BC Centre for Employment Excellence
Increasing globalization, rapidly-changing technology and an aging baby boomer generation are all contributing to a growing skills shortage in British Columbia and elsewhere. Post-secondary education must to a large extent address this gap in providing skilled workers to meet employers’ … Continue reading
Students generally choose a post-secondary education program based on interest, program availability and cost, and prospective employment, earnings, and job outcomes. Another potential education outcome would be the skill requirements of jobs in the chose field, as they are good … Continue reading
This article by Paula Arriagada and Darcy Hango of Statistics Canada, examines the essential literacy and numeracy skills of off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults and the relationship between their skill level in these domains, education and employment outcomes. While … Continue reading
Since 2005, the BC Ministry of Advanced Education and BCStats have been conducting a province-wide annual survey of former apprenticeship students in British Columbia along with graduates of other post-secondary programs, which are delivered through 19 BC public post-secondary institutions … Continue reading
This study focusses on the young people in in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) of Ontario. It examined an action plan called Escalator: Jobs for Youth Facing Barriers that was established through a partnership between Government of Ontario … Continue reading
Strengthening Rural Canada is a comprehensive study of the challenges and opportunities facing Canada’s rural communities. Using the most recent Census and National Household Survey data, the initiative examines existing social and human capital dimensions in rural areas and how these factors will impact rural growth. Continue reading
This study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy reviews the landscape of formal adult learning in Canada. The authors examine the population of adult learners who might benefit from additional education or training and provide an analysis … Continue reading
This comprehensive inventory of essential skills initiatives aimed at First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples was developed through a collaboration between the Canadian Career Development Foundation, Employment and Social Development Canada’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, the Assembly of … Continue reading
This paper from the United Kingdom explores the benefits to employers from hiring youth and provides several concrete recommendations for employing young staff. While some businesses don’t see the business case for employing young people, the article points out a … Continue reading
This study is focused on how professionals providing absence and disability management services and their organizations are responding to the aging workforce. It outlines some of the leading practices and challenges the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) has observed for … Continue reading
This document on youth unemployment (and underemployment) coincides with a policy paper series sponsored by Canada2020. Career development practitioners will find it useful as it brings together existing evidence to better understand some of the challenges facing young Canadians in … Continue reading
This report takes a comprehensive look at the business case for employing people with disabilities and details the steps companies can take to change their hiring practices to promote a more inclusive workforce. The report’s key objectives are to raise … Continue reading
This short article is a personal reflection of one practitioner’s journey in the field of career development. Based on the knowledge and experiences gained during her career counsellor internship at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA, Maureen Nelson … Continue reading
Skills Canada is a website to encourage and support a coordinated Canadian approach to promoting skilled trades and technologies among youth. Career development practitioners can utilize this website to assist their young clients in developing their essential skills, which include numeracy, … Continue reading
Designed to help employers hire employees based on essential skills. Employers can utilize this guide to determine their essential skills needs and work through activities to learn more about the three essential skills tools that would help them in the hiring process. Continue reading
Employers can learn about the importance of essential skills such as reading text, document use, and numeracy in construction trades, and make use of the list of assessment tools in the guide to test the essential skill levels of apprentices. Continue reading
Provides employers with literacy and essential skills program development information. The guide gives instructions on implementing effective literacy and essential skills programs in the workplace, makes a strong business case for improving essential skills of employees, and highlights a number of success stories. Continue reading
Designed to help apprentices in their training and in the workplace by illustrating essential skills that are required to work in trades occupations. Continue reading
Reinforces essential skills and soft skills that are pertinent for employers and employees to succeed at work. The guide includes online links to twelve training videos and synopsis of essential and soft skills that have been identified through surveys and interviews with small businesses. Continue reading
Offers advice to employers on tapping into Aboriginal and immigrant population for talent, taking advantage of internship, co-op, and apprenticeship programs, and providing essential skills training for employees. Continue reading
Provides career practitioners with assessment tools and training materials. Career practitioners can use the tools and training materials to develop training programs based on the essential skills strengths and weaknesses of their clients while employers can use the resources to provide essential skills training for their employees at work. Continue reading
Provides career practitioners and employers with useful tools and resources they can utilize to help job seekers and workers. In addition to assessment tools, descriptions of different essential skills and occupations are available on the website.
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Provides employers with strategies to delivering assessment tools and step-by-step tips on implementing essential skills training programs in the workplace. This tool is useful for employers in the trades industry interested in hiring apprentices. Continue reading
Provides tools that help career practitioners and employers learn more about the importance of essential skills at workplace and assist job seekers in applying essential skills at work. Various tools are available for increasing awareness of essential skills, assessing essential skills, and for developing training. Continue reading
An assessment tool that is designed to assess the on-the-job learning at workplace based on essential skills and other measures such as workplace culture and accomodation to diversity and culture. The tool includes rubrics for each skill measured for both employers and career practitioners to use. Continue reading
Uses essential skills such as communication and workplace culture to assess workplace learning at companies and organizations. The tool provides companies and organizations with information on their needs, strengths and learning gaps in workplace learning. Continue reading
A skills assessment tool that is designed to help people interested in the trades develop essential skills that are pertinent to have a successful career in trades. Outlines of essential skills used in specific trades occupations and different assessments available for each trade make it easy for individuals to focus and see how essential skills can be applied to specific trades. Continue reading
