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    Career Resources

    Career Circuit
    Designed to support Canada's youth service community. Provides connections to vial information, resources and training.

    Career Click - Canada
    Canada's premier Internet site for people to manage their careers and for employers and recruiters to find candidates.

    Career Experience

    Fast Company Online
    Excellent US site for the new economy worker.

    Job Searching Canada - from the Mining Company
    Offers very current articles and information about jobs and careers in Canada.

    Occupational Outlook
    Job Futures HRDC.

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    Education

    Canada’s Online Campus Career Centre
    Provides information, advice and services to employers, students and career centre personnel in areas of career planning and student recruitment..

    Labour Market & Career Info. Assoc. of BC

    Post Secondary Application Service
    An overview of the types of education and training available and the location of BC's public institutions..

    Scholarships & Bursaries
    Search to find scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, grants and other awards currently available to post-secondary students studying in Canada and abroad..

    Scholarships Canada
    Gateway to Canadian scholarship information.

    School Information

    Selkirk College
    Community college serving the West Kootenays.

    The Scout Report
    A weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet and resources of interest to researchers and educators..

    US Department of Education
    A cross-site indexing project to create a searchable index of the Deparment of Education supported Internet resources.

    Youth Resource Network of Canada
    A multitude of information on the employment world such as choice careers, training and education, job offers and much more.

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    Electronic Job Search

    Canadian Directory of Search Firms
    Database of over 1,500 search firms in Canada for over 60 industries.

    Get Wired, You’re Hired Site
    The online companion to this excellent Canadian publication by Mark Swartz.

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    Electronic Resumes

    Rebecca Smith’s eResumes and Resources
    Find all you need to know about writing and distributing resumes and cover letters, learn about job searches and job interviews, a lot about tools and resources for resume-writing, and criteria for selecting someone to help you write a great resume.

    The Riley Guide: Preparing Your Resume for the Internet


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    Financial Management

    Gordon Pape’s Web Site
    Commercial site with lots of links to sources for Canadian financial information.

    The Simple Living Network
    This mostly commercial US site is an online catalogue of information, books, periodicals, tools and products to assist those seeking to live a more simple, healthy, earth-friendly, lifestyle. Produces an excellent free e-mail newsletter.

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    Government & Regional Links

    BC Government Telephone Directory
    Searchable database of phone numbers/addresses for ministries, crown corporations and public agencies.

    BC Provincial Government
    Links to provincial government ministries and government services.

    Economic Development Association of BC
    Provides regional economic information and economic development links for BC communities.

    Job Postings for the BC Government
    Public Service of Canada Job Postings

    Public Service of Canada Job Postings
    An independent agency reporting to Parliament that works with departments and agencies to recruit and appoints qualified persons to the Public Service of the Government of Canada.

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    Home-Based Business

    BC WorkInfo Net Youth Site
    Check out “Looking for Work” and the “Entrepreneurship” option.

    Business Plan Resource
    Linked to The Entrepreneurship Centre in Ottawa, this site provides a comprehensive introduction to what is required in a business plan.

    Canadian Business Service Centres
    Site offers visitors access to large database of business-oriented federal government programs, services and some regulations. Click on BC flag to reach the Canada-British Columbia Business Service Centre.

    Canadian Youth Business Foundation
    The Canadian Youth Business Foundation is a non-profit, private sector initiative designed to provide mentoring, business support and lending to young Canadian entrepreneurs between 18 and 29.

    Community Futures
    A site designed for self employment.

    Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and Culture
    Check out excellent links to “Interactive Business Planner,” “Online Small Business Workshop”, “top Forty”, and “Web Sites for BC Small Business,” and “Ministry Services and Programs for Small Business.”

    Youth Resource Network of Canada
    This Government site has been created to provide youth with help in preparing for and finding work, including information and resources for self assessment, jobs and job search, education and training, and self employment.

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    International Work

    Asia Net
    Posts job opportunities for professionals who speak both English and Japanese, Chinese or Korean.

    Career Mosaic International Gallery
    Links to job postings in Asia, Australia, France, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, USA, and Canada.

    CIDA International Youth Internship Program
    Provides information about overseas work with CIDA for recent graduates between 19 and 30.

    Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
    Check information about the Youth International Internship Programs (YIIP).

    The Riley Guide - Resources for International Job Opportunities


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    Job Search

    Cool Works
    Find a seasonal job or career in some of the greatest places on Earth.

