Career Planning Resources

How to influence your teenager's choices about education after high school

Plan for Success – Help Your Teen Make the Right Career Choices

Career Planning Site by Social Development Canada This site provides various web resources and other tools created by SDC to help young people make better career decisions in today’s job market.

For Regional Career Planning sites, select the province/territory of interest:

Alberta, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut Regional Services

British Columbia and Yukon Territory Regional Services

Manitoba Regional Services

Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Services

Nova Scotia Regional Services

Ontario Regional Services

Prince Edward Island Regional Services

Québec Regional Services

Saskatchewan Regional Services

Job Futures.ca
Canada's National Career and Education Planning Tool. Explore the word of work by taking the "Know Yourself" quiz. Review profiles of over 200 occupational groups covering the entire Canadian labour market, and read about the education and work experiences of recent Canadian post-secondary graduates.

Internships & Volunteer Work
This site provides information on various internships and volunteer opportunities such as business and trade internships, medical internships and related volunteer work, technology internships, Canadian Government internships, United Nations internships, humanitarian and developmental volunteer work, and environmental internships.

YouthPath
The Education section of this site will provide access to information on schools, survival tips, studying abroad, jobs in education, housing, scholarships, libraries and co-operative education programs.

Workinfonet.ca
This site provides a wealth of career planning tools and resources used to help you plan and develop a career path; information on the career planning process and how to make career decisions (e.g. through taking self-assessments to understand your interests, personality, values and skills, and using career/labour market information) is provided.

Interview Skills
Visit this site to brush up on your interview skills.

monsterTRAK.ca
Canada Career Guide — Tools include conducting a job search, preparing the resume, job search on the web, etiquette & ethics, networking & you, preparing for interviews, successful interviewing, the company visit, decision & negotiating, and surviving your first year.

Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training
Information on apprenticeship training, careers in the trades, and designated occupations in Alberta.

British Columbia Ministry of Education Website on Career Planning for Students and Parents.
This website has information and resources related to career planning, transition to post-secondary education, and training or transition directly to work.

British Columbia — What's Key
A catalogue of selected information resources for British Columbia career practitioners, young people, and adult job-seekers. This website was designed to steer users toward an array of selected career, learning and labour market information sources and tools, handpicked by knowledgeable practitioners. This is a useful site whether you are looking for work, planning a career, or deciding on an educational path.

British Columbia — Career Paths
Features a unique blend of career and labour market information, inspiring stories and self-assessment tools to help BC/Yukon students and youth make informed career/life plans. This site also includes an interactive 10-Step Career Planning Guide.

British Columbia — Career Paths
British Columbia Economic and Labour Market Guide — Making sound decisions about your career involves first defining your goals, understanding your strengths and evaluating your skills, and then combining that knowledge with information about how the economy works. This site contains a lot of the information you need in order to understand how BC's economy and labour market are structured.

Work Futures: British Columbia's Occupational Outlooks
Provides a comprehensive description of close to 200 occupations as they relate directly to the B.C. labour market. This site is useful for learners, individuals interested in changing careers or re-entering the labour market, and for career practitioners.

British Columbia — Guide for Graduates
Provides useful career planning information and resources to help students.

British Columbia — Opening Doors
Information on studying in BC, including institution descriptions, follow-up student surveys, student financial planning, international student information, and much more. One of the main features is the program search which contains details on more than 1,900 programs offered at all of British Columbia's post-secondary institutions.

Manitoba — Career and Informational Services
Provides information to job seekers including information on the labour market, skills upgrading, starting your own business.

Ontario Ministry of Education — Jobs and Training

Prospects: Ontario's Guide to Career Planning
This site provides information to high school students, counsellors, teachers, youth, and others interested in career information.