OAEM launches opportunity to match students with prospective employers

The Ontario Association of Emergency Managers (OAEM) has launched another
online service for our members – an opportunity to match students
interested in gaining practical experience in the field of emergency
management with prospective employers.

Students who wish to gain experience in the field of emergency management
can offer their services for potential employers to hire them – on a
part-time, full-time summer, or field placement basis – by simply
registering and posting their information on OAEM's website under the
password protected Members section in a special Student Employment
Availability Registration form developed for this purpose. Information
tracked on this form includes name, location, educational institution and
program enrolled in, status, special interests, experience and special
skills, and availability.

The data will then become part of a list of available students, posted on
the same OAEM member-only site, from which interested employers can choose.
Employers interested in hiring a student with emergency management training
will be able to review the Student Employment Availability List online and
request the contact information for particular students from OAEM.

OAEM's Education Chair is responsible for maintaining the information on
available students and providing the data to interested employers. Personal
data will only be provided at the request of a prospective employer through
an email sent to the OAEM Education Chair.

Upon hiring a student on the list, employers are asked to notify the
Education Chair so the person can be removed from the list. Students who no
longer wish to be on the list simply need to request to have their name
removed from the list by email and go back into their member's profile and
delete their record online.

For more information on this initiative, check out our website at
www.oaem.ca/members and/or contact OAEM's Education Chair Vladimir Machlis
at education@oaem.ca.