In the Diocese of Toronto a church based group has been helping people find jobs with considerable success. The group, whose members include tractor drivers and engineers, meet together informally once a week.
Help is given in job applications, writing letters and interview techniques.
Originally started at St Columba and All Hallows in Toronto, the meetings are now held at St Luke's in the city. They have a lot of life experience and they encourage you go out and not to get depressed. According to one of the founders of the group, Kevin Gaul, looking for work is itself hard work. The self discipline can be hard to maintain. Therefore a large part of each session is spent asking participants what they have done in the last week.