Career Cruising - "includes in-depth profiles of hundreds of different careers, detailed information on colleges and universities" and "multimedia interviews with real people in every career."  Ask library staff for login name and password.

Alberta Learning Information Service - "The ALIS website is mandated to provide information to help Albertans with career planning, post-secondary education and training, educational funding, job searching, labour market trends, and workplace help." Scholarship Connections - A database created by Advanced Education to help students find scholarships, bursaries and awards that support their learning. This is a searchable list of more than 300 scholarships provided by a variety of organizations. You can search by keyword, category or deadline for scholarships in areas ranging from leadership to athletics to the arts. How to do a cover letter

Alberta Occupational Profile Information - This ALIS site provides information on a wide variety of occupations.

JobFutures.ca - Government of Canada site on occupations, job searches and career decision making.

Career Directions Web Site - This site is from Canada Career Consortium. Career Directions gives information about 186 occupations. You can search by occupation or by field of work.

Exploring Occupations: Getting You Started on Your Career Path - Created by University of Manitoba.

Youth.gc.ca: Jobs - This Government of Canada resource has areas of self-assessment, job search techniques, job opportunities, self-employment, etc. "Looking for a Job" includes interactive surveys: sections include Know Your Interests and Skills, What Employers are Looking for, Plan your Career - So What's Out There, Prepare your Marketing Tools to Help Sell Yourself, and Other Stuff you Should Know.

Job Web - Career Choices - General information, inventories, great  links.

Career Exploration Links - The University of Berkley. Specific career profiles; American.

Career Voyages - "Career Voyages helps young people learn about the high growth industries where many opportunities await them, and employers find the skilled workers they need to keep our country strong and competitive." American, but has some excellent information and tools such as a resume tutorial, skills and interests profilers, and much more.

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