General
Labour Market Information
A collection of various regional and national reports, including
The Barometer and StatsCan links. Need to know a National
Occupation Code? Click
here.

What's
Key in Labour Market Information for BC is a catalogue of
selected information resources for British Columbia career
practitioners, young people and adult job-seekers.


BC WorkFutures Online
Written to help British Columbians with their career decisions.
VIRL Book Selections
The selected materials below are
available through your local library and can be
requested by clicking on the Book Title. Please have
your 14 digit library barcode number ready.
What
Color is Your Parachute
by Bolles, Richard Nelson
Ten Speed Press 1971-
Call #: 331.128
Subjects:
Job hunting
Career changes
Applications for positions
Vocational guidance
Notes: 1997 on includes a separately paged section,
Parachute workbook and resource guide.
Boom
Bust & Echo 2000 : Profiting from the Demographic
Shift in the New Millennium
by Foot, David K.
MacFarlane Walter & Ross 1998
Call #: 303.4971
Subjects:
Social prediction -- Canada
Economic forecasting -- Canada
Canada -- Social conditions -- 1991-
Canada -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
Canada -- Population
Description: 313 p. : ill.
Edition: Revised ed.
Notes: Includes index.
Previously published under title: Boom, bust & echo,
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BC
Opportunities
Your guide to
post-secondary education, training and careers, this site is
designed to give you a comprehensive look at the options for
your career, and the planning you need to do to succeed.

Jobs, Workers, Training and Careers
Determine your eligibility for wage
subsidy programs designed to help unemployed workers get back to
work.

Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission
What is an apprentice? What different trades careers are
available? Learn about the shortage of skilled tradespeople.

Job Boom.
The top 100 Internet sites for learning and employment.
Career
Key
Use this on-line
questionnaire to help with your career decision-making.
Hospitality
Industry in BC
Useful information
for anyone considering work in this field. On-line training
material for FoodSafe and Serving It Right.
Nanaimo
HRCC Corporate Office - LMI
Here you'll learn about our economy, the worker-employer
marketplace and the new world of work.
Youth 2010:
The BC Labour Market in the Future
Youth 2010 is a report designed to provide
young people with information on the changing job market in BC
and the Yukon. In particular, Youth 2010 will identify 'what's
hot' and 'what's not' in industries and occupations both now and
for the year 2010.
Interactive Job
and Personality Assessments
Assorted tools that may help you determine your needs and point
out some directions.
Career
Awareness
Career Awareness describes occupational groups and provides
examples of various occupations within each group. Details such
as educational requirements are also provided.
Career
Planning Process
An interactive site that takes you through all the steps of
career planning. Short, simple and to the point. Hey - it has
interactive stuff too!
The
Occupational Outlook Handbook
If you need to find out exactly what a Concrete Mason really
does look here. Occupations in categories or alphabetical order.
A U.S. publication but useful for Canadians, too.
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