By gaining a better understanding of your interests, skills, and values you will be more likely to make the right career choice. That’s why your counsellor has a number of assessment tools to help you discover who you are and what you want to do.
While most assessments are administered by a counsellor,
Career Cruising is an internet based career exploration and planning tool that can be accessed from anywhere. Career Cruising can help you discover your interests and skills as well as explore career and college options, develop a career plan, build a résumé, and even search for a job. Contact your counsellor today for a username and password to access this career planning tool.
Self-Assessment Resources
The following assessment tools can help you match your interests, abilities, values and personality to specific occupations:
The next step is to research various career options to see what each career has to offer (E.g. salary, work duties, required skills and education, employment prospects, advancement opportunities, etc.). For information on specific careers and education/training programs check out the following online resources:
Occupations:
Education and Training Programs:
Other Sources of Information:
- Canada Employment Centers: Find an Employment Centre
- Career resource section of the library
- Volunteering or job shadowing
- College and university counsellors
- Conducting an information interview with someone currently in an occupation
Now it’s time to decide which career path is right for you based on what you’ve learned about yourself and the available career options. For help with the decision-making process, you can take a look at the following resources:
Having chosen a career, you can now begin developing and implementing an action plan of all the steps you need to take to reach your goal. To learn how to create an action plan that will help you stay on track, check out the following resources:
You have your certificate/diploma, now you need to start looking for a job. There are plenty of online job sites that you can visit to begin your search, as well as resources to help you prepare a resume, cover letter, and interview that will stand out from the competition.
Job Sites
Job Search Resources
Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) Videos:
Writing a Resume and Cover Letter
- Alberta ALIS:
- Government of Canada Job Bank:
- Indeed Career Guide has articles with tips on writing cover letters and resumes
Preparing for a Job Interview
