Apprenticeships - Careers
Apprenticeships
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/appren.html
Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP)
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/apprenticeship/Skills/oyap.html
Careers
Career Search
Search over 1,000,000 organizations by field and location! http://www.careersearch.net/cs_index.tt2
Canada Job Futures
Job Futures is a publication that provides Canadians with information about the current world of work and projections for the future. It is produced by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). http://www.jobfutures.ca/en/home.shtml
HRDC
Visit the Human Resources Development Canada home page. http://www.rhdcc-hrsdc.gc.ca/
Occupational Outlook Handbook
This American publication is an excellent source of career information. For each career, it lists what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects. Please remember that all data on this site uses U.S. standards, laws, $U.S. and references. http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Ontario Job Futures
Ontario Job Futures is a publication which provides information on the current trends and future outlook for 157 occupations common to Ontario. It is a joint effort of the Province of Ontario and the Government of Canada. http://www.ontariojobfutures.ca/
School Finder
This commercial site has editorials on many Canadian careers. You can search by keyword. http://www.schoolfinder.com/careers/
Vault - This site gives insider information on over 3,000 companies and 50 career fields, job listings, and company message boards. http://www.vault.com/index.jsp
Wet Feet
Gives career overviews, career tracks, salary info, and a market outlook for 50 different careers and industries. Also includes career discussion boards and relocation guides. http://www.wetfeet.com/
Interest Inventories
Careers Bookmarks at the VRL
Toronto Public Library now has a virtual reference library. One portion of the site is called Career Bookmarks. It contains excellent resources on career strategies, self-assessment, career choices, marketing yourself, jobs and success on the job. http://careerbookmarks.tpl.toronto.on.ca/
Career Cruising
This site contains a wealth of career information. Click on Ontario then click on student. I would suggest that you start your career search by going to the Planning Section and completing the interest inventory called the Career Research Tool.
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Step by Step Guide
Most college programs consist of a package of courses that will train you for a very specific area of employment.
There are over 500 programs that are available through the 25 Ontario Community Colleges.
What resources are available to help me with my research?
The school library has copies of CommuniCAAT, the College Application Guide, and College Calendars for all of the Ontario Colleges.
The Guidance Department Web Site has links to the Internet version of all of the paper resources that are available in the Guidance Office.
How can I find the program that is the best fit for me?
Start by going to Careercruising.com (user name: password: to make a list of all of the college programs that might be of interest to you.
Once you have logged onto the Career Cruising site select Explore Careers.
You can search for careers by Index (alphabetically), School Subject, industrial or economic Cluster or Career Selector ( careers that suit your interest and goals).
For a specific career, you can get information on the Job Description, Working Conditions, Earnings, Education required for the career, the Career Path as you gain experience in the career, related jobs and other resources (links to additional information).
The Interviews section for each career allows you to get additional insights into the career by providing you with a number of key questions and answers about the career, including likes and dislikes, advice, a day in the life and a breakdown of activities. There are also video and sound clips recorded by people in the career.
Choose a program that you think would be of interest to you.
Now go to OCAS website to see which of the 28 colleges offer your program.
Pick a college that offers the selected program and then lookup the program in the calendar for that college . The calendar will tell you about admission requirements, possible careers related to the program and then give you a complete list of all of the courses that make up the course package for the program. Many calendars will also provide a one paragraph description for each of the courses. If you think that the program is "a maybe", add it to your list of possible programs. Be sure to record the program code which is found next to the name of the program. One of the best online calendars has been produced by Seneca College .
The admissions requirements for most college programs are college (C) preparation high school courses.
Please note that a very few programs; for example, nursing are joint college-university programs. You must meet the admissions requirements for university before you can apply to a joint program. This usually means university (U) preparation high school courses.
Repeat the research process for every college program that might be of interest to you.
Your goal is to narrow your selections to a maximum of five choices with no more than three choices from one college.
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The College section of the Guidance Department Web Site has many additional links that might be of interest to you. (e.g. residence, scholarships, athletics, out-of-province colleges, college-university transfer opportunities).
If you need help with your research, please make an appointment to see your Guidance Counsellor.
Colleges
Ontario College Athletic Association
Explore the opportunities for intercollegiate sports at all of the Ontario Colleges. http://www.ocaa.com/
Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship
The Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship for Colleges is a program of The Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, and is sponsored by The W. Garfield Weston Foundation. It is designed to identify, recognize and reward well-rounded students and adults who intend to undertake full-time study in a two or three year program leading to a diploma at one of our participating colleges. http://garfieldwestonawards.ca/
OCAS
Go to the Ontario College Application Services home page. http://www.ontariocolleges.ca/portal/page/portal/ONTCOL/Home
Ontario College-University Transfer Guide
The OCUTG will be of interest to a college student who is thinking of transferring to a university or for a university student who is thinking of transferring to a college. This guide lists collaborative programs, articulation agreements and credit transfer between Ontario universities and colleges. http://www.ocutg.on.ca/
TOEFL
All instruction within the College is in English. In order to be successful in a program, your communication, listening comprehension, reading and writing skills must be at a level sufficient to meet the demands of post-secondary studies. Criteria differ from college to college, so you should check CommuniCAAT (PDF format) for the requirements of your college. (e.g. English Language Proficiency Requirements for Seneca College) http://www.ets.org
Colleges Outside of Ontario
Canadian community colleges outside of Ontario - The Association of Canadian Community Colleges maintains a site for links to all of the Community Colleges in Canada. http://www.accc.ca/english/colleges/membership_list.htm
Schoolfinder.com
This commercial site has editorials on most Canadian colleges. This is a good way of getting an initial overview of a specific college, but you should then go to the college's web site to ensure that you are getting up-to-date information. http://www.schoolfinder.com/schools/schoolindex.asp?ProfileType=College
High School
Ministry of Education
OSAP, Bank Loans and Scholarships
Private Schools
TOEFL
www.electronicinfo.ca
www.myblueprint.ca
www.careercruising.com
Universities
