Career Page
The Career Page lists web sites related to career and occupational information.
National Occupation Classification and Career Handbook Internet System
(NOC) is a tool for helping Canadians to understand the world of work. It describes duties, skills, interests, aptitudes, education requirements and working settings for occupations in the Canadian labour market. This site provides access to the NOC and Career Handbook databases.
www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
Occupational Descriptions
provided by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Want to be an astronaut? A firefighter? A physiotherapist? Here are some websites that have information on individual careers, and some that offer large collections of information on many careers.
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career/descrip.html
Career Bookmarks,
Toronto Public Library's easy-to-use, interactive career and job search gateway is more than a list of links. Create your own personal report of Web tools and library resources. Develop Internet skills for the job hunt with our online tutorial. Explore guides which focus on specific audiences and topics.
http://careerbookmarks.tpl.toronto.on.ca
Career Gateway
was set up by the Ontario Ministry of Education to provide a starting point for exploration of many online career- and employment-related resources. Subject areas include: career exploration (occupational descriptions), job-search skills, workplace issues, distance education, training and jobs.
www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career
School Finder: Careers Section
where you can search for a career by industry listing or by alphabetical listing. In each career listing you will find a description, information on what you need to enter the career and how much you will make.
www.schoolfinder.com/careers
Youth Employment Information
was created to provide youth with help in preparing for and finding work. A partnership between all levels of government and the private sector is making this site possible. Includes occupational descriptions and standards.
www.youth.gc.ca
Job Smart: Career Guides
are for teens and younger children who want to learn about specific careers. Everything from an archaeologist to a travel agent.
http://jobsmart.org/tools/career/spec-car.htm
Monster Board: Career Resources
for choosing or changing careers, with information on resumes, letters, interviews and networking. U.S. site.
http://content.monster.com
Job Futures
is a two-volume publication that provides Canadians with information about the current world of work and projections for the future. It is published by the Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS) of the Applied Research Branch and the Occupational and Career Development Division of Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC).
http://jobfutures.ca/en/home.shtml
Occupational Outlook Handbook
has been a nationally (U.S.) recognized source of career information for over fifty years. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Employment in the approximately 250 occupations covered in the 1998-99 Handbook accounts for about 6 out of every 7 jobs in the economy. The occupational information presented in this new edition should provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives.
www.bls.gov/oco
Careers in Biotechnology
There are tremendous career opportunities in biotechnology-related fields available now and in the near future. The industry is growing rapidly, on a global scale, and analysts are predicting that it will have a profound impact on health care, agriculture, energy, and environmental management
www.accessexcellence.org/AB/CC
Future Engineers
is a guide for high school students and others interested in engineering and engineering technology careers. By exploring these pages, you can learn about the different engineering and engineering technology fields, interesting people who got their start as engineers, what engineers actually do, and how to get (and pay for) an engineering education.
www.futureengineers.com
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