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Career Planning/Tips Links

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General
YMCA Youth Connections – Fort McMurray – www.ymcaes.com
Alberta Employment and Immigration – employment.alberta.ca
Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) – www.alis.gov.ab.ca
Alberta Occupational Profiles – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo
Alberta Career Information Hotline – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/hotline/main.asp
Career and Employment Tips – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/tips/
FrancoJob –
www.acfa.ab.ca/woodbuffalo/francojob
Job Futures – www.jobfutures.ca
Job Quality Indicators – www.jobquality.ca
Jobs, Workers, Training and Careers – www.jobsetc.ca
Career Planning – www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/individuals/cluster/cp.shtml
Careers in Construction – www.careersconstruction.com
Career Manual - University of Waterloo – www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca
Petroleum Association’s Virtual Career Fair – www.careersinoilandgas.com
Women Building Futures – www.womenbuildingfutures.com
Workopolis – www.workopolis.com
Alberta Occupational Profiles – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/occinfo/Content/NocSearch.asp

Youth
YMCA Youth Connections, Fort McMurray – www.ymcaes.com
Hire-A-Student – www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/ab-nwt-nu/HAS/index.shtml
Campus Access – www.campusaccess.com
Career Edge: A Youth Internship Program – www.careeredge.org
International Youth Programs – www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/123go/menu-en.asp
MazeMaster – www.mazemaster.on.ca
Monster.ca – www.monster.ca
Next Steps – www.nextsteps.org
Official-Language Monitor Program – www.cmec.ca/olp/html/english/OLMP/OLMP_E_master.htm
X-treme Safety – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/pdf/cshop/xtremesafety.pdf

Job search tips
Alberta Work Search Online – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/worksearch/default.cfm
Safer Job Search – http://jb-ge.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/Tips_en.aspx?Student=No
BBB – Alerts to Scams – www.edmontonbbb.org/tips.html
Job Seekers – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/pdf/cshop/JobSeekers.pdf

Self-assessment
Employability Skills – www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning-tools/employability-skills.htm
University of Waterloo (Self Assessment) – www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca

Résumés and cover letters

Electronic Résumés – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/worksearch/topic.cfm?chapterid=55&chapter=5
ALIS Tips – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/tips/archive.asp?EK=154
eResume Review Service – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/hotline/resume.asp
Job Seekers – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/pdf/cshop/JobSeekers.pdf
JobsEtc. – www.jobsetc.ca/category_drilldown.jsp?category_id=106&lang=e
Next Steps – Résumés – www.nextsteps.org/resume/index.html
Next Steps – Cover Letters – www.nextsteps.org/resume/coverlet.html
MazeMaster – Résumés – www.mazemaster.on.ca/jobsearch/ready.htm
Examples of Résumés – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/tips/main.asp?EK=113
Résumé Checklist – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/tips/archive.asp?EK=120
Hot Tips on Résumé Writing – www.damngood.com/jobseekers/tips.html
Career Manual - University of Waterloo – www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca
Monster.com – Cover Letters – content.monster.com/resume/samples/coverletters

Interviews
Prepared for Behaviour Descriptive Interviews – www.alis.gov.ab.ca/tips/archive.asp?EK=161
Next Steps – Interview – www.nextsteps.org/interview/index.html
Mazemaster: The Interview – www.mazemaster.on.ca/jobsearch/interview.htm
Youth Resource Network of Canada – www.youth.gc.ca

Pre-Employment Guide
www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca/publications/Information_Sheets/PDFs/RecommGuidePreEmpl.pdf

Employment and work issues
Alberta Employment Standards (formerly Labour Standards) – www3.gov.ab.ca/hre/employmentstandards/
Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission
(Information sheets on Human Rights and Employment) – www.albertahumanrights.ab.ca
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – canada.justice.gc.ca/loireg/charte/const_en.html
Canadian Human Rights Commission – www.chrc-ccdp.ca
Labour Jurisdiction Information Exchange – www.labour-info-travail.org
Recruitment Ethics – www.cacee.com/ethical.asp
Workers’ Compensation Board – Alberta – www.wcb.ab.ca

Labour market information
Athabasca Regional Issues Working Group – www.oilsands.cc
Fort McMurray Labour Market News – www.woodbuffalo.net
ACA Workforce Supply/Demand Forecast – www.csc-ca.org/pdf/ConstructionLF-Alberta.pdf
General Presidents’ Maintenance Committee and the National Maintenance Council of Canada – www.gpmccanada.com/labourmarket.shtml
Alberta Construction Association Forecasts 2005 – www.abconst.org
Alberta Labour Market Information – www3.gov.ab.ca/hre/lmi/
Alberta Labour Market Review – www3.gov.ab.ca/hre/lmi/pdf/2005-10_outlook.pdf
Alberta Economic Development – www.alberta-canada.com
Alberta Venture – www.albertaventure.com
Alberta Chamber of Resources, Vision to 2030 – Oil Sands Technology Roadmap –
www.acr-alberta.com/Projects/Oil_Sands_Technology_Roadmap/Oil%20Sands%20Technology%20Roadmap.htm
Maintenance Shutdown Report – www.shutdownsalberta.com
Major Alberta Projects – www.alberta-canada.com/statpub/albertaConstructionProjects/mpindex.cfm
Northern Alberta Development Council – www.nadc.gov.ab.ca
Industrial Heartland – www.industrialheartland.com
Canadian Economy – www.canadianeconomy.gc.ca
Centre for Energy – www.centreforenergy.com
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency – www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/index_e.htm
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers – www.capp.ca
Labour Market Trends – www.labourmarkettrends.com
Labour Market Information – www.labourmarketinformation.ca
Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada – www.petrohrsc.ca

 

 

 
 
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