Explores knowing one's self, options to expand ideas and making informed decisions.
ESTABLISHING A COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP
Essential Elements of Career Counseling: Processes and Techniques (Book)
Authors: Norman Amundson, JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey, and Spencer Niles - Focuses on the practice of career counseling, examined through the basic techniques and resources useful in supporting the theories of career choice and development. Vertical Divider
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Building Brighter Futures (PDF)
Aims to equip practitioners and managers working with adults 18+ with arrange of effective approaches to career development and wellbeing support.
Aims to equip practitioners and managers working with adults 18+ with arrange of effective approaches to career development and wellbeing support.
The Career Development Model, Questions and Skills (PDF)
An outline of the CD model and associated questions for each phase of discussion. |
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Communication Skills (PDF)
Practicing the skills needed to establish collaborative working relationships. |
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Gender-Neutral Pronouns
Practicing gender neutral pronouns.
Practicing gender neutral pronouns.
GENERAL CAREER PLANNING RESOURCES / GUIDES
Job Bank - Career Planning (Federal Gov)
Walks individuals through the career planning process. (French and English)
Walks individuals through the career planning process. (French and English)
ALIS - Career Planner (Alberta Gov)
A one-stop guide to career planning. Many activities are available in French and English.
A one-stop guide to career planning. Many activities are available in French and English.
Manitoba Prospects
A resource to help students, parents and educators explore the many rewarding and enriching career opportunities available in a multitude of industries in Manitoba.
A resource to help students, parents and educators explore the many rewarding and enriching career opportunities available in a multitude of industries in Manitoba.
chatterhigh
A digital learning tool for K-12 with a gamified ‘seek-and-find’ activity is proven to expand awareness, foster hope, and better prepare students for life after high school.
A digital learning tool for K-12 with a gamified ‘seek-and-find’ activity is proven to expand awareness, foster hope, and better prepare students for life after high school.
MyBluePrint
Designed to help with secondary school course selections, and career planning for youth and young adults. Vertical Divider
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Career Cruising
Career Cruising is a self-exploration and planning program that helps people of all ages achieve their potential in career and life. Includes carious assessment tools and occupational and labour market information. Vertical Divider
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WORKBOOKS
A Guide to Planning Your Career - Gov. MB (PDF)
Filled with information and activities to help individuals through the career planning process.
Filled with information and activities to help individuals through the career planning process.
Career Decision Making workbook - CCDF (PDF)
Guides individuals through the career planning process and provides links to various assessment tools and LMI resources.
Guides individuals through the career planning process and provides links to various assessment tools and LMI resources.
Career Planner - U of M
Includes links to a career planning guide, self assessment tools and other tools to guide one through an informed decision making process.
Includes links to a career planning guide, self assessment tools and other tools to guide one through an informed decision making process.
VIDEOS
SoCanU
Inspirational video on successful school completion.
Inspirational video on successful school completion.
Developing a S.M.A.R.T. Career Plan
Learn how to develop S.M.A.R.T. goals to support your career planning.
Learn how to develop S.M.A.R.T. goals to support your career planning.
5 steps to designing the life you want | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanford
Uses design thinking to see what you want to grow into next.
Uses design thinking to see what you want to grow into next.
WORKSHOPS
ACCESS Future in Focus Workshop Series
An adaptation of the Future in Focus series for youth and young adults outside of the educational system.
An adaptation of the Future in Focus series for youth and young adults outside of the educational system.
Career Gear: Supporting the Career Journey of Post-Secondary Students
Offers two 2-hour workshops to help PSE students to: see themselves in the future in a positive way; identify options in the labour market; develop the skills, attitudes and knowledge they need to reach their preferred future; and have a plan, with back-up strategies, to help them to take advantage of luck and move toward what is most important and meaningful to them.
Offers two 2-hour workshops to help PSE students to: see themselves in the future in a positive way; identify options in the labour market; develop the skills, attitudes and knowledge they need to reach their preferred future; and have a plan, with back-up strategies, to help them to take advantage of luck and move toward what is most important and meaningful to them.
Career Development Workshop (PDF)
Content to assist you in developing a client focused career planning workshop |
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Future in Focus: Building Career Resilience for Youth
Includes four 2-hour workshops focused on helping youth in senior secondary school to develop the skills, attitudes, strategies and supports they need to build career resilience (with a 5th workshop to engage parents).
Includes four 2-hour workshops focused on helping youth in senior secondary school to develop the skills, attitudes, strategies and supports they need to build career resilience (with a 5th workshop to engage parents).
ASSESSMENTS - Career assessments can be a great tool to identify strengths and identify career pathways
MULTIPLE ASSESSMENT LINKS
Job Bank Assessment Tools
Three career quizzes to find out what occupations may be a good fit for you. These quizzes will help you identify possible career paths based on what you like, strengths and you work preferences.
