Career Research

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 - Home 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, 1996.


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.

Government of Canada

Jobs, Workers, Training and Careers

Determine your eligibility for wage subsidy programs designed to help unemployed workers get back to work.

Back to Career Centre
Industry Training and Apprenticeship Commission

What is an apprentice? What different trades careers are available? Learn about the shortage of skilled tradespeople.

Home-jobboom
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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