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Career Planning and Work Search Links
(These links are for information and exploration. The Career Centre does not endorse any of these sites or their content.)
Index of Links
General
- Mazemaster - Canada's youth portal to career information.
- Canadian Careers.com - A specifically Canadian site with everything you need to know about exploring career options.
- Youth Resource Network of Canada - Get ready for and enter the World of Work. This Canadian site will help you with it all.
- Work Smart Ontario, the official website of the Ontario Ministry of Labour for young workers and new workers. Find out how to be safe at work. Find out how to be treated fairly.
Career Assessment
- Assessments for Trent Students
- Career Development Manual - Will guide you through the necessary steps, whether you are looking for your 1st or your 21st job. (Provided by the University of Waterloo).
- iquizzes - Quick and easy to use self assessment quizzes to help you find your way.
- Career Xact - CareerXact's free online career assessment not only tests for your unique personality, interest and motivation but it also provides a list of job postings ideal for your 'type'.
Skills Identification
What can I do with my degree?
Occupational Profiles and Descriptions
- Career Cruising - Includes occupational profiles and interviews with people in field.
- National Occupational Classification (NOC) - The National Occupational Classification is the nationally accepted reference on occupations in Canada. It provides descriptons of over 30,000 job titles, including info on qualifications and education required.
- Working in Canada - Info about
job opportunities, job demand, wages, skills requirements, and more. You can find out where the jobs are now and where they will be in the future.
Produced by the Canadian government.
- Alberta - Occupational Profiles - Provides details on responsibilities, working conditions, educational qualifications, employment, advancement and salary for over 500 occupations.
- Career Gateway Occupational Descriptions - Want to be an astronaut? A firefighter? A physiotherapist? Here are some web sites that have information on individual careers.
- Inside Career Info: Career Reports - Searchable collection of hundreds of candid career reports written by "insiders", successful professionals who are actually doing the job.
Labour Market Information
- The Labour Market Information Service - Provides general and detailed information on local labour markets across Canada. his information can help people to search for work, and to make general employment, training and career decisions.
- Strategis - Industry Canada - A research program through Industry Canada who conducts research and maintains statistics on industry in Canada.
- Career Education - extensive resources on careers to reference
- Working in Canada - Info about
job opportunities, job demand, wages, skills requirements, and more. You can find out where the jobs are now and where they will be in the future.
Produced by the Canadian government.
- Salary information:
Sector and Association Career and Employment Info
Educational Directories
- canLearn - Canada's one-stop resource to explore learning and education opportunities.
- SchoolFinder.com - Find information on more than 700 Canadian universities, colleges and career colleges.
- CanadianUniversities.net - The aim for canadian-universities.net is to provide quick relevant information for anyone interested in applying and studying in a university in Canada.
- Distance Education Opportunities at Ontario Universities - A searchable database of distance education courses at fifteen Ontario universities.
- Gradschools.com - The most comprehensive online source of graduate school information.
- Grad School Finder -
Designed specifically for the graduate school education market, GradSchoolFinder.com enables prospective graduate students to search for schools in Canada offering masters and doctoral (PhD) degrees in business & management, medicine, engineering, computer science and more. Use the advanced search function to find graduate schools by location, school name, program or degree type.
- Peterson's Online Catalogue - Online version of a directory of post secondary education in North America.
- Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) - Search graduate program opportunities at Canadian universities.
Studying Abroad/Work Abroad
- Trent International Program - click "
Study Abroad"
- Verge Magazine -
Verge is North America's magazine for exploring opportunities to study, work and volunteer abroad. They have online resource guides for planning your time abroad. You can check out profiles of overseas programmes.
- studyabroad.com - Studyabroad.com is the #1 online resource for study abroad information.
- Institute of International Education – features articles, resources, and study abroad programs
- Go abroad.com - Features programs, extensive information on going abroad, what you need, who to speak to.
- Transitions Abroad - guide to work abroad, study abroad, alternative travel overseas and international living.
- Green Business Jobs -Provides users with a continuously updated overview of various international paid jobs, internships and volunteering opportunities within the environmental, engineering and management sector.
Scholarships
Admission Tests
- LSAT - Law School Admission Test
- for more info and test preparation material, check out:
- GMAT - Graduate Management Admissions Test
- GRE - Graduate Record Examinations
- MCAT - Medical College Admission Test
- DAT - Dental Aptitude Test
Application Centres
Disability Specific
International Student Specific
- Settlement.org - Information for people new to Ontario - employment, immigration & citizenship, education and more.
- Ontario Immigration - A great site which walks through studying abroad in Canada--how to's, what to do, where to live etc.
Choosing Career Paths
- NextSteps.org - A Youth Employment Centre site that walks you through the steps of decision-making.
Work Search Strategies
Résumés & Cover Letters
Interview Skills
Informational Interviewing
Community Employment Resources
Business Directories
Volunteering/Community Services
- Fourinfo.com - Includes a searchable database of volunteer opportunities and local non-profit agencies
- Durham Community Service Directory - An online source of Durham human services information
- 211 Ontario - An online source of Ontario human services information
- Volunteer.ca - Canada's site for information on volunteering – includes information, opportunities, FAQ’s, resources, etc.
