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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.

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General Program Communications

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)
- Questions and Answers: Better Jobs Ontario Redesign Phase 3 (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 310 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.)
- Questions and Answers: Province-wide Expansion of the Employment Ontario Digital Portal and Second Career Online Application Form (posted on January 31, 2022) (PDF, 195 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)
- Questions and Answers: Second Career Redesign, Phase Three (posted on November 22, 2021) (PDF, 171 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

Memo: Second Career Manufacturing Sector Initiative Launch (posted on March 11, 2020) (PDF, 50 KB)
Second Career Manufacturing Sector Initiative - Service Provider Questions and Answers (posted on March 11, 2020) (PDF, 84 KB)
Second Career Manufacturing Sector Initiative - Rapid Re-employment and Training Service (RRTS) Information Deck (posted on March 11, 2020) (PDF, 163 KB)

Guidelines and Operational Policy

Program Guidelines (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 814 KB)
- Questions and Answers: Better Jobs Ontario Redesign Phase 3 (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 310 KB)
Addendum to Better Jobs Ontario Guidelines: Fast Track Stream (posted on April 25, 2022) (PDF, 178 KB)

Question and Answers: Second Career Guideline Update and Fast Track Stream Addendum (posted on December 17, 2020) (PDF, 135 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

Memo: New reporting requirements for Labour Market Transfer Agreement-funded Employment Ontario programs (posted on March 29, 2019) (PDF, 103 KB)
- Questions and Answers for Service Providers (posted on April 25, 2019) (PDF, 249 KB)

Tools and Resources

Second Career: Information to Research Training Institutions (posted on September 20, 2018) (PDF, 424 KB)

Historical Communications

Update to Questions and Answers for Service Providers (posted on January 20, 2012) (PDF, 38 KB)
Letter to Private Career Colleges Regarding Second Career (posted on March 9, 2011) (PDF, 26 KB)