Three career quizzes to find out what occupations may be a good fit for you. These quizzes will help you identify possible career paths based on what you like, strengths and you work preferences.
CERIC - Assessment Tool
List of free career assessment tools.
List of free career assessment tools.
Career Professionals of Canada - Assessment Tools
List of free career exploration assessments that support awareness of skills, temperament, and abilities.
List of free career exploration assessments that support awareness of skills, temperament, and abilities.
All Knowdell Card Sort Products
Access the array of cards sorts including values, motivated skills (identify transferable skills, motivated skills, skills to improve and burnout skills), occupational interests and Leisure/Retirement Activities. Vertical Divider
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INTEREST ASSESSMENT
My Next Move
Explore careers related to interests. This assessment Is based on The holland codes and link the user to suggested occupational areas to explore further. Vertical Divider
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Strong Interest Inventory
The Holland Occupational Themes is a theory of personality that focuses on career and vocational choice. It groups people on the basis of their suitability for six different categories of occupations. *Note: Must be administered by Certified SSI Professional, agencies/individual practitioners must have their own platform Vertical Divider
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Three Stories - OVRC (PDF)
Use stories to help identity interests, value, skills and strengths then relate to the world of work to identify occupational options. |
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Self Reflection Tool - OVRC (PDF)
Use self reflection to dig into areas of interest, skills, strengths and values. Vertical Divider
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Career Aptitude Assessment
Get career suggestions that match your skills and interests. Adjust the skill sliders, filter by desired salary and education level, and receive a list of career ideas using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Get career suggestions that match your skills and interests. Adjust the skill sliders, filter by desired salary and education level, and receive a list of career ideas using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
VALUES ASSESSMENT
UM Values Card Sort (Web Sort)
This resource assesses values / work preferences. It is helpful in eliciting reflection on and conversations about values. It is useful in career planning, career decision-making, and describing the self for job search purposes.
This resource assesses values / work preferences. It is helpful in eliciting reflection on and conversations about values. It is useful in career planning, career decision-making, and describing the self for job search purposes.
O*NET - Work Importance Locator
A self-assessment career exploration tool that allows clients to pinpoint what is important to them in a job. It helps people identify occupations that they may find satisfying based on the similarity between their work values (such as achievement, independence, and conditions of work) and the characteristics of the occupations.
A self-assessment career exploration tool that allows clients to pinpoint what is important to them in a job. It helps people identify occupations that they may find satisfying based on the similarity between their work values (such as achievement, independence, and conditions of work) and the characteristics of the occupations.
Winnipeg Transition Centre Values Cards - Access from WTC
This resource assesses values and is helpful in eliciting reflection on and conversations about values. Contact WTC for purchase. Vertical Divider
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How to use Knowdell Card Sorts (Video)
Video outlining how to use cards sorts and how to interpret.
Video outlining how to use cards sorts and how to interpret.
STRENGTH ASSESSMENT
High5Test
Helps individuals identify their strongest skills and qualities. *Note: Cost for full report Vertical Divider
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PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
16 Personalities
Helps Individuals discover their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies. Immediate results, no email required. Reveals personality type based on psychometric research.
Helps Individuals discover their strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies. Immediate results, no email required. Reveals personality type based on psychometric research.
Truity
Access a suite of assessments including personality, career, work preference and more.
Access a suite of assessments including personality, career, work preference and more.
Myers Briggs
Must be administered by Certified Myers Briggs Professional. Vertical Divider
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Type Focus
Similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and estimates one's personality type using the preference pairs. Vertical Divider
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Enneagram Test
Each Enneagram personality type has specific behavioral tendencies, fears, desires, motivations and key traits. The Enneagram is a useful tool to learn about one's personality.
Each Enneagram personality type has specific behavioral tendencies, fears, desires, motivations and key traits. The Enneagram is a useful tool to learn about one's personality.
BLENDED ASSESSMENT
IKIGAI (career and personality)
Assessment presented individuals with a IKIGAI diagram, which includes one's passion, vocation, profession and mission. You may also buy the professional results which include a more detailed explanation of your personality.
Assessment presented individuals with a IKIGAI diagram, which includes one's passion, vocation, profession and mission. You may also buy the professional results which include a more detailed explanation of your personality.
Spark Path Challenge Cards
Enable career advisors to help students discover a career path based on exciting, real-world challenge, not job titles. Vertical Divider
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SKILLS ASSESSMENT
Skills for Success Assessments
Assesses nine skill areas - Reading, Writing, Numeracy, Communication, Digital, Collaboration, Problem Solving, Adaptability, and Creativity/Innovation.
Assesses nine skill areas - Reading, Writing, Numeracy, Communication, Digital, Collaboration, Problem Solving, Adaptability, and Creativity/Innovation.
LinkedIn Career Explorer
Uncovers career paths by matching your skills to thousands of job titles helping find new jobs with the skills individuals already have.
Uncovers career paths by matching your skills to thousands of job titles helping find new jobs with the skills individuals already have.
