The Working in Canada Web site is a very useful career assessment tool and provides:
- Information on Canadian labour market to help you make decisions about where to live and work
- Direction on how to make career decisions and search planning for work
- Information on educational requirements, main duties, wage rates and salaries, current employment trends and outlooks of different jobs
- A report on your preferred job and location so you can make decisions that are right for you
The Tool also provides information from other Government of Canada websites:
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Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS)
- Projections of future labour supply and demand by skill level and by job
- Identifies jobs that are likely to face shortage or surplus of workers over a specific term
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- Information to help individuals save, plan and pay for post secondary education and pursue future career opportunities
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- Outlines the skills needed for work, learning and life
- Enable people to evolve with their jobs and adapt to workplace change
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- Largest Web-based network of job postings available to Canadians
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- Includes job information such as educational requirements, main duties, wage rates, the availability of workers, current employment trends and outlook
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National Occupational Classification (NOC)
- A source of occupational information in Canada
- Standardized framework for organizing the world of work in a coherent system
- Used in a number of major services and products throughout the private and public sectors
Adapted with References: Working in Canada