Lesley Pickard New St. Lawrence Employer Liaison

St. Lawrence Employment Service | Apr 24, 2014

The Sharbot Lake St. Lawrence College Employment Service office is excited by the new staff position recently created here. Lesley Pickard has been hired as the new Employer Liaison and will be traveling all over South, Central and North Frontenac, meeting with small business owners and managers to help with their staffing and training needs. Lesley’s role is to take one component of Employment Service out to the business instead of the other way around. Small business owners have enough to do preparing for the busy season ahead, and having Lesley visit them at their business is both time saving and excellent customer service. Lesley has already started her role by visiting some of the businesses in Cloyne, Ompah, Verona and Sharbot Lake.

She will continue to visit businesses three days a week and hopes to meet all of the owners before the busy tourist season has arrived. Some of the benefits that Lesley will offer employers include:

• One stop shopping for all business hiring and training needs

• On-site job description development and skill requirements

• Free web posting to recruit candidates

• Providing information to employers about funding opportunities and incentives

• Identifying training needs such as WHMIS and Smart Serve and linking employers to available opportunities

• Scheduling job fairs and interviews

Lesley describes herself as “the new concierge for all employers. What is it that you need? I will find it”.

St. Lawrence Employment Service is also prepared to assist businesses to meet the July 1 deadline for compliance with the Ontario Health and Safety Act. Employees and supervisory staff in all businesses are required to complete a training program, which is available online, by the deadline. For details call 613-543-3949 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.