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Conestoga is a provincial leader in trades and apprenticeship
training to serve industry needs and the growing community.
Comprehensive programming includes a wide range of
post-secondary trades programs that provide pathways
to employment in skilled trades careers as well as pre-
apprenticeship training and in-school training for apprentices. Because achieving
TMMC awarded for boosting

young people gender equity is
only possible by
Earlier this year, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.
(TMMC) was named as one of Canada’s Top Employers for giving a voice to
Young People after being recognized for its co-op and new
grad program, tuition subsidies, and career development the needs of
plans.

TMMC, which employs 9,214 people full time, o†ers a paid women, girls and
co-op program, and hires students in multiple areas of the
business including engineering, production control, quality gender-diverse
control, human resources and finance, to name just a few.

The company also recently introduced a new graduate individuals.
hiring program as a means to retain co-op students for full-
time positions upon graduation, helping it to maintain a
formal career path program that identifies the training and Help us do that today:

competencies required for employees to move along their
desired career progression.
TMMC teams can also keep track of skills and certifications

through a career development plan, where employees can
build their skills inventory and create a career portfolio. ywcacambridge.ca

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