Youth Dividend Program

ICTC's Youth Dividend program provides post-secondary students the opportunity to benefit from valuable work experience through internships at small businesses and not-for-profit organizations.

ICTC’s Youth Dividend program connects Canadian employers with university and college graduates between 18-30 years old who are unemployed or underemployed. These recent graduates receive training and meaningful work experience to help them transition to full-time employment. This program aims to help youth obtain ICT/digital careers while assisting employers to hire much-needed talent.

Eligibility Criteria:

• You are between 18 and 30 years old
• You are a Canadian Citizen, a Permanent Resident, or a person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2, who is legally entitled to work in Canada
• You have completed a post-secondary education
• If you are a resident in the Northern Territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), you are not required to have a post-secondary degree
• You are currently unemployed or under-employed (employed below your level of education, outside your field of study, or hold part-time employment)
• You were not a previous participant of the Youth Dividend program
• You have not previously worked for the company applying for the Youth Dividend program
• You have the ability to communicate fluently in one of Canada's official languages (minimum CBL 7 Canadian Language Benchmark)
• You have the ability to manage multiple competing priorities and complete the duties assigned by your employer
• You have good analytical and logical skills necessary for completing project-based and scenario-based training exercises
• You have the ability to participate in the program, including a paid internship, online work-ready skills training, and technical skills training in one of the following streams: Software Development, Data Analysis/Data Science, Business Analysis or Digital Marketing/Sales