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Caresse Seguin, a single mom with two children, was
seeking a fresh start after moving back to Alberta from
Ontario where she was employed as a healthcare worker for
the elderly. The wage difference for this occupation in Alberta
wouldn’t allow her to provide for her family, so she was on
social assistance and looking for a job that could grow with
her. Then a representative of the Alberta provincial government
recommended her for Manpower’s TechReach program.
“Like so many unemployed people, I just needed a helping
hand,” said Caresse. “Manpower gave me the chance to show
what I could do.”
Manpower’s TechReach program, a workforce development
initiative in the United States and Canada, is designed to
prepare unemployed and underemployed individuals for well-
paying careers in information technology and other in-demand
jobs. It includes intensive training, certification, job placement
and mentoring in an effort to provide businesses with a new
source of skilled employees.
Not only does it provide companies with a new source of
employees, but it also makes a difference in people’s lives.
Caresse graduated from our TechReach program with a new-
found confidence in her abilities and a “master” skills ranking
in a variety of PC applications. She is currently making a good
hourly wage as a sales support assistant for Weyerhaeuser,
an international forest products company, in Calgary, Canada.
“Manpower’s training program gave me the opportunity to
empower myself with the skills I needed to work for a
major corporation,” noted Caresse. “I couldn’t have done it
without them.”
“Like so many unemployed people, I just needed
a helping hand. Manpower gave me the chance
to show what I could do.”
FACILITATING THE TRANSITION
TO A MORE VIABLE CAREER
CARESSE SEGUIN
Today, TechReach is active in 45 locations throughout the
United States and Canada and it is one of our larger programs
that helps teach people new skills so they can improve their
employment situations and make career transitions. More
than 1,000 people have graduated from the program since its
inception, including disabled, elderly and unemployed persons.