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Being promoted within a company is a big nod of confidence in your work ethic, skills, abilities and professionalism!

Top 5 Tips to Help Get a Promotion:

• Be Proactive – Take initiative when faced with a new project, problem or task. Don’t wait for a superior or co-workers to guide your through a task, take the initiative yourself to learn what you need to do to tackle the task, and ask for guidance only when needed.
• Be Confident – Confidence in your work will shine through everything that you do, and everyone you work with. Stay up to date with developments in your field, and learn how to develop confidence in your work!
• Be Professional – At all times, it is important to remain professional in your career. Your reputation depends on your actions and behavior, do not tarnish your own reputation by being disruptive, impolite, or otherwise unprofessional.
• Take Responsibility – Along with being proactive, it is important to take responsibility for your work, especially for failures. Everyone fails at some point, taking responsibility for failures and being proactive in resolving the issue shows professionalism and integrity, two qualities prized by employers.
• Seek Feedback – Be open to feedback on your work and performance, and learn from it. Superiors have a lot more knowledge of industry practices, and it is up to you to learn from them!

Metro College offers a number of Student Resources to help you jump-start your career! Learn more about Metro College Student Resources, or Contact Us for details!

Finances should not be an obstacle to your career aspirations!

Metro College is committed to ensuring everyone who wants post-secondary training has access to high quality, affordable financial aid options. 

Metro College Financial Assistance Options:

• Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) is the financial assistance that the Government of Ontario provides to its students for post-secondary education. The financial aid includes two components: grant and loan. It is the most popular and important financial aid in Ontario.
• Second Career Funding - Provides financial support for training individuals who have been laid-off from their job and want to update their skills to get employed in their current career or switch to a new career.
• Social Assistance Funding - Ontario Work provides the people who are on Social Assistance  with financial assistance for a training that helps them find a job.
• Canada-Ontario Job Grant (COJG) - This funding will help employers to training their employees to be more competent and competitive in their jobs.
• WSIB Training Funding - Helps those who are receiving WSIB compensation to get training and return to the workforce.
• Ontario Disability Support Program - ODSP provides funding support to individuals who have been injured or otherwise unable to continue with their current employment due to a disability.
• Tuition Payment Plans - Metro College can help ease the impact of tuition costs by arranging instalment-payment plans for students if you are not eligible for any of the above financial aids.

Are you unsure about your financial ability to attend college?
Contact Metro College today, an Admissions Advisor would be glad to help you decide on the best training program to pursue to meet your career goals and discuss with you to find out the best financial assistance you may qualify.

What is Second Career Funding?

Administered by the Government of Ontario, the Second Career Program provides funding for individuals who have been laid-off, and cannot get a new position due to a bad job market or lack of new skills.

Second Career Funding is provided to ease the burden of education costs and can be used to cover the costs of tuition, book/material fees, living allowance, transportation expenses and more!

What Programs Qualify for Second Career Funding?

All of the following programs are eligible for Second Career funding. Individual Second Career applicants have a wide range of programs to choose from:

• Accounting and Payroll Administration
• CNC & MasterCAM Technology
• Civil Engineering Design and Technology
• Cloud Computing and Application -  Advanced Diploma
• Computerized Accounting and Office Administration
• Data Science and Application -  Advanced Diploma
• ERP SAP Accounting System - Advanced Diploma
• ERP SAP Supply Chain Management
• Mechanical Engineering Design
• Network Administration
• Network and Cloud Administration
• Structural Engineering Design and Technology

How Do I Apply for Second Career Funding?

Contact a Metro College Admission Advisor! Advisors are well versed in the application process and would be glad to help you by doing a pre-assessment of your case, and providing guidance on the application.

AutoCAD

At Metro College of Technology we offer AutoCAD 2D & 3D course that can be taken as a certificate course or as a part of Mechanical, CNC, Structural and Civil Engineering diploma programs. Many positions in engineering field, such as drafters, designers, technicians and technologists, use AutoCAD for drafting and design purpose. You might have a question about what are the differences between AutoCAD 2D and 3D. Here is our answer.

• A 2D CAD system lets the user work only in the x and y axis, basically up and down, left and right. You can make objects look like 3D, similar to how you would draw on paper using various drafting tools (triangles, French curves, etc.). This type of CAD system can be relatively less expensive than its 3D counterpart, and is useful for drawings showing floor plans, elevations, and certain views of objects such as top, front, right side.
• A 3D CAD system lets the user work in the XYZ axis. Think of it as creating and working with actual material. If you create a cube in 3D and rotate it, it will still look like a cube. Objects can be created as solid models, line by line wireframes, etc. High end 3D CAD systems can be very expensive. A license can cost you easily from $3,000 to $20,000 or more, depending on how you are going to use it.

 If you are interested to take AutoCAD 2D and 3D at Metro College of Technology, please call us at 416-585-9880 to schedule your consultation and a possible trial class. Please visit AutoCAD for more information.