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Finding a job is child's play Children First Centre recruits employees at job fair
Shawn Giilck
Northern News Services
Published Thursday, July 18, 2013
INUVIK
The Children First Society is looking for a few good people.
Sherene Raddi was one of the people looking for employment with the new Children First Centre July 10 at the job fair. - Shawn Giilck/NNSL photo
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The organization, which will be operating a new child care centre slated to open Aug. 12, held its first job fair on the evening of July 10. Nine people attended the event, with at least one more person showing up late to fill out an application.
Elizabeth Fraser was one of the applicants. She's a new arrival in Inuvik, with a background in early childhood care.
"I think this is a great idea," she said as she worked on filling out an application form.
"I'm going to school for that and that's what I enjoy," Fraser said. "I'm applying for a pre-school practitioner position. I have lots of experience, and I feel comfortable doing it."
"The centre is really nice and it's really well-equipped with lots of room," she said following a tour. "I'm really looking forward to working there, because it won't be the case there isn't enough room or enough resources."
Fraser said she's currently working at a couple of jobs while looking for a full-time position in Inuvik.
"I'm definitely planning on staying," she said. "I love it here."
Sherene Raddi was also filling out an application to work at the centre.
"I like working with children and I used to work at the youth centre," she said. "The building is pretty nice.
"I think it's cool," she said of the job fair. "I didn't know it was going to be like this. I thought they would just be taking resumes."
Patricia Davison, the new executive director of the Children First Society and the Children First Centre, said she was quite pleased with the job fair.
"We've got a number of people checking out the Children First Society and we have some really interesting candidates. I can't wait to see some of the resumes," Davison said.
The centre has 19 positions available, ranging from team leaders to childhood practitioners and support staff.
"It's really important to be able to communicate with children," Davison said. "No matter what job or position you have at this facility, you will cross paths with children. So it's really important to be able to communicate with children. And we're looking for people who are innovative and who can play, because we do a lot of that here. That's how children learn."
One of the primary positions is a facilities manager, who will be the cook and oversee light maintenance and cleaning of the building.
"We're looking for an experienced chef/cook, a person who's operated a kitchen before and is able to design nutritious menus and do it for little people," Davison said.
"We have a variety of positions, from entry level for people who think they'd like to work with kids, to the team leader positions for people with early childhood education backgrounds and experience."
She said she didn't have any expectations about how many people would show up for the fair.
"If one person came out, I would have been happy. This is the first time I've done a job fair in Inuvik, and I didn't know what to expect."
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