Have Provincial Benefits and Measures Helped Eligible Clients Prepare For, Find and Keep Jobs?
Attitudes toward Work and Learning The survey data indicated some changes in attitudes toward work and learning among active5 claimant participants and former claimant participants compared to comparison group members. • Active claimant participants were more interested in improving job skills through further training, increasing their level of formal education and willing to move to another community to find work. • Former claimant participants were more likely to report being better able to find a job if they needed to, that family earnings have improved, that their family’s well-being has improved, that confidence in themselves or their abilities has improved, being interested in increasing their level of formal education, and being better able to contribute to their family’s income. b) Perceptions of Post-Program Jobs The survey data suggests that active claimant participants experienced a shift in their employment circumstance after program participation. In the post-program perio
