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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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Self-employment program : program guidelines

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The purpose of this guideline is to outline program requirements and eligibility criteria for interested participants and providers for the Self-Employment Program.

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Adult back to school planner

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This booklet is part of a planning series that includes Career Planner and Education and Training Planner. It is written at a lower literacy level. This booklet is written for adults who are... More ≫

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This booklet is part of a planning series that includes Career Planner and Education and Training Planner. It is written at a lower literacy level. This booklet is written for adults who are planning to go back to school. It will increase their personal management, learning and work exploration, and improve their ability to make life/work decisions. It will help them: Understand how returning to school may require them to make changes in other areas of their life; explore time management, problem-solving, stress management and balancing life and school; understand the importance of asking for help and ways to do it; consider the advantages and disadvantages of various training options that suit their needs; think about how personal decisions impact them and others; create a short-term action plan to prepare for their future; connect with further information and resources.

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Work and you book 2 : decide on a job

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This is the first of two Work and You Books in the Easy Reading Career Planning Series. The series is written at a grade 2 to 3 reading level. It helps adults with low literacy or English as... More ≫

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This is the first of two Work and You Books in the Easy Reading Career Planning Series. The series is written at a grade 2 to 3 reading level. It helps adults with low literacy or English as Second Language expand their knowledge of occupations and choose an occupational goal. In the Work and You Books, this occupational goal is described as the "best job". This was done to help readers clearly identify their top occupational choice (goal) from among a number of other satisfactory choices. Work and You Book 1: Make Some Job Choices - This workbook uses stories and exercises to help adults with low literacy choose an occupational (job) goal. They will do a brief self-assessment, learn about different jobs and create a list of 1 to 3 jobs to investigate. Work and You Book 2: Decide on a Job - In this workbook, adults with low literacy research and evaluate the short list of jobs they created in Work and You Book 1. In the end they will choose an occupational goal to pursue.

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Work and you : help for career advisors

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Work and You books encourage adults with low literacy skills to seek the support of a career advisor or tutor to help them with their career decision-making. Work and You Help for Career Advisors... More ≫

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Work and You books encourage adults with low literacy skills to seek the support of a career advisor or tutor to help them with their career decision-making. Work and You Help for Career Advisors is an online guide for career advisors and tutors to help and support clients. Each chapter in the guide: - outlines the objectives of each step, as well as related exercises and corresponding page numbers from the Work and You books; - provides notes for advisors and topics for discussion with clients; - provides optional activities to do with clients; - has links to readily available resources.

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Training for work : help for career advisors

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This accompanying guide to Easy Reading Training for Work is for career advisors and tutors who work with adults with low literacy skills. The guide includes objectives and strategies,... More ≫

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This accompanying guide to Easy Reading Training for Work is for career advisors and tutors who work with adults with low literacy skills. The guide includes objectives and strategies, supplemental activities and other resources to help advisors support clients in finding the right type of training that will help them succeed.

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Vous évaluer : la première étape dans la planification de carrière

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Ce manuel d’autoévaluation vous aidera à mieux reconnaitre les aptitudes et les compétences que vous possédez et qui vous permettront de bien vous adapter au marché du travail. Vous y lirez des... More ≫

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Ce manuel d’autoévaluation vous aidera à mieux reconnaitre les aptitudes et les compétences que vous possédez et qui vous permettront de bien vous adapter au marché du travail. Vous y lirez des articles sur les aptitudes recherchées par les employeurs et y ferez des exercices qui vous aideront à identifier vos propres forces. Le manuel suggère des façons de présenter vos aptitudes, en plus d’idées pour mettre en valeur vos compétences et répondre ainsi à vos besoins actuels en ce qui a trait à vos objectifs de carrière. Après avoir réalisé les exercices du manuel, vous bénéficierez d’un résumé de vos compétences qui vous aidera dans vos choix de carrière.

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Training for work : a workbook to help you find the training you need

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This work-related guide uses stories and exercises to help Albertans with low literacy skills get the training they need to succeed in the labour market. Easy Reading Training for Work contains... More ≫

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This work-related guide uses stories and exercises to help Albertans with low literacy skills get the training they need to succeed in the labour market. Easy Reading Training for Work contains information on alternatives to the traditional full-time classroom setting such as mentoring, volunteering, self-study, short-term courses and on-the-job training to help boost employability. This publication also explores different learning styles, advantages and disadvantages of various training options, and where to look for training opportunities.

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