Career exploration online resources
Below are some resources that can help with starting the career exploration process.
| Alberta Dual-Credit | Learn how to earn both high school and post-secondary credits for the same course. |
| Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) | Occupational profiles including working conditions and wages. Also, find short career video profiles. |
| ALIS High School Course Planner | To access this resource, your school board or district must have an account. Ask your teacher for more details. |
| ALIS Get to Know Yourself Tool | Get help identifying your interests, abilities, values and preferred working conditions. |
| Apprenticeship and Industry Training | There are more than 50 designated trades or occupations in Alberta. Explore which ones may be right for you. |
| Careers in Construction | An overview of new trends in trades, plus a section on how to talk to your parents about your career choice. |
| Career Cruising | Members of the Calgary Public Library, have free access to this tool. |
| Careers: The Next Generation | A unique, non-profit organization raising youth awareness of career options and helping students earn while they learn through paid worksite internships. |
| Career Trek (BC) | Short videos of featured careers in British Columbia. |
| Careers in Trades | Reasons to consider the trades from the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum-Forum Canadien sur l'apprentissage (CAF-FCA), an inclusive national body that brings together all players in apprenticeship training. |
| Government of Canada Services for Youth | Information and resources to help you learn more about different occupations and industries in Canada. |
| Red Seal Trades | Learn about the Red Seal program, the Canadian standard of excellence for skilled trades. |
| Registered Apprenticeship Program | RAP is an Alberta Education program that allows students to begin their apprenticeship training while in high school. |
| Skills Alberta | Skills Canada Alberta (SCA) is a not-for-profit provincial association which seeks to reposition trade and technical careers as a first choice option for youth in Alberta. The organization hosts and participates in local, regional, national and international skills competitions for youth in the trades. |
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The below resources may be helpful to you while exploring different career paths.