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Assessing you : the first step in career planning

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A self-assessment workbook to help you learn about the skills and assets you have that will help you adapt in today's world of work. Read about the skills employers are looking for and work on... More ≫

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A self-assessment workbook to help you learn about the skills and assets you have that will help you adapt in today's world of work. Read about the skills employers are looking for and work on exercises that will help identify your own strengths. Includes suggestions for keeping track of your skills and ideas for repackaging your career assets to suit your current needs. By the end of the book you will have developed a summary of personal assets that will help you with future career choices.

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Workability : what you need to get & keep a job

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Workability: What You Need to Get and Keep a Job is the revised version of Workability Handbook. This workbook will help your clients who are looking for work or having trouble maintaining... More ≫

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Workability: What You Need to Get and Keep a Job is the revised version of Workability Handbook. This workbook will help your clients who are looking for work or having trouble maintaining employment. This updated and expanded workbook includes additional workability attitudes and skills needed in today's workplace, as well as a definition, checklist and personal story for each attitude or skill. Workability also provides step-by-step instructions to help your clients discover or improve their workability attitudes and skills.

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A foreign qualification recognition plan for Alberta : progress report

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The past several years have marked some exciting milestones for our province. Read about the progress made in assessing and recognizing foreign-earned qualifications to help newcomers work in... More ≫

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The past several years have marked some exciting milestones for our province. Read about the progress made in assessing and recognizing foreign-earned qualifications to help newcomers work in their field of education and experience.

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Alberta works : employment and training services, income support, child support services, health benefits for expected to work and barriers to full employment clients : your guide

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This is a guide to the Alberta Works Income Support Program for Expected to Work (ETW) and Barriers to Full Employment (BFE) clients.

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Impact of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program on the labour market in Alberta

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In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) participating in Alberta's labour market. This is a trend largely related to the strong... More ≫

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In recent years there has been a significant increase in the number of Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) participating in Alberta's labour market. This is a trend largely related to the strong performance of Alberta's economy. Until 2006, less than one per cent of the province's total labour force was TFWs. However, with the federal changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program in 2007 and Alberta's growing economy at the time, the province saw a significant spike in the number of TFWs in the province to a high of almost 58,000 in 2008. In 2010, Teresa Woo-Paw, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Employment and Immigration, was mandated to carry out a series of public consultations to identify where the TFW Program fits in Alberta's labour force planning, what role TFWs fill in Alberta's labour market and how to ensure the program is best serving the needs of Albertans. Over an eleven-week period, 14 consultation sessions were held in 12 different communities across...

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Alberta short-term employment forecast tool

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STEF tool objectives are: To develop evidence-based methodology to produce a tool to support short-term planning and development of program strategies for Alberta Employment and Immigration... More ≫

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STEF tool objectives are: To develop evidence-based methodology to produce a tool to support short-term planning and development of program strategies for Alberta Employment and Immigration (E&I), the Government of Alberta, and the public. To identify potential imbalances in the labour market in the near future, and allow decision makers to take action to prevent or ease those imbalances. To ensure consistency in data utilization and interpretation within E&I.

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Looking for a job

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This publication is for adults who are improving their english reading skills. It provides easy examples of how to look for a job in Alberta.

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Job profiles [2011]

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A compilation of job profile information written in an easy-reading fashion. You can find out about 24 jobs : - what a person does in the job. - a story about someone who does this kind of work. -... More ≫

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A compilation of job profile information written in an easy-reading fashion. You can find out about 24 jobs : - what a person does in the job. - a story about someone who does this kind of work. - what needed to do the job. - how much an employee can make per hour. - Also learn about other jobs like these. Job profiles: baker, kitchen, helper, carpenter, labourer, cook, landscape, gardener, counter, person, meat, cutter, day care worker, pet groomer, dry cleaning person, production worker, floor covering installer, roofer, furniture mover, salesperson, health care aide, security guard, heavy equipment operator, server, housekeeping attendant, shelf stocker, janitor, truck driver

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Making sense of labour market information

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If you're not sure what labour market information is, why you need it or where to find it, then this book is for you. It provides examples of how to use labour market information when making... More ≫

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If you're not sure what labour market information is, why you need it or where to find it, then this book is for you. It provides examples of how to use labour market information when making career, learning or employment decisions.

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What works : career-building strategies for people from diverse groups : a counsellor resource

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What Works is a career resource with client-focused, strength-based approaches for those who counsel or work with diverse groups. Statistics, terminology, history and legislation related to the... More ≫

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What Works is a career resource with client-focused, strength-based approaches for those who counsel or work with diverse groups. Statistics, terminology, history and legislation related to the specific groups are also included. An endnote section with links to online references is also in each chapter.

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