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Employment-related Links
Government Sites:
- National Job Bank
- Public Service Commission of Canada
- CIDA: Canadian International Development Agency
- Ontario – Public Service Careers: Ontario Provincial Government Jobs
- Ontario – Municipal Jobs
Newspapers:
- York Region Media Group
- Metroland Newspapers
- workopolis.com: Toronto Star and the Globe & Mail On-line Classified
Jobs for Specific Sectors
- Construction Jobs Directory
- Greater Toronto Jobs: GTA Jobs, Job Fairs and Employment Resources
- CareerJet: US jobs
Other:
- JobGurus – Hundreds of thousands of jobs from thousands of employer and career sites across Canada
- JobBoom – Top online recruiter in Quebec
- College Grad – #1 Entry level job site
- adzuna.ca – Every job. Everywhere.
- www.TorontoJobs.com – We are Toronto’s website to find the best jobs in the Greater Toronto Area.
- Jobhero – great career-related information and resume samples
- Neuvoo.ca: a Canadian job search engine with over 160,000 jobs indexed across Canada.
- Fairy Lake Jobs: A search engine enabling job seekers to search through job openings in York Region advertised across 100s of web sites.
- VicinityJobs.com: A Canadian network of community-centric Internet search engines for jobs
- Canada Job Directory: Jobs directory for Canadians.
- indeed.ca: One search. All jobs.
- WowJobs.ca: Search over 100,000 jobs from thousands of employment and career sites in Canada.
- CareerJet.ca: Job search engine for Canada
- West End Jobs: Jobs covering Brampton, Mississauga, Oakville and Etobicoke
- The Monster Board
- CareerMosaic
- EmploymentGuide.com: the nation’s leading job board for hourly, skilled, full-time/part-time jobs, internships and summer jobs.
- Eluta Canada: The search engine for new jobs in Canada.
- JobCanada.org
- Charity Village
- Career Exposure
- Job Postings Canada
- Mazemaster
- Toronto Job Shop
- Ajilon
- Canada Jobs
- Canjobs
- CareerSite
- www.positionwatch.com
- http://www.ibrain.org: Have access to all the information of the internet at your fingertips with iBrain.
On-line resume posting
Skills & Tools for Your Job Search
- apprenticesearch.com: the best place to search on-line for apprenticeship opportunities and information about the skilled trades.
- Bridges: Career / School Directions
- CanLearn
- School Finder: 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.
- 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
- Yconic: a FREE scholarship search service.
- Workopolis Campus
Ontario Colleges & Universities:
- Association of Colleges & Universities of Canada
- Ontario College Application Service
- Ontario Universities Application Centre
- Carleton University
- Conestoga College
- George Brown
- Georgian College
- Humber College
- McMaster University
- Mohawk College
- Ontario College of Art and Design
- Queen’s University
- Ryerson University
- Seneca College
- Sheridan College
- Trent University
- University of Guelph
- University of Ottawa
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- Wildfred Laurier University
- York University
Private Trainers:
- Volunteer York Region – eCOMMUNITY, REAL COMMUNITY
- TalentEgg
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Helpmate Information Centre & Volunteer Bureau
- Heart & Stroke Foundation
- 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.
Government Sites
- Government of Canada
- Public Service Commission of Canada: Federal Government Jobs
- Government of Ontario
- Region of York: Official website with links to Regional Services (transportation, housing, community services, etc.)
- Strategis: Canada’s Business and Consumer site.
Job Banks
- Neuvoo.ca: a Canadian job search engine with over 160,000 jobs indexed across Canada.
- Damn Good Resume: Homepage of the best-selling book by Yana Parker.
- CanadaJobs
- CareerBuilder
- careerjet.ca: employment search engine
- Job Shark: provides a sophisticated internet recruiting service for employers and job seekers.
- mazemaster.on.ca: Canada’s One Stop Shop for Youth
- Monster.ca: the Canadian division of the leading global online network for careers. The site also features a “Career Centre”.
- Talent Egg
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- College Pro Painters: the largest student painting company in North America. Apply on-line!
- Career Owl
- Job Futures
- youth.gc.ca
Student Information
- York Region District School Board
- York Catholic District School Board
- York Transit
- Bridges: Career / School Directions
- CanLearn
- Career College
- 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: site with annotated collection of information about student financial
- Student Awards: a FREE scholarship search service.
- Workopolis Campus
Ontario Colleges & Universities:
- Association of Colleges & Universities of Canada
- Ontario College Application Service
- Ontario Universities Application Centre
- Carleton University
- Conestoga College
- George Brown
- Georgian College
- Humber College
- McMaster University
- Mohawk College
- Ontario College of Art and Design
- Queen’s University
- Ryerson University
- Seneca College
- Sheridan College
- Trent University
- University of Guelph
- University of Ottawa
- University of Toronto
- University of Waterloo
- University of Western Ontario
- Wildfred Laurier University
- York University
Career Exploration
- Wet Feet: Helping you make smarter career decisions.
- Career Edge: a national, not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to enhance youth employability.
- Mazemaster: The one-stop shop for youth employment.
- Futurpreneurs: 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 Training, Colleges and Universities site, provides information about apprenticeship opportunities in Ontario
- apprenticesearch.com: the best place to search on-line for apprenticeship opportunities and information about the skilled trades.
Volunteer-related Sites
- Job Skills’ Youth Volunteer Info Page
- Talent Egg
- 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.
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