Employment and Career Links
Employment - Job Search
York Works
York Works offers up to date, information, resources and workshops to assist you to return to work including:
- Access to job search and employment/career related seminars on résumé and cover writing; interviewing; and job search skills.
- Access to job search support services such as employment / career website links, computers, fax machines, phones, business directories, job postings, apprenticeship/trade, continuing education and labour market information.
Georgina Job Skills
http://www.jobskills.org/index.html
Job Skills is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing people’s capacity to participate in the labour market, thereby contributing to the economic and social viability of our community.
Job Search links
http://www.jobskills.org/html/old-links.htm
From this web page, select links to various job listings, newspaper classifieds, employment web sites, self-exploration sites, employment services for youth and other related sites.
Service Canada - York Region
Job Bank
http://jobbank.gc.ca/JobResult_en.aspx?CommGrouping=GON029&Sources=JobBank,Government&Student=No
Current job postings for York Region from the National Job Bank and links to other Service Canada information and resources.
Career Planning
Employment Ontario
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/tcu/etlanding.html
Employment Ontario provides information and links to training, education, career planning and job search resources for job seekers, employees, apprentices, and employers.
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/
The Conference Board provides information through the Education and Learning Group which include strategic research in public education, employability skills, innovation through learning and workplace learning outcomes.
Skills Credentialing Tool
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/skills
The Skills Credentialing Tool helps individuals self-assess their essential skills and employability attitudes and behaviours and create an skills portfolio that they can share with an employment counsellor, instructor or workplace supervisor.
TV Ontario - Independent Learning Centre
Skills Interests Inventory
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/CM/Assessment/index.cfm
The Self-Assessment Quiz can help by providing you with a snapshot of your preferences, skills and interests -- and that's definitely a step in the right direction of deciding what career might suit you best.
Life Long Learning Challenge
http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/LLCF/lcf_about.cfm?Menu_ID_Sel=500&Lang_Sel=1
TVOntario's Lifelong Learning Challenge Fund (LLCF) has been developed to fill critical gaps in the skilled trades labour market and has developed online programs for the automotive, e-commerce, health, food services, trade and manufacturing sectors.
OnWin - Ontario Work Information Network
http://www.onwin.ca/english/index.cfm
Provides links to a number of sites for career planning, learning, and employment
Sources of On-line Career Assessments
http://www.onwin.ca/english/index.cfm?fuseaction=view_links&CategoryID=301
A direct link to a variety of Ontario and National resources for self-assessments and searching for work.
Service Canada
Career Navigator and Quizzes
http://www.jobsetc.ca/toolbox/quizzes/quizzes_home.do
Through the Career Quizzes you can explore your abilities, interests and preferences as part of making a career decision. The Learning Style Quizzes can be used to make any learning situation work for you.
Essential Skills Equalizer Tool
http://srv108.services.gc.ca/english/general/equalizer_e.shtml
This interactive tool is a fun and valuable way to discover more about the 9 essential skills and what they mean for work, learning and life - profiles some 25 occupations in terms of essential skills required for typical jobs.
Employment Services
http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/subjects/employment/index.shtml
This Service Canada web site provides links to many employment, education and training, and other web sites.
Skilled Trades and Apprenticeships in Ontario
Click HERE for more information about Apprenticeship and Trades training.
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Human Resource Sector Councils
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/workplaceskills/sector_councils/listsectorcouncils.shtml
HR Sector Councils work with employers in more than 30 Canadian business and industry sectors to promote workplace learning and training. Many Sector Council websites contain information of interest to both prospective employees and employers - inlcuding labour market information, occupational standards, health and safety, skills development tools such as e-learning, and essential skills resources.