- Giving and Volunteering - Links to Canadian non-profit, volunteering and charitable resources
- Volunteerabroad - Opportunities around the globe
- Ecoteer - find opportunities and learn how to market yourself to volunteer abroad
Resources for Graduate Students
Entrepreneurship/Starting Your Own Business
Internships
Teaching English Abroad
- TeachAbroad.com is a directory for teaching positions around the world.
- Dave's Eslcafe.com - The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!
- TESL Canada Federation - TESL Canada's mission is to promote excellence in the teaching and learning of English as a second or additional language in partnership with its constituent provincial and territorial associations, and like-minded national and international organizations.
- Oxford Seminars-
Teaching ESL abroad: important information for making your decision about where to teach, travel, and live abroad.
Full Time Job Postings
- My Job Board - Postings for Trent University students and alumni
- workopolis.com - For job search and resources
- eluta.ca - a search engine that specializes in finding new job announcements at employers across Canada and creates a searchable database of every new job opportunity. Go to the "New Grads" tab for advanced searches based on your degree and field of study.
- TalentEgg.ca - TalentEgg.ca connects college and university students and recent graduates with high-quality student jobs, internships, summer jobs, co-op work terms and entry level jobs that lead into careers in every industry across Canada.
- indeed: one search. all jobs. - a job search website
- wowjobs.ca -
wowjobs provides a convenient and easy way to search over 100,000 jobs across Canada advertised on thousands of job sites, classifieds and company sites across Canada.
- iHipo - The High Potential network dedicated to empowering international careers. Includes job boards, place to post a resume, interview questions to practise.
- Ontario Municipal Jobs - A listing of municipal job postings in Ontario; allows search by job type, category, municipality or region.
- Careers in The Federal Public Service - The federal public service offers interesting opportunities for graduates. Includes info about Post-Secondary Recruitment (PSR) and Recruitment of Policy Leaders (RPL)
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Gojobs.gov.on.ca - provincial public service job postings. Includes info on how to apply and a section on Youth and New Professionals.
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National Job Bank-HRDC - An electronic listing of jobs provided by employers from everywhere across Canada.
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Charity Village.com - Canada's site for the not-profit sector.
- ResearchGate - The free job board is targeted to scientists and researchers, and is broken down into different scientific disciplines.
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JobPostings.ca - Canada's Student Job Site
- Fanfare - a job board with entry-level jobs
- Higher Ed Jobs - Job postings in academe (primarily US)
- The Chronicle of Higher Education - features daily news and advice columns, thousands of current job listings
- Broadband - Government of Canada Career and Recruitment Network. Connects to distant employers.
- AcademicCareers.com - the ultimate global academic job site to search post doc, endowed chair, administrative and senior management opportunities at colleges, universities and research institutes in Canada, the US, and around the globe.
- Registered Nurses Association of Ontario - Click on RN Careers for postings
- Monster.com - You can create a targeted job search, receive expert career guidance, instantly upload your fully formatted resume and much more.
- Career Builder Canada - Job postings, employer profiles and job search resources are available here.
- EduJobsCanada.com - Job postings at Canadian colleges and universities for faculty, post docs, professional and management positions.
- Education Canada - Job postings within the education profession in Canada.
- Post Doc - A database of listings
- JobShark - A Canadian job postings site with the ability to leave a copy of your resume for perusal by employers.
- Jobs in Education - Canadian listings of jobs in the education profession. Has an archive of past postings.
- Toronto Star Career Section - Search the job postings from the Toronto Star online.
- TorontoJobs.ca - Job postings for the Toronto area; also opportunities to post your resume. Use the salary wizard to see examples of salaries for your field and location.
- Career Jet - Job posting site that's updated daily.
- CanadaJobs.com - Canadian Job Board
- CareerOwl.ca - a leading edge, e-recruiting service open to all, with special features to facilitate recruiting for the highly qualified.
- Cool Jobs Canada - Links to job opportunities within the hospitality and retail sectors.
Summer Jobs
- Jobs.gc.ca - choose “Job Opportunities for Students” for part-time or summer job opportunities for students within the federal public service. It includes information about: Federal Student Work Experience (FSWEP)
- Summer Jobs Programs -
Whether you want to find a job, start your own business, or work for the Government of Ontario this summer, this site provides info on programs.
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Summer Jobs Service - The Summer Job Service provides free job search support and placement services to students. For office locations where you can access this program, click here and choose your location and the service (Summer Job Service).
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Ministry of Natural Resources - click on the Jobs tab then the link under Youth Employment. Scroll down the Youth Programs page to see the summer job programs.
- Young Canada Works -
an initiative of Canadian Heritage and Parks Canada providing opportunities for summer work and internships.
- TalentEgg.ca - TalentEgg.ca connects college and university students and recent graduates with high-quality student jobs, internships, summer jobs, co-op work terms and entry level jobs that lead into egg-citing careers in every industry across Canada.
- Summer Jobs - Entirely devoted to summer jobs and includes postings, summer job support and success stories of other job seekers. Includes some Canadian postings. Caution is suggested before sending money or personal information to some of the placement agencies that are prevalent here.
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