This interactive career guidance site includes a "career matchmaker" skills assessment tool, occupational profiles and an extensive listing of post-secondary academic and training programs.
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Search thousands of job opportunities across Canada. CareerAim allows you to search by job title or description, and browse postings by geographic location, company and industry. More than 250,000 new jobs are added each month. Check out our getting started guide for information on searching with or without an account, saving searches for later, and setting up job alerts.
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Online version of Ty's Job White Pages, a weekly magazine listing new job postings throughout the Lower Mainland. Includes an annual salary survey for BC jobs.
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Local resource centres | Careers and occupations | Resume and interview skills | Job postings | Salary and labour market surveys | Volunteer and non-profit
Local resource centres
The Burnaby WorkBC Employment Services Centre (ESC) serves as the one-stop employment services shop. If you are looking for work, interested in changing jobs, enrolled in an apprenticeship program, receiving Provincial Income Assistance, receiving Federal Employment Insurance, or needing local labour market, they can assist you. Find an Employment Services Centre from their interactive map or directory.
ICES, a service offered through BCIT, evaluates the credentials of people who have studied in other provinces or countries and determines comparable levels in British Columbia and Canadian terms.
Free service from Vancouver Public Library to help you find the information you need to get a job in your field of education and experience.
WorkBC is the Government of BC’s one-stop online resource for employment information. Find local job postings, job search tools, labour market information, and more. Live chat support is available weekdays during business hours.
Careers and occupations
Provincial agency mandated to govern, expand, and improve BC's industry training system. Comprehensive resource about industry training programs and the apprenticeship system in British Columbia.
Online supplement to the book, What Color is Your Parachute? Find information on contacts and networking, resumes and cover letters, job hunting research, and more.
A website from the Government of Canada which provides information on jobs, workers, training and learning, and career exploration. There is also information for Aboriginal peoples, employers, newcomers to Canada, persons with disabilities and youth.
Classifies Canadian occupations according to skill level and skill type and assigns an occupational code. It describes duties, skills, interests, aptitudes, education requirements and work settings for occupations in the Canadian labour market.
Guides from Welcome BC include regulated and non-regulated occupations from six sectors. The guides also include information on the steps to take to find a job that matches your skills, training and experience.
Use this Government of Canada tool to find detailed information about occupations in Canada. Information includes job descriptions, wages, job opportunities by location, how to apply for jobs, and how to start a business.
Resume and interview skills
Find many links to samples and types of resumes and cover letters, resume builders and templates, video resumes, and resume writing services.
Learn about web-based video interviewing. Get tips and advice on how to prepare.
Create and print out your own resumes here. Requires free registration.
Directory of online employment and career information sources. Includes resumes and cover letters, networking and job hunting strategies.
Free samples of resumes and cover letters, some for various occupations. Also interview techniques and salary information by an expert in the field.
Job postings
Local and British Columbia
Search the employment ads in the classified sections from 70 BC newspapers across the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, and the North and South Interior.
Search for job postings by region or category. Get career advice covering resumes interviews, networking and salaries, and industry-specific information. You can also post your resume.
Canada
Search engine for full-time jobs directly from thousands of employers' websites across Canada. Includes material from "Canada's Top 100 Employers" and "The Career Directory".
Search and apply for Federal government postings nationwide through the Public Service Commission of Canada.
Search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find postings from thousands of company websites, job boards, newspapers, blogs and associations.
One of Canada’s largest online network of job postings, provided by Service Canada. The site also includes job search and career planning information.
Combines postings from the top job boards, newspapers, content sites, organizations and company career sites into one job search site. Narrow results by occupation, location, job type, level of education and experience. It also connects social networks with job search results with the Who Do I Know feature.
Large Canadian list of job postings. Advanced search options include job type, education, experience and career levels. Also has a salary calculator and resume rescue features.
Canada’s largest job search engine, users can search for over 100,000 jobs advertised on thousands of job sites, classifieds and company sites across the country.
US and international
Find work opportunities in Canada and abroad through the CIDA website. Includes links to positions in NGOs and Multilateral agencies, volunteer positions, and the International Youth Internship Program.
International Experience Canada is a travel and work abroad initiative of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. If you are between the ages of 18 and 35, you can travel and work in different countries around the world under one of Canada’s bilateral reciprocal youth mobility arrangements or agreements.
Browse international jobs by location, find information on international business etiquette and get search strategies for finding work abroad.
Salary and labour market surveys
Find projections of future labour demand and supply by broad skill level and occupation, from the models of the Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) used by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Volunteer and non-profit
Non-profit organization provides various charity, volunteer and youth initiatives. Main activities include short-term voluntary projects, youth exchanges, seminars, environmental actions and cultural festivals.
Job board for non-profit and public sector organizations. Other resources include career assessment, training and professional development, and news and events.
Online database provided by Volunteer Vancouver connects community volunteers to local not-for-profit organizations.
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Help! I Want a Job! [PDF]
Job search resources available at Bob Prittie Metrotown.
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