Student helps Success Factory succeed

Posted by admin on Jan 20, 2009 in News | 1 comment

A Laurentian Leadership Centre internship placed Trinity Western University student Trisha Kingcott in an integral role toward the development of a new registered charity.

“I wanted to help those in need,” says Kingcott, a third-year student. Kingcott studied at the LLC in Ottawa during the Fall 2008 semester.

Kingcott’s internship placement allowed her to achieve this goal. She worked alongside George Dutch and Hyatt Saikin, the co-founders of The Success Factory Employment Centre (TSF).

TSF holds workshops for people living below the poverty line or holding minimum wage jobs to help them discover their natural talents and job opportunities to utilize these skills.

In Nov. 2008, TSF received the good news that it has officially become a registered charity.

Kingcott says that TSF not only wants their clients to succeed in a job that uses their strengths, but also to develop a successful and optimistic attitude towards work and life. “We change the way people think into positive ways,” says Kingcott.

Nicknamed “the founding intern,” Kingcott helped launch TSF towards registered charity status by getting its name out to the public. Kingcott built relationships with related organizations so its clients could be helped as well, created posters and brochures, and is in the process of completing a website.
“The goal is to make a difference in the Ottawa area and have [people] find the right work towards success,” says Kingcott.

She hopes to see TSF spread across Canada and to help others stuck in dead-end jobs find happiness in doing more fulfilling work.

“It’s exciting to see people passionate about helping others,” says Kingcott. TSF is like a community, she explains. The co-founders devote their time to help TSF clients with career options and positive thinking, and the clients provide each other advice for finding future success.

Kingcott believes that TSF is unique from government career-training programs because it concentrates on the importance of goal-setting, positive thinking and the lifestyle needed for finding success. TSF does not just focus on resumes and job search techniques because “none of [them] are about who you are,” says Kingcott. Instead TSF coaches its clients to change the way they think about their work.
“We work from the inside out – one’s attitude and knowledge of self,” says Kingcott.