Click on the links below to find activities to start Career Conversations.
Tuesday
JABC – Career Panellist Chat for Teens & Parents
- Time: 6:00 – 7:00pm
CONSTRUCTION CAREERS: What Every Parent Should Know
- Time: 5:45 – 7:00pm
- Join the Canadian Home Builders Association and SkilledTradesBC to learn about the ins and outs of construction careers so you can support your child’s future success in the industry.
Wednesday
Education and Career Fair – Vancouver (In-person)
- Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm
- Location: Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)
- An opportunity to connect with representatives from universities, colleges, skilled trades institutions, and employers.
JABC – A Day in my Job! An Elementary Career Chat
- Note: This session is geared towards elementary students, but parents may find the format useful.
- Time: 11:00 – 11:45am
Exploration into Green Jobs – Forestry and Environmental Careers
- Time: 10:30am
- Hear from local BC forest and environmental professionals about their career pathways! Presented by Project Learning Tree, BC Council of Forest Industries, and SD83 Career Programs.
EducationPlannerBC – Parents as Education & Career Coaches (Virtual Presentation)
- Time: 6:30 – 7:45pm
- EducationPlannerBC invites parents and supporters to a virtual presentation designed to equip you with the skills to coach your student through education and career planning.
Thursday
Okanagan Valley College of Massage Therapy – Panel Presentation
- Time: 10:30 – 11:45am
- Students, Join us in the Career Centre for a Watch Party for this presentation!
- A presentation hosted by George Richard, K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw School District No. 83, for students and/or teachers & classes.
General Resources for Parents & Students
In addition to these events, here are ongoing resources to support your child’s career exploration:
- Career Trek; This site has over 125 short videos giving you a quick snapshot of different careers available in BC.
- Career Compass with over 500 Career Profiles
- Career Search Tool lets users search careers of interest using eight filter categories: Region, Education, Occupational interest, Industry, Occupational category, Part-time/Full-time, Salary, and Keyword(s).
- Career Transition Tool uses information about education, experience, skills and experience to identify occupations that users could move to relatively easily from their existing occupation.
- High Opportunity Occupations – Find occupations in B.C. that are expected to offer the best opportunities over the next 10 years
- Good Jobs for Today & Tomorrow (PDF) – Read the guide that shows you how to use the information in the Labour Market Outlook to help make career decisions.
- Labour Market Information Council – Discover more details on the forecasting methodology.
- B.C. Data Catalogue – Find the forecast data.
- Check out the new Career Search tool- see if there is a demand, the average pay, and so much more!