BC WorkInfoNET Youth Site
http://workinfonet.bc.ca/youth
The Youth Site is a great source of online information on careers, work and life in general for BC and Yukon youth between the ages of 15 and 29. The site is driven by the Youth Advisory Network (YAN), a group of over 300 youth who submit original writing, artwork and design ideas, creating a Web site they can call their own. Site features include the Mind Gallery, an online magazine where youth can express themselves through words, photos or art, a Job Tool section filled with job hunting resources, an employer's section, a calendar of events, a directory of youth servicing agencies across BC and much, much more.
Career Paths
http://www.careerpathsonline.com
Career Paths is a dynamic newspaper and Web site for BC/Yukon youth to get the latest info on career/life planning and today's world of work. Every issue of Career Paths includes self-assessment quizzes, in-depth articles about the workplace, information from employers and what they need from young workers, profiles of over 120 occupations in BC and interviews with real youth, just like you! The Career Paths Web site has celebrity profiles, mini-movies for site articles and many interactive features.
Facilitator's Guide
http://www.careerpathsonline.com/facguide/2002/
The Career Paths Facilitator's Guide is a teaching tool that helps career practitioners and educators to integrate Career Paths into their learning environment. The guide provides activities and discussion topics for each article in the Career Paths newspaper and Web site and offers ideas to help youth personalize the concepts, information and ideas found in Career Paths. The guide includes a learning outcomes grid corresponding to BC's secondary school Career And Personal Planning curriculum. Guide content was written by the Career Education Society (http://www.ces.bc.ca/)
Motiv8
http://www.motiv8.com
Motiv8: the School-to-Work Transition Web zine supports youth who need accurate and relevant information when making life's difficult decisions. Dedicated to providing real life solutions, Motiv8 uses creative, innovative articles and quizzes to explore school, work and personal issues and empower youth to develop their skills and abilities. Motiv8 offers you information and inspiration through its eight guiding principles: letting you Dream, setting Goals, taking Action, using Innovation, developing Skills and abilities, making tough Choices, gaining new Knowledge and being Flexible as you face life's challenges.
REALM
http://realm.net
REALM: Creating Work You Want is Canada’s national Web zine about life and work in your twenties. Created by, for and about Canadians aged 19 to 29, REALM.net explores career opportunities and work trends with a focus on practical tools needed to navigate today’s job market realities. Published in English [http://realm.net] and French [http://spheremag.net], the Web zine provides information and inspiration to help readers develop meaningful career plans and make informed work/life decisions. Profiles of young Canadians in every province and territory who are working in varied sectors, starting businesses and discovering their place in the world of work add personality to REALM’s Web pages and make it vibrant, irreverent and representative of the culture, interests and diversity of twentysomething Canadians.
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