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GOVERNMENT SITES

Government of Canada
 Public Service Commission of Canada:  Federal Government Jobs
Human Resources & Skills Development Canada: Youth Employment Information-Helping you navigate your way in the working world.
 Government of Ontario
Youth Opportunities OntarioWe'll show you how you can find work or even start your own business.
 Region of York: Official website with links to Regional Services (transportation, housing, community services, etc.)
 National Graduate Registry
Strategis Canada’s Business and Consumer site.
 www.epi.ca: Job Placements for Eligible Youth

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JOB SEARCH HELP

Canada WorkinfoNET
 Electronic Labour Exchange: Where Employers and Workers Connect.
 Damn Good Resume: Homepage of the best-selling book by Yana Parker.
 CanadaJobs
 HeadHunter: With over 250,000 job postings representing more than 10,000 employers, Headhunter.net is one of the fastest growing job awareness site today.
 Career Web: is your one stop career center.
 IC Direct: Job listings across Canada
 Job Shark: provides a sophisticated internet recruiting service for employers and job seekers.
 netJobs: s offers you fast and easy job searching and resume posting.
 Monster.ca: the Canadian division of the leading global online network for careers. The site also features a "Career Centre".
 Workopolis: Take the right step in your next direction and find a job on workopolis.com. With over 25,000 jobs, expert advice and the most innovative tools, it is the best place to find your next job. All roads lead to workopolis.com
 Worksearch: Designed to help Canadians search for work on-line and develop effective work search strategies.
 Canada’s Job Bank: an electronic listing of jobs, work or business opportunities provided by employers from everywhere across Canada.
 Youth Opportunities Ontario: "We'll show you how you can find work or even start your own business".
 Students Guide: This is a job search meta-site for Canadian job and career sites. Each site listed here has been given a rating.
 Charity Village: This online service centre is dedicated to encouraging, supporting and servicing Canada's 200,000 charities and non-profit organziations.
  Net-Temps: A job posting employment resource. Post resumes, search jobs, and read valuable career info. Search temporary and full time jobs.
  SummerJobs.com: Summer and seasonal job opportunities and internships from over 1,000 international employers in camps, resorts, parks and businesses. Job and internship posting is free.
 Toronto.com: Toronto city guide; Jobs & Training category.
 College Pro Painters: the largest student painting company in North America. Apply on-line!
 Career Owl
 www.jobfutures.ca:  Job Futures
 MonsterTrak
 JobsEtc.
YorkYouth.ca: YorkYouth provides Youth Employment support and referral service for 15 - 30 year olds in southern York Region who are out of work and out of school.
 Young Canada Works
 www.infojob.net:Youth Info-Job
 Youth Opportunities Ontario
 youth.gc.ca

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COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES/STUDENT INFO

York Region District School Board
York Catholic District School Board
School Finder: SchoolFinder is Canada's premier education guide to universities, colleges and career colleges.
Scholarships Canada: Canada's first and largest scholarship database.
Grad Schools: Source of graduate school programs information.
Study Abroad: program information clearinghouse.
Ontario Student Loans: Information and downloadable Student Loan Applications.
myschool101: Find information on undergraduate and graduate universities and colleges, scholarships, careers and jobs.
Scholarships Canada: Free college scholarship search and financial aid resource.
The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid: award-winning site with annotated collection of information about student financial aid on the web.
Student Awards: Studentawards.com is a FREE scholarship search service.
 Campus Worklink

 
Ontario Colleges & Universities:

Academy of Learning
 Carleton University
 Conestoga College
 Fanshawe College
 George Brown-The City College
 Georgian College
 Humber College
 McMaster University
 Mohawk College
 Ontario College of Art and Design
 Queen’s University

Radio College of Canada
 Ryerson University
 Seneca College
 Trent University
 University of Guelph
 University of Ottawa
 University of Toronto
 University of Waterloo
 Wildfred Laurier University
 York University

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CAREER EXPLORATION

Wet Feet: Helping you make smarter career decisions.  
York Region Virtual Resource Centre: practical information regarding career planning, changing careers, and the successful transition from school to work.
Career Edge: a national, not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to enhance youth employability.
Mazemaster: The one-stop shop for youth employment.  
National Youth Site: Links to HRDC Youth Initiatives  
Career Planit: is devoted to helping college freshmen, sophomores, and juniors explore out-of-this-world careers and learn about employers who offer internship, cooperative education, and other experiential education opportunities.
Job Futures: Job Futures 2000 provides Canadians with the latest information available about the world of work.
Canadian Youth Business Foundation: the only national organization in Canada that enables young entrepreneurs to pursue their aspirations of building successful enterprises by providing business assistance not otherwise accessible to them.
Youth Employment Service - Toronto: "The Place to Go to Find Work"
Youth Apprenticeship: Ministry of Education and Ministry ofTraining, Colleges and Universities site, provides information about apprenticeship opportunities in Ontario

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VOLUNTEER-RELATED SITES

Job Skills' Youth Volunteer Info Page  
Volunteer Canada:the national voice for volunteerism in Canada.
Worldvision home of the 30-Hour Famine.
Charity Village Volunteer Opportunities: Searchable database of volunteer opportunities  
Daily Bread Food Bank: dedicated to eliminating hunger in and around Toronto.
Goodwill: When you donate goods and time, Goodwill is able to offer training and jobs.

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