What do you WANT to do? How much training will it take? Will you find a job?When thinking about your education, it’s important to think about ALL of those things as well as the current and future needs of the labor market. We don’t do paper and pencil tests in classes anymore, but these websites can help you explore yourself and your options.
What’s the best “FIT” for YOU?
Luckily, there are some reliable online versions of Interest [what you like to do], Aptitudes [what you’re good at] and even Personality tests which score themselves, and tell you what might ‘fit’ you. Once you’ve done a few of these, take the results to your Guidance Department to strategize how to get there!
https://xello.world
You can access this resource with your Guidance Counsellor
- Use to search careers and identify educational requirements
- Explore Assessments
- Matchmaker & MySkills
- Learning Styles Inventory
- Create your own portfolio and build your Resume [CV] online.
http://www.headingforsuccess.com
For Vocational and Technical training
- Personality/ Aptitude Test
https://pygma.ca/
For searching college programsPYGMA is a search engine that allows you to find college programs in Quebec, and learn more about their respective requirements, content and outcomes. Most importantly, you can find out which colleges offer the programs you are interested in. You can search by keyword, by college, or on an interactive map with multiple filters.
You may also use these links to check job prospects by region in Quebec:
http://www.jobsetc.gc.ca
- Use Career Exploration/ Identify Your Career/ Making Career Decisions/ CAREERinsite to access one good website from the gov’t of Alberta, or one of the other links to personality interest and ability self-assessments.
- i.e.: “Know Yourself” is a complete and extensive assessment
- Note: You must create an account
http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/content_pieces-eng.do?cid=1403
- For the latest trends and projections in the Canadian Job market
- You can search by occupation
http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/[email protected]?iid=54#a6
If you’d like to see how different levels of education relate to employment rates