Opportunities

• Booklist
• Career Choices
• Self-Assessment Tests
• Job Shadowing / Mentorship

1. Canada Prospects: Canada's guide to career planning
www.ccdf.ca/ccdf2/cms/documents/Prospects_2007_e.pdf
Job and self-employment help. Quizzes and strategies for building workplace skills and making career choices.
Publisher - Canada Career Consortium

English    French

2. Canadian Forces - Recruiting Site
www.forces.ca/v3/engraph/home/home.aspx?bhcp=1
More than 100 job choices in the Canadian military. From dental technician to IT specialist to infantry soldier to engineer.
Publisher - Canada. Dept. of National Defence

English    French

3. Career Bookmarks
careerbookmarks.torontopubliclibrary.ca/
Career Bookmarks is more than a list of Web sites and books. Information has been organized according to the career planning and job search process.
Publisher - Toronto Public Library

4. Career Discovery
www.careerdiscovery.ca/index.cfm
In the "Career Gallery", search for and connect with career advisors from the world of work. Read their profiles while they share some advice. You can even email them for more information. Use the "Career Gateway" to link to other useful career-related sites.
Publisher - Youth In Motion

5. CareerVideos.com
www.careervideos.com/
Use the top navigation bar to watch videos of people talk about their job. They discuss what they do, what the like and don't like, qualifications, as well as salary expectations. This is a great site to find out what a job is about from the people who have chosen that career.
Publisher - CareerVideos.com

6. Careers in Construction
www.183training.com/
If you are interested in becoming an apprentice in the construction business, check out this website by Local 183.
Publisher - Universal Workers Union Local 183

7. Cool Job of the Month: Environmental studies
www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/cooljobs/archives_by_program.html
The Faculty of Environmental Studies profiles cool jobs by program of study: Environment and Business, Environment and Resource Studies, Geography, Planning. Different jobs are featured every month.
Publisher - University of Waterloo

8. Destination 2020: Build your work skills
www.lifework.ca/lifework/pr_destination.html
Discover what skills you have and how skills are key to finding that perfect job in your future. Check out the activities you do each day and discover how they are building the skills you need for the job you want. Match your personality characterisitcs and your favourite interests to the job of your future. Travel through time to the job of your dreams. So fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a multidimensional ride en route to 2020!
Publisher - Canada Career Consortium

9. Employment Ontario
www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/employmentontario/
Ontario government starting point for online career and employment related resources. Help in 25 languages: to select your language, click on the label for Help at the bottom of the screen. Career search resources, occupational descriptions, current labour market information.
Publisher - Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

10. HomeBuildingCareers.com
www.homebuildingcareers.com/index.htm
Great introduction to the skilled trades in residential building for young adults considering their career choices. Find out about education, training, apprenticeships, safety, and wages. Get information about over 25 specific trades, such as Brick and Stone Mason, Crane Operator, Roofer, Plumber, Electrician, and more.
Publisher - Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association

11. The Independent Learning Centre (ILC)
www.ilc.org/index-main.php?lang=en
One-stop source that provides one with information about Ontario high school courses, post-secondary schools, distance education, apprenticeships, career options as well as job trends and wages. Aimed at all kinds of job seekers. Includes video interviews about careers.
Publisher - Ontario Educational Communications Authority

12. Labour Market Information / Information sur le marché du travail
lmi-imt.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/
Employment prospects, job descriptions, facts and figures on labour market and more.
Publisher - Canada. Human Resources and Skills Development

English    French

13. Labour Market Information [Mazemaster]
www.mazemaster.on.ca/labour/labour.htm
This site for young adults provides a section on Canadian labour market information.
Publisher - Canada. Human Resources and Skills Development

English    French

14. Mazemaster: the one stop shop for youth employment
www.mazemaster.on.ca/
Career and job hunt help. Toronto labour market information. Application form help. Self-employment. Job source links.
Publisher - Canada. Human Resources and Skills Development

English    French

15. Monster Canada
www.monster.ca/
Canadian and worldwide jobs. Resume builder allows you to post your resume without your name. Shortcut to search the jobs. Set up a job search agent with My Monster to receive email job alerts. Employer profiles, discussion group, and help.
Publisher - Monster Canada

English    French

16. Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres
www.oayec.org/
Here is a web resource that lists all of the Youth Employment Centres in Ontario. The Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres (OAYEC) is an umbrella organization for agencies delivering youth employment and counselling services. In order to receive a list of youth employment and counselling centres for Toronto select "Youth Services Directory" from the home page and select "Central Region" for listings of Toronto Youth Employment Centres.
Publisher - Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres

17. Ontario Prospects: Ontario's Guide to Career Planning
www.ontarioprospects.info/
Help for young adults in career planning, education and training, and job hunting. Includes employability skills, resumes, portfolios, and interview help.
Publisher - Ontario Ministry of Education. Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities

18. Plastics Industry - Careers and Training Information
www.cpsc-ccsp.ca/index.php?lang=e
Overview of careers in trades related to the plastics industry. Don't forget to check out the Skills Database, and Career Information for Youth.
Publisher - Canadian Plastics Sector Council

English    French

19. Possibilities: Toronto's Online Employment Resource Centre
www.poss.ca/
Information about training and education options for Toronto and York Region. Job hunting and career help with special sections for teens, aboriginal people, older workers, people with disabilities, women, newcomers to Canada. Free registration required.
Publisher - Findhelp Information Services

20. Workopolis
www.workopolis.com/EN/Common/HomePage.aspx
Search for jobs by keyword, location, date of posting. FastTrack search for finding jobs by industry or job title. Student summer and part-time jobs. Job alerts and RSS feeds for FastTrack areas. Your resume can be public or private.
Publisher - Globe Information Services and Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.

English    French

21. Youth Employment Strategy
www.youth.gc.ca/yoaux.jsp?contentpageid=706&lang=en
The Government of Canada created the Youth Employment Strategy to help young Canadians (aged 15 to 30) obtain career information, develop skills, find good jobs and stay employed. Once inside the site, there are links to directories and agencies dedicated to youth employment employment.
Publisher - Government of Canada

22. YouthConnect: Youth Opportunities Ontario
youthjobs.gov.on.ca/
Career and employment help for teens. Choose Job Market for charts of transferable, computer, and software skills to plan your career. Information on starting your own business, apprenticeship, summer jobs, Ontario internship program, Rural Youth Job Strategy. Other Web links in Career Gateway.
Publisher - Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Education

23. YouthPath
www.youth.gc.ca/yohome.jsp?lang=en
YouthPath is the single access point for youth related information on the Internet. It was created by a team of approximately 400 young Canadians from across Canada! Here you will find topics relating to youth employment, careers, careers abroad, education, travel, money and lots of other items. Hopefully any questions that you have pertaining to being a Canadian youth will be answered here!

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