Queen's Skills Sorter
Great for assessing skills and igniting conversation and reflection about existing skills and skill development. Useful for career planning and describing the self for job search purposes.
Great for assessing skills and igniting conversation and reflection about existing skills and skill development. Useful for career planning and describing the self for job search purposes.
Queen's Skills Sorter
Helps clients identify skills and values, and in order of preference.
Helps clients identify skills and values, and in order of preference.
Pride Exercise - UBC
Assists in identifying "Skills and Knowledge" that individuals had to use or develop in order to complete activities that were a source of pride.
Assists in identifying "Skills and Knowledge" that individuals had to use or develop in order to complete activities that were a source of pride.
Employability Skills Assessment (ESAT)
Provides a process and online supports for the assessment and development of social and emotional skills like attitude, accountability, confidence, adaptability, creativity, and collaboration so they can be treated as outcomes in your training or employment programs. Vertical Divider
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OTHER ASSESSMENT SITES
Open Psychometrics - Other assessments
Free resource for agencies who do not have funding for paid assessments.
Free resource for agencies who do not have funding for paid assessments.
Imagine PhD
Interests, values and skills assessments for Masters & PhD students in Science. Interests and skill assessments match to areas of work.
Interests, values and skills assessments for Masters & PhD students in Science. Interests and skill assessments match to areas of work.
Science Careers MyIDP
Exercises to help examine skills, interests, and values and link to career paths in science.
Exercises to help examine skills, interests, and values and link to career paths in science.
INFORMED DECISION MAKING
Career Action Plan
A planning document owned and managed by young people intended to reflect their increased career development learning. The plan helps young people to set their goals, clarify the actions needed to achieve these goals and commit to participating in the planned activities.
A planning document owned and managed by young people intended to reflect their increased career development learning. The plan helps young people to set their goals, clarify the actions needed to achieve these goals and commit to participating in the planned activities.
Occupational Review - OVRC (PDF)
Looks at one's employment history and identifies jobs there are passionate about. Vertical Divider
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Langara College (PDF)
Tips sheet that walks you through the career decision making process.
Tips sheet that walks you through the career decision making process.
Numbeo
Numbeo is the world’s largest cost of living database. Numbeo is also a crowd-sourced global database of quality of life data: housing indicators, perceived crime rates, healthcare quality, transport quality, and other statistics.
Numbeo is the world’s largest cost of living database. Numbeo is also a crowd-sourced global database of quality of life data: housing indicators, perceived crime rates, healthcare quality, transport quality, and other statistics.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
World Trade Centre Winnipeg
Resources to starts and grow a business in Manitoba, Canada and internationally.
Resources to starts and grow a business in Manitoba, Canada and internationally.
Futurepreneur
Provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39.
Provides financing, mentoring and support tools to aspiring business owners aged 18-39.
Entrepreneurs 15-30
Dedicated to young Francophones aged 15 to 30 in Canada to discover entrepreneurship, illuminate every step from idea to launch, and present resources in French.
Dedicated to young Francophones aged 15 to 30 in Canada to discover entrepreneurship, illuminate every step from idea to launch, and present resources in French.
Companies Office - MB Gov
Reviews proposed business names to make sure that they aren't confusingly similar to ones already on our record.
Reviews proposed business names to make sure that they aren't confusingly similar to ones already on our record.
CREDENTIAL RECOGNITION
Manitoba Credential Assessment
Identifies the agencies in Canada which conduct academic assessments/evaluations used to evaluate a credential (diploma, degree) earned outside of Canada to determine what it compares to in Canada.
Identifies the agencies in Canada which conduct academic assessments/evaluations used to evaluate a credential (diploma, degree) earned outside of Canada to determine what it compares to in Canada.
Recognition Counts - Seed Winnipeg
Provides supports to skilled immigrants wishing to work in their fields of expertise or alternative career in Manitoba.The program offers financial counselling, as well as the opportunity to apply for a loan of up to $15,000 to help with the cost of having qualifications recognized in Manitoba.
Provides supports to skilled immigrants wishing to work in their fields of expertise or alternative career in Manitoba.The program offers financial counselling, as well as the opportunity to apply for a loan of up to $15,000 to help with the cost of having qualifications recognized in Manitoba.
Work in Manitoba
Information on regulated occupations include professions and trades.
Information on regulated occupations include professions and trades.
Educational credential assessment (ECA) for Express Entry: How to get one
Learn about educational credential assessment and designated assessors
Learn about educational credential assessment and designated assessors
OTHER RESOURCES
Employment Links - Flin Flon LINK (PDF)
Assist clients to obtain criminal reference checks, drivers education, WHIMIS and I.D.
Assist clients to obtain criminal reference checks, drivers education, WHIMIS and I.D.
Employability Skills 2000+
Identifies the skills required to enter, stay and progress in the world of work.
Identifies the skills required to enter, stay and progress in the world of work.