Career Skills

This guide highlights available resources for JIBC job hunters. Students who wish to seek career advice should book an appointment with Ashna Kumar, our International Student Services Coordinator.

There are a number of community resources that provide job-hunting and career advice.  These are located throughout British Columbia and across Canada.

Public Libraries

Public libraries often provide workshops on job hunting; and, also have specialized collections related to résumé-writing, interview skills, and career advice. For example:

• Vancouver Public Library's Career and Job Search page
• Burnaby Public Library's Job Search and Careers page
• New Westminster Public Library's Community Resources page

 Find a BC public library near you and ask them what they offer!

WorkBC

WorkBC offers support in employment services and work supports, such as writing a résumé or preparing for an interview. 

WorkBC is located in many different regions of British Columbia.  Check with your local WorkBC Centre to see what services they offer.

You can also check out their Job Application Tips for hints on how to:

• write a résumé
• create a cover letter
• prepare for job interviews
• use social media in your job search

Government of Canada Job Bank

The Job Bank offers free tools and resources that help people find a job, choose a career, and, explore the job market.

Sign-up to the Job Bank to access the Résumé-Builder

• Alberta Job Search - Regional, municipal, industry and employer postings to employment agencies and student job banks.

• Alberta Public Service Jobs - Find information on job opportunities, the hiring process and what the Alberta Public Service offers as an employer.

• BC Government Job Postings - BC Public Service careers.

• BCJobs.ca - General BC job postings site with list of recruitment agencies.

• CareerJet.ca - Search engine for new Canadian and International jobs.

• CharityVillage.com - Jobs in the non-profit sector.

• Craigslist Vancouver - Jobs

• Eluta.ca - Search engine for new jobs in Canada.

• Federal Government - Jobs

• GoodWork Canada - Jobs in the areas of peace, sustainability, ecology.

• Indeed.ca - Canadian job postings from newspapers, company sites, associations, etc.

• Indeed.com - "One search. all jobs". U.S. job postings retrieved from newspapers, company sites, associations, etc.

• Job Bank - Job listings by employers across Canada from HRDC.

• Jooble Canada - Vertical job search engine for jobs across Canada. Searchable by location and/or job.

• LinkedIn - LinkedIn is a powerful platform for professional networking and job searching.

• Monster.ca - Career Management Portals

• Neuvoo.ca - General job search aggregator website, browsable and searchable by city, province, sector, position type and keyword

• Ontario Government Jobs 

• SimplyHired.ca

• University of Toronto. Job Boards - List of generic job boards.

• Vancouver Job Postings - Canadian-Universities.net, useful links to company job postings.

• Workopolis - Job opportunities in Canada.

• WowJobs - Job opportunities in Canada. The site aggregates jobs from over 6000 job boards.

• ZipRecruiter - Highly customized search engine for both job seekers and employers.

*This list is adopted from UBC's Business Career Research page.

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