Finding Career Information at CNC Library

General Information

• Best Jobs for the 21st century (REF HF 5381.15 .F37)
• Canada's best careers guide (REF HF 5382.5 .C3 F42)
• College majors and careers: a resource guide for effective life planning (REF HF 5382.5 .U5 P445)
• Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance (REF HF 5381 .E52)
• Labour crunch to 2021: national and provincial labour force projections (REF HD 5728 .S284) 
• The Top 100: the fastest-growing careers for the 21st century (REF HF 5382 .T59)

Finding Out What is Involved in a Particular Career

  check these reference sources

• Work futures, British Columbia (REF HF 5382.5 .C2 W67) or online at http://workfutures.bc.ca
• Working in Canada (formerly Job Futures Canada) (REF HD 5382.5 .C3 J62) or online at http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/content_pieces-eng.do?cid=1&lang=eng 
• Guide to British Columbia's Professional, Trade and Industry Associations (REF HD 2429 .C2 G85)
• Jobs, Workers, Training, Career Exploration: Canada, online at http://www.jobsetc.ca/  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S.) (REF HF 5381 .U62) or online at http://www.bls.gov/oco/  
• Career directions: occupations: university not required (REF HF 5382.5 .C3 C37)
• Quick prep careers: good jobs in 1 year or less (REF HF 5381.2 .P45)
• Occupational Descriptions: online at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career/descrip.html  
• Job Profiles: online at http://www.jobprofiles.org  
• What Can I do with a Major in?...: online at http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/ 
• Career Cruising: for CNC users, get login from Counselling or Library, online at  http://www2.careercruising.com/

 some career guidance items are found in their subject area, e.g.

• 101 Careers in gerontology (REF HQ 1064 .U5 G66)
• Career opportunities in health care (REF R 690 .F54)
• Career opportunities in the energy industry (REF TJ 163.2 .T3485)
• Computing, high-tech & telecomm. careers (REF HD 8039 .C37 C657)
• Health care careers and information handbook (REF RT 82 .H425) 
• Mental health and social work career directory (REF RA 790.75 .M46)
• The Student's Travel map: a guide to tourism careers, education and training (REF G 155.5 .S78)
• Trades and technical careers (REF LC 1047 .C3 T72)

  find circulating books in the library's online catalogue

Go to Library web page at http://www.cnc.bc.ca/library/  

click on catalogue button (Books, media in catalogue)

Example of catalogue search:

nursing and career$ = enter topic and the word career$ (add $ to get singular, plural, all word endings) or vocation$ or occupation$

  check pamphlets in Counselling Department

  check current career related journals in the library journal section

e.g. Canadian Nurse; e.g. Career World

  find journal articles in on-line journal indexes

Go to Library web page: http://www.cnc.bc.ca/library/  - click on Journals

Example of on-line index search:

e.g. Canadian Business/Current Affairs (CBCA) has full-text articles

In search box type: employment and trends

Sample citation:

Trades apprenticeships offer a fresh start. Leader Post S 25 '10 pg. H6

Tools to Help You Match Your 'Type"

 check these reference sources

• National Occupational Classification (REF HB 2619)
• Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes (REF HB 2595 .G67)

Job Postings

 check for ads in newspapers and journals

We subscribe to all CNC-region newspapers, as well as major national newspapers. Also check topic-specific journals, such as Canadian Nurse

 try these online sources

• Job Bank (HRDC) Canada-wide, updated every 2 hours - http://jb-ge.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/  
• Newspaper job ads: http://www.working.com
• BC Government Job Postings - http://www.employment.gov.bc.ca/ 
• Canadian Government Job Postings (Public Service Commission) - http://jobs.gc.ca  
• +Jobs Canada: job postings - http://www.canada.plusjobs.com/  
• Monster Board: Canadian job postings - http://jobsearch.monster.ca/  
• BC WorkApedia - http://www.workapedia.ca  Career and labour market info, employment trends, job openings
• Youth Resource Network of Canada - http://www.youth.gc.ca  
• Workopolis: search by city or province - http://www.workopolis.com/EN/Common/HomePage.aspx
• Many more job posting sites are listed on the CNC Library's Web Subject Sites-Careers page  

Where are Certain Programs/Courses Taught?

 check these reference sources

• College Canada directory (REF L 905 .C64)
• National guide to college/university programmes (REF LA 417.5 .C65)

or Online sources like:

• Education Planner BC (formerly Opening Doors) - http://www.educationplanner.ca/  - Click on Program Search
• CanLearn Interactive - http://canlearn.ca/  
• SchoolFinder.com - http://schoolfinder.com  

 check with the Counselling Department

 go to the library's College/University Calendar Collection to get current information about courses offered at each institution

 check course outlines

Print copies of current CNC course outlines are filed in binders in the Library (kept near the Calendars). Course outlines are also posted online, on the CNC website at http://www.cnc.bc.ca/  - select Programs from top menu bar and then click on "Course Outlines" in right menu to search the database and retrieve outlines.

Note: You can also visit other colleges and universities online... Go to the Library's  Web Search page, click on a search engine such as Google and type the name of a particular college or university in the search box.

What Is Involved In Studying Certain Disciplines?

 check in the REF L-LA section for books on studying at certain institutions

For example:

• Guide to professional programs in Canada (REF R 690 .F54)
• Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities (REF L 905 .M32)
• Western spectrum (REF LB 2351 .W48)