Success Skills Centre
406 Edmonton Street R3B 2M2 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Success Skills Centre will be participating as an Exhibitor for the first Manitoba Virtual Career Fair this Wednesday, June 3. Please check this out and participate and share with family and friends as appropriate.

Success Skills Centre Adopts Social Enterprise* An Open Letter to Our Employers, Clients, Partners, Sponsors and Friends, from the Board Chair and CEO... It is a time for change for all of us, and Success Skills Centre is announcing that it is changing its not-for-profit operations to a social enterprise. We are taking this step because governments have less funding available to immigrant settlement services in Manitoba. Our board of directors and staff see this as an exciting opportunity for profit and not-for-profit organizations to work together in a different way to address social issues. The Centre will continue to work with its various stakeholders, and in the new model strive to cover its operational expenses and to develop new markets. Since 1985, our Centre’s dedicated and experienced staff has developed and delivered niche programs and services focusing on the following twin goals: Supporting Manitoba employers in filling their skill shortages, needs and gaps That lead to loss of productivity and development for their organizations; and, Resolving the employment and underemployment challenges of skilled immigrants through the Centre’s niche, hands-on approach in preparing newcomers for the Canadian workplace culture, expectations and credentials. The Centre’s service model is designed to save immigrants precious time, money and grief, and to help accelerate their process into the workforce in a timely manner. Doing so is critical, based on our long experience and is demonstrated in much research. Not utilizing immigrants’ skills sets is a tremendous loss of human resources and to the economy. Over the next while, our board and staff will be reaching out to our various stakeholders to share how they may be able to support our new direction. Please watch our website for further news. Monika G. Feist Chief Executive Officer Roma Thorlakson Board Chair April 2020 *What is Social Enterprise: Social enterprises are non-profit organizations that use revenue generation to realize social, cultural and environmental outcomes, such as fostering a more sustainable environment, providing important community services like child care, generating revenue for non-profits or creating job and training opportunities for people facing barriers to employment. The purpose of social enterprise is to create positive impact in our communities.

Success Skills Centre connects professionals with employment and training designed for their specific careers. https://www.youtube.com/watch

The Manitoba Construction Sector Council, Manitoba Home Builders’ Association, Manitoba Heavy Construction Association, Manitoba Building Trades, and Winnipeg Construction Association hosted Manitoba Women in Trades Building Our Future Conference on February 18 to 19th, 2020. During the panel discussion Cultural Background in Relation to Culture in the Workplace, presenters shared differences between international culture and what culture is like within the work environ...ment. Discussions included culture shock, gender in leadership roles, what the workplace looks like compared to their previous work culture, expectations and cultural/workplace celebrations. We can proudly say, four out of five panelists were #Success Skills Centre clients who expressed a gratitude for Success Skills Centre’s services. Olalekan Kehinde, Architect and Project Manager with Affinity Architecture Inc. Mila Mirkin, Transportation Designer with AECOM Opeyemi Akinola, Certified Civil Engineer with Geotechnical KGS Group Teslim Akindele, Assistant Project Manager, Winnipeg Housing