Labour Market Information for Career Decision Making

E. Where to Find More

Some Useful Practitioner Resources for
LMI and Career Decision making

Active Engagement. Norm Amundson. Order from Ergon Communications, 3260 Springford Ave., Richmond, British Columbia V7E 1T9. Fax: (604) 448-9025 or Canadian Career Development Foundation, 411 Roosevelt Ave., Suite 202, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3X9. 1 877 729-6164, E-mail: ccdffcac@istar.ca.

Includes a wide range of practical activities and suggestions for counsellor training and development.

Career Circuit.

An Online Database: including more than 2,800 resources http://www.vrcdatabase.com.

A CD-ROM-based "Virtual Resource Centre": with more than 300 resources focussed on answering common questions encountered by those who work with youth.

Quality Training: the most comprehensive and practical career development training for youth service providers available in Canada http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf2/.

An Active Network: a virtual community of thousands of "founding" members across Canada working together to be the youth service network http://www.thecircuit.org.

Career Directions. http://www.careerccc.org. Order text from: Canada Career Consortium, 280 Albert St., Suite 903, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5G8.
Labour market information on 186 occupations that don't need a university degree.

Career Intelligence. Barbara Moses, 1997 Toronto: Stoddart Publishing.
How to take charge of your life and manage yourself in the new work world.

COLLMI Search. Found on all workinfonet sites. http://www.workinfonet.ca.
Canadian Labour Market Information. Enter a term and search labour market information resources from partner sites across Canada.

Contact Point. http://www.contactpoint.ca.
Go to the Resource Centre and search in the category of Labour Market Information.

Counsellor Resource Centre. http://www.crccanada.org.
This site covers four primary search areas: Professional Growth, Helping Clients, Collaboration and Keeping Current. There is a list of conferences and workshops around the world and a newsletter.

Job Futures. http://jobfutures.ca/en/home.shtml. Order texts from: Youth Info Line 1 800 935-5555.
A COPS production of user-friendly labour market information for the public and practitioners interested in current and future outlooks for work in specific fields, and the linkages between education/training and the world of work. Overviews of trends and emerging occupations can also be found.

Labour Market Information System. http://lmi-imt.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca.
The Labour Market Information System provides general and detailed information on local labour markets across Canada. Select a province and then a geographical area to view LMI compiled by the local labour market analysts on occupational profiles, potential employers and industries.

Sector Studies. Human Resources Development Canada, Sector Studies Division, 112 Kent Street, Tower B (21st floor), Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0J9. Fax: (613) 957-2698. Request an order form. Summaries of all the reports on the Internet http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/hrp/sp/sp_index.shtml
Order on-line. All reports are available free of charge.

SkillNet.ca Today. http://prospects.skillnet.ca.
Webzine of daily articles on labour market happenings across Canada.

Understanding the Labour Market: a handbook for practitioners. 1997. Published by the Information Development and Marketing Branch of the Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development (ISBN 07732-06167).

Includes a description of labour market terms, explanation of trends and forecasting, overview of six major labour market trends all in plain English.

In Alberta order from: Learning Resources Distribution Centre, 12360-142 St., Edmonton, Alberta T5L 4X9. Fax: (780) 422-9750, http://www.alis.gov.ab.ca/careershop.

Outside Alberta: Canadian Career Development Foundation, 411 Roosevelt Ave., Suite 202, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3X9. Fax: (613) 729-3515, E-mail: ccdffcac@istar.ca, http://www.ccdf.ca.

What Works: Career Building Strategies for Special Needs Groups. Alberta Advanced Education and Career Development.

To order: Learning Resources Distributing Centre, 12360 - 142 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5L 4X9. Tel: (780) 422-9750, Fax: (780) 422-9750.

Outside Alberta: Canadian Career Development Foundation, 411 Roosevelt Ave., Suite 202, Ottawa, Ontario K2A 3X9. Fax: (613) 729-3515, E-mail: ccdffcac@istar.ca, http://www.ccdf.ca.

This resource guide focusses on information on employment issues, best practices and effective program strategies for career counsellors working with the special needs groups.

Work Destinations. http://www.workdestinations.org.
A guide to work and relocation in Canada for Canadians who want to practise their trade or profession in another province or territory. It provides occupation-specific information, local living conditions and social services and training and education opportunities.