    BC Work Search & Career Information
    Making career moves takes research, planning and action. Start here to find on-line information and resources on career planning, education, and employment.

    BCjobs.ca
    A comprehensive BC based job search service. Includes an employer directory with direct links to job postings.

    Best Canadian Newspapers
    Vancouver Sun & Province, Calgary papers, Edmonton, Windsor and Ottawa.

    Best Canadian Newspapers
    Hot links to the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, the Calgary Herald, and Edmonton Journal. Most papers have on-line classifieds.

    British Columbia JOBS
    HRDC Job Bank for BC.

    Canada Job Bank Home Page
    HRDC Job Bank for Canada.

    Canada’s Electronic Labour Exchange
    The Search Engine for New Jobs in Canada

    Canada’s Work Information Network
    An Internet directory that provides information on different aspects of the labour market. These web sites connect you to the most up to date information on employment, learning, and career planning.

    Canada’s Newswire Service
    The nation’s number one resource for time-critical news and information from more than 10,000 sources coast to coast and around the world.

    Careers in the Wood Industry
    Recruit and prepare quality young people for entry-level work in the wood products manufacturing industry and/or entry into wood-related college and university programs.

    Electronic Labour Exchange

    Government Information
    Central statistical agency of the Province of British Columbia. We have the provincial government's largest concentration of statistical products, services and expertise.

    Government of Canada Work Search
    Training, Career and Worker Information

    Human Resources Development Canada

    Jobs Canada

    +Jobs Canada
    Express Post Your Resume on More than 1,000 career Sites, including the largest Canadian career sites and recruitment agencies.

    Netscape Home Page

    Newsgroups for Job Seekers

    Postings: Government of British Columbia

    Resumix (Job Matching Service)

    Sympatico Home Page

    The Monster Job Board Listings

    Web Access Employment Network

    Work/Jobs

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    Labour Market Information

    BC Work Search & Career Information
    Making career moves takes research, planning and action. Start here to find on-line information and resources on career planning, education, and employment.

    Human Resources Development Canada (Kootenays)

    Human Resources Development Canada

    Industry Canada - Strategis
    Improve conditions for investment, improve Canada's innovation performance, increase Canada's share of global trade and build a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace.

    Labour Market Information

    Statistics Canada


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    Networking

    Canadian Listserve

    Charity Village
    Provides an excellent on-line listing of professional associations in Canada.

    Networking on the Network
    Excellent article from a University of California professor about the value of electronic networking for the academic community, but applies to all workers.

    The Net - User Guidelines and Netiquette
    An article by Arlene Rinaldi outlining some rules for behaviour when posting messages to listservs and newsgroups.

    University of Waterloo Career Development Manual
    Has an excellent section on general networking under Employment Contacts Job/Work Search. Also a great site for general career development.

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    Personal Development

    Ask Dr. Weil
    Lots of information about wellness and health. Free interactive forum to ask questions about diet and medical issues.

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    Searching Resources

    BC Government Telephone Directory
    Searchable database of phone numbers/addresses for ministries, crown corporations and public agencies.

    Canada News Wire
    A searchable database of news releases providing good source of information if you are researching larger potential employers or looking for sector information.

    Canada411
    A searchable database which allows you to find addresses, phone numbers and postal codes for both people and businesses.

    Charity Village
    Includes a database of listservs, newsgroups and web forums that relate to the non-profit sector.

    Google
    Search engine. Offers keyword searching and browsing categories.

    Liszt
    Searches over thousands of listservs and newsgroups.

    Yahoo Canada


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    Sector Research

    Charity Village Career Centre
    Lots of resources and information about Canadian non-profit organizations and professional associations.

    Industry Canada’s Strategis
    Improve conditions for investment, improve Canada's innovation performance, increase Canada's share of global trade and build a fair, efficient and competitive marketplace.

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    Youth Links

    Aboriginal Youth Network

    Canadian Youth Business Foundation
    The Canadian Youth Business Foundation is a non-profit, private sector initiative designed to provide mentoring, business support and lending to young Canadian entrepreneurs between 18 and 29.

    Career Edge
    Canadian Youth Internships Program

    News on Work and Training for Under 30’s

    Windspeaker: Aboriginal News Source

    Youth Resource Network of Canada
    This Government site has been created to provide youth with help in preparing for and finding work, including information and resources for self assessment, jobs and job search, education and training, and self employment.

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