PRE-EMPLOYMENT
Your skills. Your future. Your next step. IndigiRise Pre-Employment is a culturally grounded, Indigenous-led program that helps participants build workplace confidence, practical employment skills and a clear path forward.
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Employment readiness starts before the resume. Skills matter, and so do confidence, stability, self-awareness and support. IndigiRise helps participants strengthen the personal and practical foundations needed to pursue meaningful employment: not simply find a job, but feel prepared to enter, navigate and grow within the workplace.
EMPLOYMENT READINESS STARTS BEFORE THE RESUME
Skills matter. So does confidence, stability, self-awareness and support. The program prepares participants on three levels.
Ready Within
Build confidence, self-awareness, personal responsibility and a stronger sense of direction.
Ready to Apply
Develop résumés, practise interviews, explore career pathways and learn effective job-search strategies.
Ready to Work
Strengthen communication, workplace expectations, reliability, problem-solving and the skills needed to maintain employment.
THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT LEARNING JOURNEY
10 culturally grounded lessons adapted for employment and workplace readiness. The program uses the first 10 lessons of the IndigiRise Life Skills curriculum, with discussions, activities and examples adapted to employment and workplace experiences.
01 Attitude: Part 1
Mindset, behaviour, decisions and results.
02 Attitude: Part 2
Gratitude, reframing and resilience.
03 Identity: Part 1
Cultural roots, personal story and ancestral strengths.
04 Identity: Part 2
Self-worth, boundaries and authentic narrative.
05 Stories: Part 1
Inherited and self-created stories.
06 Stories: Part 2
Rewriting limiting stories through truth-telling and empowerment.
07 Stories: Part 3
Integrating empowering stories into communication, decisions and goals.
08 Freedom: Part 1
Forgiveness, letting go and emotional release.
09 Freedom: Part 2
Responsibility, choice and alignment.
10 The Indigenous Gift
Personal strengths, gifts and meaningful contribution.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEAVE WITH
The program builds the personal foundation needed before the next opportunity. Participants leave with greater awareness of who they are, practical tools for navigating challenges and a clearer understanding of how their strengths can contribute through employment, education, entrepreneurship or community service.
Greater Self-Awareness
Recognize limiting beliefs, personal patterns and the experiences shaping current choices.
Stronger Confidence
Feel more grounded in identity and increasingly confident moving toward new opportunities.
Emotional Regulation
Gain practical tools for responding to challenges, difficult situations and workplace pressures.
Strength-Based Stories
Identify stories that no longer serve and develop narratives rooted in truth, growth and possibility.
Personal Responsibility
Act from a renewed sense of self while strengthening communication, responsibility and goal-setting.
Gifts & Contribution
Connect personal strengths and gifts to employment, education, entrepreneurship or community service.
HOW THE PROGRAM IS DELIVERED
Flexible delivery built around the needs of each community and organization. IndigiRise Pre-Employment can be delivered as a focused 10-lesson program or expanded into the complete 16-lesson learning journey. Program schedules and inclusions are customized with each commissioning organization.
10-Lesson Program
A focused 8 to 10 day experience covering the essential personal development and employment-readiness lessons.
Full 16-Lesson Program
The complete learning journey, with additional lessons that deepen confidence, self-awareness and practical readiness.
Flexible Scheduling
Delivery can be structured around community needs through an intensive format or an extended schedule.
Interactive Facilitation
Learning happens through conversation, reflection, storytelling, practical activities and real-world application.
