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Career Development
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Grade 12 Career Development: Life/Work Transitioning
Unit 1: Personal Management
1.A.2 Personal Profile of Interests, Skills, and Values
1.A.3 Protective Factors of Personal Resiliency
1.A.4 Life Principles for Success
Stephen R. Covey
- Stephen R. Covey
- Businessballs.com, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Seven Aboriginal Teachings
- The Turtle Lodge
- The Sharing Circle, The Seven Sacred Teachings
- The Grand Council of Treaty #3
- MFL Occupational Health Centre, Spirit Tool Kit
1.B.1 Effective Personal Management Skills
Mind Tools (for problem solving, stress management, time management, etc.)
1.C.1 Adapting to Change and Stress
Canadian Mental Health Association, Stress
1.C.2 FISH! Philosophy™ System as a Management Strategy
Unit 2: Career Exploration
2.D.1 Identifying Resources for Occupational Information - Realities and Requirements of Occupations
Manitoba Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Labour Market Information (LMI) and Labour Mobility
Government of Canada, Job Bank
Community and Technical Colleges in Canada
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, “Adult Learning and Literacy”
Government of Canada, Job Bank
CareerPerfect.com, Quick Work Preference Inventory
2.E.1 Society’s Impact on Labour Market Trends
2.E.2 Factors Having an Impact on the Labour Market
Economic Analysis and Statistics, Economic Research
2.E.3 The Importance of Work
Jobhood.org, The Job Center: Knowing It’s Important
2.F.1 Balancing Life/Work Roles
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), “Work/Life Balance”
Statistics Canada, “Study: Workaholics and Time Perception”
2.G.1 Eliminating Gender Bias and Stereotyping
Canadian International Development Agency, Gender Equality Policy and Tools 
Examining Stereotypes through Self-Awareness
2.G.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Traditional and Non-traditional Occupations
Quintessential Careers, “Non-Traditional Career Paths for Men and Women”
Unit 3: Learning and Planning
3.H.1 Learning Strategies for Improving Academic Skills
Learning style inventories are available on websites such as the following:
University of Utah School of Medicine, Barsch Learning Style Inventory
Valencia College, Barsch Learning Style Inventory
3.H.2 Positive Attitudes for Life/Work Success
Janet R. Elgass, “A Good Attitude is an Asset in Personal, Professional Life”
3.H.3 The Value of Lifelong Learning
Jidaw Systems Limited, “Don’t Become a Dinosaur”
Canadian Council on Learning, Measuring Canada’s progress in lifelong learning”
3.H.4 Planning Long-Term and Short-Term Educational/Training Goals
Mind Tools, Personal Goal Setting
Top Achievement, Goal Setting: Powerful Written Goals in 7 Easy Steps
3.I.1 Impact of Personal Decisions on Self and Others
Free Management Library, Problem Solving and Decision Making
3.I.2 Financial Planning for Personal Career Goals
Manitoba Workforce Development, Manage Your Apprenticeship
Money and Youth: A Guide to Financial Literacy
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, “Manitoba Student Aid (MSA)”
Unit 4: Job Seeking and Job Maintenance
4.K.1 Essential Skills
Government of Canada, Guide to Essential Skills Profiles
Canadian Career Development Foundation, Downloadable Resources
4.K.1 Employability Skills
The Conference Board of Canada, Education and Learning (includes link to Employability Skills 2000+)
4.K.3 Personal Marketing Documentation
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Creative Job Search
Careers OnLine, Job Seeker’s Workshop, “Job Search: Using the Internet in Your Job Search”
4.K.4 Interview Skills
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Creative Job Search: The Job Interview
The Balance: Career Planning, “The Job Interview”
Quintessential Careers, Free Sample Behavioral Interview Questions for Job Seekers
Ann Bezbatchenko, “College Admission Interviews: Putting You with Your Name”
4.K.5 Volunteering as a Strategy for Job Search and Personal Development
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, “MB4Youth”
4.K.6 Understanding Employment Standards for Manitobans
Manitoba, The Employment Standards Code
Government of Canada, Canada Business Network, “Employees”
Manitoba Labour and Immigration, A Quick Guide To Employment Standards
4.K.7 The Labour Movement in Manitoba
Winnipeg General Strike
- Historica Foundation of Canada, The Canadian Encyclopedia, “Winnipeg General Strike”
- ThoughtCo., Winnipeg General Strike 1919
4.K.8 Student Workplace Safety and Health
Safe Workers of Tommorrow, Student Resource Book
Safe Workers of Tommorrow, Teacher Information
Unit 5: Career and Community Experiences
5.D.2 Duties and Responsibilities for Community Placement
5.D.3 Community Placement Interview
5.D.4 Revisions to Transition Plans and Career Portfolios
Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, A Self-Managed Career Portfolio Guide
UVic Co-operative Education Program & Career Services, Portfolios
