Career and Work Exploration 10, 20, A30, B30
CWEX10
Module 10: Career Awareness (Core)
Outcome
Analyze one’s compatibility for a variety of occupations.
Indicators
| (a) | Complete inventories (e.g., personality, values, interests, beliefs and attitudes) using career development software/tools to understand one’s profile. |
| (b) | Compare one’s personal survey results to potential occupational matches across industry sectors locally, provincially and nationally. |
| (c) | Explore occupational matches identified in personal survey results. |
| (d) | Reflect upon one’s compatibility for a variety of occupations as well as current and projected labour market information to develop a plan for transitioning through and beyond high school. |
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R012338
The Careers Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your Future(2nd ed.)
This book is a guide to more than 100 professions. It provides a two-page layout of various careers with a general description of the interests, entry qualifications and other facts, the career paths, related careers and a skills guide.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 1, 2022
R027400
Your Career: How to Make It Happen(9th ed.)
This comprehensive resource discusses the steps involved in preparing for the job search, creating the resume, applying for jobs, shining at interviews, succeeding in the new job and managing your career. It is well organized, user-friendly, and visually appealing with numerous colourful pictures and illustrations. Real world scenarios, chapter checklists, critical thinking questions, career action worksheets and suggestions for using social media in the job search are included.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
December 6, 2021
R004618
Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do(2nd ed.)
This insightful career guide uses the ten-minute Color Q Personality Style Self Assessment to place readers in one of 16 personality groups. The model then describes the best career fit based on one’s skills, interests and core personality. Career prospects and ideal work environments for each colour grouping as well as case studies of professionals and well-known personalities are included.
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Book
Price :
$17.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2021
R006560
Computers, Communications and the Arts
This book is from the series Careers in Demand for High School Graduates. Nine chapters provide overviews of nine different careers related to computers, communications and the arts. The information includes training and skills, conditions, earnings and job prospects. While the information is mostly American based, it provides a starting point to research careers in a Canadian context. This book features an index and QR links to videos from various global sources including one from Saskatchewan Polytechnic.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022
R017480
What Next?: Find the Work That's Right for You(3rd ed.)
This comprehensive and practical guide blends strategies for career success with work-life balance suggestions. It is well organized and visually striking with numerous colourful photos and graphics. It includes a detailed self-assessment tool to aid readers in assessing their work and personal life accomplishments.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$28.00
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2021
R027592
Careers If You Like Social Interaction
This book is a part of the Career Exploration series. It provides an overview of eight diverse job types and lists the training, skills, working conditions, earnings and job prospects for each one. While the information is American based, it provides a starting point to research careers in a Canadian context.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$30.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
December 8, 2021
R006968
Connect to Your Career: Job-Search Skills for a Digital World(Canadian ed.)
This Canadian textbook explores how to utilize technology to assist the job search process. This resource helps students conduct self-assessments and further develop self-awareness, investigate and develop employability skills, understand and practise personal branding and networking strategies, create job-ready documents, prepare for interviews, understand concept of workplace ethics and consider aspects of workplace safety. This textbook contains a glossary and index, as well as an appendix dedicated to punctuation. There are subsections that develop making career portfolios, social media connections, digital applications as well as an end-of-chapter summary, glossary terms, review questions and activities.
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Connect to Your Career. Instructor's Resource CD: Job-Search Skills for a Digital World
Media and Formats :
Book
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$49.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2021
R013018
What Color is Your Parachute? 2020: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-changers(Rev. ed.)
This book guides the reader through a process of self-discovery to help with transitioning into or within the world of work as they seek employment. There are many activities suggested to determine interests, motivations and tips for job hunting.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022
R026191
What Color is Your Parachute? Job-hunter's Workbook(5th ed.)
This workbook summarizes aspects from the book by the same title and serves as a companion with activities for self-reflection related to values, interests, skills and other aspects related to job searching.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 1, 2022
R025939
Careers If You Like Problem Solving
This book is a part of the Career Exploration series. It provides an overview of eight diverse job types and lists the training, skills, working conditions, earnings and job prospects for each one. While the information is American based, it provides a starting point to research careers in a Canadian context.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$30.95 USD
Record posted/updated:
December 8, 2021
R006922
Soft Skills for the Workplace(2nd ed.)
This resource is intended to help people entering the workforce to develop essential soft skills needed for career success. Each of the 14 chapters introduces a video of a basic soft skill recommended by employers. Case studies are presented to illustrate the importance of mastering the soft skills presented. At the end of the chapters, there are review questions and activities to reflect on practical applications of those skills. The videos as well as other interactive resources are available on the publisher’s website.
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Soft Skills for the Workplace. Online Instructor Resources
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Book
Price :
$50.00 USD
Record posted/updated:
March 15, 2022
R015522
Career Directions: New Paths to Your Ideal Career(7th ed.)
This text is intended to prepare the reader to enter and succeed in today's workplace, whether it be for a first position or a career transition. This edition focuses on social media profiles, online career portfolios, multiple resume versions an maximizing the use of keywords.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022
R010782
How to Find Work You Love: The Ethical Careers Guide
This book guides the reader to reflect on personal values and seek out fulfilling and satisfying work that aligns with those values. The first chapter provides an opportunity for the reader to complete self-awareness checklists of passions and motivations. Other chapters explore the world of charities, non-governmental organizations and social enterprises as well as the world of business and volunteering.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022
R015521
Career Achievement: Growing Your Goals(3rd ed.)
This text provides students with information to achieve personal and professional goals, whether searching for a first job, planning a career change, or unexpectedly searching for employment. This comprehensive text explores career assessment, marketing, communication, and management tools. It features a glossary, index, and built-in exercises within each of the nine chapter.
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Book
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Record posted/updated:
June 10, 2022