Work in the New Economy

F. Where to Find More

Some Information Sources on Occupations and Industries

Associations, Unions, Institutions, Organizations. Have publications on trends, new skills needed, wages, guidelines and standards, reference names for information interviews.

Canada's Best Careers Guide. Frank Feather, Warwick Publishing, 1999.
Forecasts job growth in Canada over the next 10 years.

Career Centres. At community colleges, private colleges, universities, local community resource centres, such as YM/WCAs, libraries.

Career Directions. Canada Career Consortium. http://www.careerccc.org.
Close to 200 profiles of occupations that do not need a university education. The occupations are grouped into nine categories or fields of work. Available in hard copy and on the Internet.

Community Profiles. Human Resources Development Canada.
Information on living and working conditions in communities across Canada.

Employment in the Knowledge-based Economy: A Growth Accounting Exercise for Canada. Marie Lavoie and Richard Roy, Applied Research Branch Strategic Policy Human Resources Development Canada, R-98-8E, 1998.

A look at the current patterns of employment favouring the high-skilled worker and its evolution across industrial sectors. Occupational classification system based on information and non-information workers. Explanation of information economy versus knowledge-based economy.

Job Futures. Applied Research Department, HRDC. http://jobfutures.ca/en/home.shtml. Youth Info Line 1 800 935-5555.
Comprehensive, user-friendly occupational profiles for 211 occupational groups in Part 1, Outlooks by Occupations. Summary of outlooks by occupation in World of Work: Overview and Trends. Almost all regions produce their own version of Job Futures on their government labour market information sites (see Appendix B).

NOC, Career Handbook, and Guide. http://www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/.

Order Occupational Descriptions and Index of Titles from: Nelson Canada at 1 800 268-2222. Catalogue number: MP53-25-1993E (English) or F (French). $89.99 plus taxes and handling.

Order Career Handbook from: Public Works and Government Service at (819) 956-4800, Fax: (819) 994-1498. Catalogue number: MP53-25-5-1996E (English) or F (French). $89.95 plus taxes and handling.

Order NOC Guide from: HRDC's Public Enquiries Unit by Fax: (819) 953-7260. Catalogue number: LM-505-03-99. No charge. Or download from Web site.

Also available through bookstores.

Occupational Analysis Series. http://red-seal.ca/Site/trades/analist_e.htm.

Order from: Interprovincial Partnerships and Occupational Information Division Human Resources Partnerships, HRDC, 140 Place du Portage, Phase IV, 5th Floor, Hull, Quebec K1A 0J9.

These documents provide a detailed individual National Occupational Analysis (NOA) identifying and grouping tasks performed by skilled workers in 70 trades or occupations. An NOA for a Red Seal trade also identifies tasks performed according to the skills required in each province or territory.

The NOA standards: Are used to develop interprovincial Red Seal examinations and may be the basis for developing curricula in training institutions.

Sectoral and Occupational Studies. http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/hrp/sp/sp_index.shtml.
Summaries of human resources studies in emerging sectors. Reports include trends, occupations, and skills and training in the industry. See Appendix F for summary tables of some sector studies.

Strategis Business Information by Sector. http://strategis.ic.gc.ca.
From the main page choose Business Information by Sector for reports, articles, contacts in the industry. Authored by Industry Canada's Information Products Team.

Work Futures British Columbia Occupational Outlooks. http://workfutures.bc.ca.
Work Futures provides a comprehensive description of close to 200 occupations as they relate directly to the B.C. labour market. It is for learners, individuals interested in changing careers or re-entering the labour market, and for career practitioners. See Appendix B for a list of all regional/provincial Job Futures publications.