Better Jobs Ontario
Better Jobs Ontario (formerly known as Second Career) is for unemployed individuals for which skills training is the most appropriate intervention to transition them into high-skill, in-demand occupations in the local labour market. Unemployed workers can be active EI claimants, EI Reachback or non-EI eligible.
General Program Communications
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- ADM Memo: Better Jobs Ontario Redesign Phase 3: Additional Updates to Operational Forms (posted on August 5, 2022) (PDF, 189 KB)
- Memo to the EO Network - Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on May 10, 2022) (PDF, 145 KB)
- Questions and Answers - Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on May 4, 2022) (PDF, 128 KB)
- ADM Memo: Better Jobs Ontario Redesign Phase 3 – Updates to Operational Forms (posted on April 29, 2022) (PDF, 147 KB)
- ADM Memo: Second Career Redesign Phase 3: Update and Rename (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 100 KB)
- Memo: Wrongdoing Expectations in Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on April 14, 2022) (PDF, 102 KB)
- Memo: Purchasing Gift Cards with Government of Ontario Funding (posted on April 12, 2022) (PDF, 98 KB)
- Memo: Employment Ontario Supports for People Affected by the Conflict in Ukraine (posted on April 11, 2022) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Memo: Access to Employment Ontario Programs for Individuals with 900-Series Social Insurance Numbers, including Ukrainian and other visitors under Emergency Travel measures (posted on April 11, 2022) (PDF, 120 KB)
- Memo: Business Day Definition and Public Holidays (posted on March 29, 2022) (PDF, 123 KB)
- Memo: New Transfer Payment Requirement -Tax Compliance Verification and Attestation of Compliance with Labour and Environment Laws (posted on February 10, 2022) (PDF, 169 KB)
- ADM Memo: 2022-2023 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on February 8, 2022) (PDF, 193 KB)
- ADM Memo: Province-wide Expansion of the Employment Ontario Digital Portal and Second Career Online Application Form (posted on January 31, 2022) (PDF, 120 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Memo to the EO Network: Revisions to the Second Career Application for Financial Assistance (posted on December 9, 2021) (PDF, 82 KB)
- ADM Memo: Second Career Funding and Update on Phase 3 Redesign (posted on November 22, 2021) (PDF, 116 KB)
- Memo: Second Career - College Tuition Differential Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on October 12, 2021) (PDF, 91 KB)
- ADM Memo: Second Career Redesign Phase 2 – Changes to the Operational Forms (posted on July 15, 2021) (PDF, 204 KB)
- ADM Memo: Second Career Redesign – Phase 2 Launch (posted on July 13, 2021) (PDF, 265 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Second Career Redesign Phase 2 (posted on July 13, 2021) (PDF, 137 KB)
- Memo: 2021-2022 Monitoring of Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on June 21, 2021) (PDF, 170 KB)
- Memo: Access to Employment Ontario Programs for Individuals with 900-Series Social Insurance Numbers (posted on June 18, 2021) (PDF, 110 KB)
- Memo: Ongoing Availability of Emergency Response Funding in 2021-2022 (posted on May 28, 2021) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Memo: 2020-2021 Year-End Financial Reporting Requirements (posted on May 19, 2021) (PDF, 114 KB)
- Memo: Submitting a Certificate of Insurance or Other Similar Proof to the Ministry (posted on April 29, 2021) (PDF, 117 KB)
- Memo: 2021-2022 Employment Ontario Transfer Payment Agreements (posted on March 30, 2021) (PDF, 111 KB)
- Memo: EO Transfer Payment Use of Funds (posted on February 2, 2021) (PDF, 108 KB)
- Memo: Second Career Redesign - Phase 1 (posted on December 17, 2020) (PDF, 105 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Second Career Redesign (posted on December 17, 2020) (PDF, 185 KB)
- Memo: Second Career Redesign (posted on November 6, 2020) (PDF, 85 KB)
- Memo : Ineligibility of Humber College’s New Online Real Estate Training Program (posted on April 27, 2020) (PDF, 115 KB)
- Letter from David Carter-Whitney – Second Career Manufacturing Initiative (posted on March 10, 2020) (PDF, 95 KB)
Second Career Manufacturing Sector Initiative
Guidelines and Operational Policy
- Program Guidelines (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 814 KB)
- Addendum to Better Jobs Ontario Guidelines: Fast Track Stream (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 178 KB)
- Memo: Second Career Training Provider Selection (posted on December 15, 2017) (PDF, 142 KB)
- Memo: Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) Restriction Status Verification Procedures for Second Career (SC) Applicants (posted on November 17, 2017) (PDF, 35 KB)
- Memo: Second Career Eligibility of Training (posted April 2017) (PDF, 36 KB)
- Memo – Deferral of Existing Overpayments (posted on January 23, 2015) (PDF, 70 KB)
- Memo: Co-op Diploma Apprenticeship (CODA) and Second Career (SC) (posted on September 12, 2013) (PDF, 83 KB)
Forms and Templates
Employment Ontario Forms by Program Name and Type
- Better Jobs Ontario Application for Financial Assistance (89-1889E)
- Better Jobs Ontario Application for Financial Assistance Information Sheet (89-1889E)
- Better Jobs Ontario Feepayer Application and Email Attestation (posted on April 29, 2022) (PDF, 57 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Better Jobs Ontario Application Checklist for Employment Service/Integrated Employment Services Providers (posted on August 5, 2022) (PDF, 3,190 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Better Jobs Ontario Request for Financial Assistance for Dependent Care Costs (posted on August 9, 2022) (PDF, 1,554 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Better Jobs Ontario Dependent Care Declaration - Other Parent (posted on August 5, 2022) (PDF, 1,540 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Better Jobs Ontario Dependent Care Declaration - Dependent Care Provider (posted on August 5, 2022) (PDF, 1,130 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Better Jobs Ontario Change in Status to Sole-Support Parent or Single Parent (posted on August 5, 2022) (PDF, 1,268 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
- Request for Authorization to Quit Employment - Better Jobs Ontario (posted on August 9, 2022) (PDF, 1,615 KB) (Download and open with Adobe Reader. See instructions.)
New reporting requirements for Labour Market Transfer Agreement-funded Employment Ontario programs
Tools and Resources
Historical Communications