Career Cruising
http://www.careercruising.com/
An interactive Canadian career guidance resource that provides in-depth profiles on hundreds of different careers, detailed info on colleges and universities, and interviews with real people in every career. Click on Matchmaker and do a 93 question Career Interest Inventory.
Contact Counselling Services to receive the Username and Password that will allow you access to the program.
Work Futures: BC Occupational Outlooks
http://www.workfutures.bc.ca/
Work Futures makes nearly 200 BC occupations come alive, with information on the nature of the work, wages and working conditions, employment outlooks, and educational requirements.
http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/career/main.asp
Alberta's version of BC Occupational Outlook.
Career Key
http://www.career.org/
Provides an assessment tool to analyze what you like to do, what you value and what your abilities are. Based on your input, it then assigns you one or more personality types and provides advice on occupations that best fit each personality type. Based on John Holland's theory of personality types.
Canada's Student Job Postings
http://www.jobpostings.ca/
Ranked one of the top 30 student job sites on the Internet. This site is succesful because it is advertised extensively in over 170,000 issues every month of jobpostings Magazine.
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TypeFocus
http://www.typefocus.com/
Discover your personality type and how it relates to careers. Average time for questionnaire is eight minutes. A shortened version of the MBTI.
Personality Type
http://www.personalitytype.com/quiz.html
A simplified quiz that allows you to explore your personality type and related careers.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
http://www.keirsey.com/
Another personality test that can help you with self awareness and career exploration.
Humanmetrics
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
Yet another shortened version of the MBTI personality test.
Career Paths
http://careerpathsonline.com/
This web site offers a unique blend of career and labour market information, inspiring stories and self-assessment tools to help BC/Yukon students, youth and adults make informed career/life plans. An online webzine version includes an interactive 10-Step Career Planning Guide.
BC WorkInfoNet
http://www.workinfonet.bc.ca/
"One-start" access to online labour market information, career planning and work search resources for British Columbians, with links to over 1500 labour market related web sites. Resources include work search, job postings, occupational information, educational opportunities, student financial aid and self-employment.
Making Career Sense of LMI
http://www.makingcareersense.org/
Explains in basic, introductory terms what labour market information is and how it can be applied to career/ employment development.
What's Key
http://www.whatskey.org/This web site is designed to steer users toward an array of selected career, learning and labour market information sources and tools, handpicked by knowledgeable practitioners.
CanLearn
http://canlearn.ca/
Canada's one-stop resource for the information and interactive planning tools you need to explore learning and education opportunities, research occupations, and create the financial plans to achieve your goals.
Tech Works
http://techworks.asttbc.org/
Careers in the technology sector are on the rise!
Careers in Technology
http://www.cthrb.ca/
Click on Career Choices to access profiles and information on over 60 occupations in technology.
Job Profiles
http://www.jobprofiles.org/
Experienced Workers Share: Rewards of their job; stressful parts of the job; basic skills the job demands; challenges of the future; and advice on entering the field.
What Can I Do With A Major in...
The following web sites will give you information on which majors lead to which careers.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/counselling/careers.html
http://www.cecs.uoguelph.ca/webmajors/
