The Working in Canada Web site is a very useful career assessment tool and provides:

• Information on Canadian labour market to help you make decisions about where to live and work
• Direction on how to make career decisions and search planning for work
• Information on educational requirements, main duties, wage rates and salaries, current employment trends and outlooks of different jobs
• A report on your preferred job and location so you can make decisions that are right for you

The Tool also provides information from other Government of Canada websites:

1.  Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS)

• Projections of future labour supply and demand by skill level and by job
• Identifies jobs that are likely to face shortage or surplus of workers over a specific term

2.  CanLearn.ca

• Information to help individuals save, plan and pay for post secondary education and pursue future career opportunities

3. Essential Skills

• Outlines the skills needed for work, learning and life
• Enable people to evolve with their jobs and adapt to workplace change

4. Job Bank

• Largest Web-based network of job postings available to Canadians

5. Labour Market Information

• Includes job information such as educational requirements, main duties, wage rates, the availability of workers, current employment trends and outlook

6. National Occupational Classification (NOC)

• A source of occupational information in Canada
• Standardized framework for organizing the world of work in a coherent system
• Used in a number of major services and products throughout the private and public sectors

Adapted with References: Working in Canada