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Where Do I Begin?

Canadian Careers	Explore this site to find online interest and skill tests.
Career Cruising	Check out the Career Matchmaker and explore detailed career information. (Ask a staff member for the password to this site.)
Career Manual	You have been put in charge of your own career. Managing it will be a lifelong process. Choose work that will be compatible with your own unique skills, knowledge, personality, and interests.
Career Navigator and Quizzes	Learn more about your abilities and learning styles.
Employment and Community Resources	Scroll down the page to a variety of union webpages plus other employment resources.
Job Hunter's Bible	This page offers several career and personality tests.
Service Canada Training & Careers	This site is designed to help people explore their career and work options.
Surfing for Work	This online tutorial offers labour market and job search information.

What Are My Choices?

Alberta Occupational Profiles	Detailed descriptions of hundreds of occupational possibilities
BC Industrial Profiles	This site explores labour market sectors in the Lower Mainland and Southwest BC
BC Work Futures	BC Occupational Forecast
Canada IT	Your gateway to the Canadian Information Technology industry.
Canadian Forces	Click on Careers to explore options in the Navy, Army, Airforce and Reserves.
Canadian Sector Councils	Consult Sector Councils to learn more about your industry.
Careers in Construction	Dozens of careers to choose from
Careers in Fort McMurray, AB	Research before you pack
Careers in Oil & Gas	A Virtual Career Fair about the Oil Patch
eHow	Find out how to become a freelance writer, paralegal, midwife, and more.....
Entry Level Jobs	Learn about jobs that require little or no training or previous work experience.
Essential Skills	This site gives detailed information on the skills required for specific occupational profiles.
Job Futures	Occupational forecasts provided by the Canadian government.
Lower Mainland Industrial Profiles	A series of sector booklets
NOC Codes	National Occupational Classification: detailed descriptions of Canadian occupations.
Wages and Salaries	Find out what people are paid in various occupations across Canada

What's Hot, What's Not?

A Guide to the BC Economy and Labour Market	An excellent source of information about historical and current trends
BC Stats	The provincial government's largest concentration of statistical products, services and expertise
BC Work Information Net	Central website with links to multitude of work-related sites
Canadian Economy Online	National economy at a glance
Invest BC	Community and Regional Profiles
Labour Force Survey	Latest employment statistics from this cross-Canada survey.
Labour Market News	Issues of The Link and Coastal Chronicles
Service Canada: BC Labour Market Information	Information about our local economy, trends in the labour market and the worker-employer marketplace in the BC/Yukon Region
Service Canada LMI	Federal Government Labour Market site
Stats Can	Statistics Canada
The Work Place	Explore labour market information and links to education, business, industry, government stats, and careers.

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