A job action centre to assist workers displaced by the restructuring at Research in Motion has been up and running for three months and early returns are promising.  

Tech Jobs Connex has helped 15-per cent or over 100 of its clients find new jobs or pursue additional education.

The centre, a partnership between the province, Communitech, RIM and the local education community, officially opened yesterday at Waterloo City Hall.

One of the job centre’s success stories is Baljeet Bilkhu, who says, “Having the support of Tech Jobs Connex definitely made a difference to my job search which has ended successfully in re-employment.”

Another says, “I just started working at the beginning of October and I actually got this job after going to a Tech Jobs job fair.”