Youth Employment Program (IRAP YEP)

Amount of Funding

The Youth Employment Program (YEP) supports the hiring of young talent by offsetting employment costs. The goal is to young Canadians get career skills, find good jobs, and remain employed. YEP provides up to $30,000 per graduate for a period of 6 to 12 months.

Eligible Applicants

Successful business applicants will be:

• Incorporated and financially stable;

• A Canadian business with under 500 employees;

• Willing to partner with NRC IRAP; and

• Responsible for finding graduates before applying.

Successful youth applicants will be:

• A post-secondary graduate;

• Candidates must be between 15-30 years old;

• Legally entitled to work in Canada; and

• A first-time participant in the YEP program.

Eligible Activities

This program focuses on affording recent post-secondary graduates the opportunity to work on technical opportunities in the firm and on non-technical but technology related projects such as:

• Research and Development;

• Market analysis for new technology-based products;

• Business development related to science and technology activities;

• Multi-media;

• Improvement of customer services; and

• Engineering.

Program Deadline

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