company idea, a detailed business plan, commitment and hard work.

In return, students receive hands-on training from successful business people, financial support with awards up to $3,000, and the opportunity to find out if they have what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

Apply for Summer Company and select Enterprise Toronto as your program provider.

ArtWorksTO is an equity, diversity, and inclusion workforce development program for Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour and/or 2SLGBTQ+ youth who are working towards careers as creative industries professionals.  ArtWorksTO was created in response to the need to create inclusive and representative career paths in creative industries for racialized youth.

ArtWorksTO is delivered in partnership with the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Neighbourhood Arts Network, the City of Toronto, OCAD University and the Remix Project.  The program includes:

  • Portfolio Development Training – Offered to 200+ IBPOC and/or 2SLGBTQ+ youth media artists by OCAD University
  • Advanced Skills Training – Participants are provided with tuition, a stipend and student supports for a customized Certificate in Arts & Design Professional Skills from OCAD University
  • Paid Work Experience – Participants are matched with a host organization through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process and awarded a $4,000 contract
  • Industry Mentorship & Networking – Participants are provided one-on-one and group coaching sessions over the duration of the program
  • Alumni Pathways – Additional training, internship and paid contract opportunities for youth who have completed the program

ArtWorksTO is open to:

  • Residents of Toronto/Treaty 13
  • Youth 18-29 (by the application deadline)
  • Youth who are Indigenous, Black, People of Colour (IBPOC)
  • Youth who are Two-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer (2SLGBTQ+)
  • Youth with experience (either self-taught or through community-based or formal training) as a media artist (videographer, graphic designer, illustrator, photographer, social media communications, User Experience – UX design, etc.)
  • Youth artists with career aspirations in the creative industries as a media-based artist, entrepreneur, freelancer, or working professional

For further information, please visit the ArtWorksTO website.