Sites of Interest to Employment Services Agencies
Building Your Career in Ontario: Answers questions for newcomers
Canada Job Futures: Information about 265 occupational groups
CanLearn: Comprehensive bilingual resource for learning information, products and services
National Occupation Classification (NOC): Main source for NOC codes
211Toronto.ca: The Toronto Blue Book and more
Service Canada Forms: Download SIN, EI application forms, etc.
Ontario Job Futures: Current trends and future outlook for 157 common occupations in Ontario
Ontario WorkInfoNet: Portal to provincial career and employment information
Red Seal Program: Canadian site describes mobility in the trades across Canada and examines new trades
Strategis: Industry Canada's website for business
Toronto Public Libraries Career Bookmarks: Provides employment search links permitting users to create their own customized list of resources
Workink: Virtual Employment Resource Centre for job seekers with disabilities
Workplace Skills: Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) site discusses its Workplace Skills Strategy

Bookmarks for Career Counsellors
Association of Job Search Trainers: American job developers, job placement specialists, career consultants and counsellors
Canadian Counselling Association: dedicated to serving the interests of Canadian counsellors. Its members work in many diverse fields: education, employment and career development, social work, business, industry, mental health, public service agencies, government and private practice
Canadian Career Consortium: a national forum, initiates, develops and coordinates career and labour market information to enable all Canadians to make transitions.
Canadian Career Information Association: share a common interest in the development, distribution and use of career resources.
Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers: on-campus recruitment and career services strategies
Canadian Career Development Foundation: established in 1979 CCDF is committed to advancing the understanding and practice of career development (check out their resources learning house)
Canadian Policy Research Network: create knowledge and lead public debate on social and economic issues
Canadian Standards in Career Development: introduce professionals standards in career counselling
Career/LifeSkills Resources Inc.: quality resources and assessment tools for career development practitioners
Canadian Social Policy Links: everything you wanted to find out about social policy information
Conference Board of Canada: premier independent applied research institute in the country
Contact Point: a Canadian website dedicated to the professional needs of employment counsellors, career information specialists and career development practitioners
Employability Skills: from the Conference Board of Canada
Essential Life Skills: over 170 occupations show how essential skills are used in different jobs.
Service Canada Training, Career and Worker Information: considerable resources of interest for career practitioners
Human Resources and Social Development Canada: involved in three activities: working with sector councils and on sector initiatives; developing and maintaining occupational and career awareness information; and supporting apprenticeship and labour mobility
Canadian Career Development Foundation Councillors Website: a partnership between Human Resources Development Canada and the International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance, to provide access to on-line resources for career development
Service Canada Labour Market Information: occupational, economic and social trends.
JobQuality: measure quality of work in the Canadian labour market & look at alternatives
Ontario School Counsellors' Association: daily updates for teachers and employment services staff
HRSDC Sector and Occupational Studies
Ontario Alliance of Career Development Practitioners: organization provides strategic leadership to the Ontario partners in career development
Psychometrics: tests and training for test administration
Survivability: survivability site examines the changing world, and the changing nature, of work. Learn what these changes imply for the future
University of Waterloo: well recognized for their steps in Career Life Planning Success manual
University of Victoria Career Counselling Pages: fun and easy to follow information
YWCA Life Skills Coach: recognized training for employment group facilitation

Umbrella Groups

ACTEW: Advocates for Community-Based Training and Education for Women (ACTEW)is a provincial umbrella group of supporters, trainers, agencies and organizations delivering employment and training services to women
Ontario Association of Youth Employment Counselling Centres: umbrella group
Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Programs: province-wide umbrella group for organizations that sponsor community-based training projects

E-Zines

Careerpro News: division of Bridges.com with free subscription
Career Currents: current labour, career and recreation info
Next Steps: Calgary's e-zine