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Resources

National

• Youth Employment Strategy (YES) - The Government of Canada's YES helps young people, particularly those facing barriers to employment, get the information and gain the skills, work experience and abilities they need to be successful in the workplace.
  • Summer Work Experience Program
  • Career Focus Program
  • Skills Link Program

• Aboriginal HR Development Strategy (Youth Initiatives) - If you're wondering where to find a job or how to upgrade your skills, the Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS) may be your answer!
• Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council- Canada's leading innovators in Aboriginal recruitment, retention and advancement. Building solutions and partnerships that create employment opportunities, inclusive workplaces for Aboriginal people and a skilled workforce for employers.
• Aboriginal Canada Portal (Youth) - Your comprehensive window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, including education and employment information, and government programs and services.
• First Nations and Inuit Youth Work Experience Program
• First Nations and Inuit Student Summer Employment Opportunities
• First Nations and Inuit Career Promotion and Awareness Program
• Foreign Affairs Canada (Youth) - A chance for youth to showcase Canadian talent, share our Canadian values and way of life abroad, with the rest of the world.
• Canadian Heritage - Young Canada Works (YCW) - This program offers students and young graduates the chance to put their skills to the test, build career equity, earn money for their education or get started on the right career path.
• Parks Canada - Young Canada Works (YCW) - YCW in National Parks and National Historic Sites offers secondary and post-secondary students summer employment in the dynamic environment of Canada's National Parks and National Historic Sites.
• Youth.gc.ca - The source of information about programs and services available to youth at the community level and beyond.
• Youth Link - Youth Link provides information on close to 200 programs, services and resources designed to broaden your horizons and point your career in the right direction.
• Service Canada Centres for Youth (SCCY) - These offices provide job posting services to recipients and employers and offer services to youth to help them prepare their entry into the labour market, from May to August each year.

Provincial/Territorial

Alberta

• Youth Connections - For young Albertans, aged 16 to 24, who are unemployed or under-employed, have left school early or have not continued on to post-secondary education; and youth who are still in school but need help to prepare for a career.

Manitoba

• Youth Employment
• MB4 Youth

New Brunswick

• Department of Family and Community Services - Youth
• On The Move - A Canada/New Brunswick guide to youth employment and career development programs including information on summer employment, student financial aid, volunteer programs, and more.

Nova Scotia

• Government of Nova Scotia Youth Secretariat

Quebec

• Ministry of Youth

Saskatchewan

• Sask Youth.net - It's your future. Where are you going? It's up to you to find a direction. Before you can do that, you need to understand what kind of careers exist out there, what it takes to get there and how to make the move from school to work.
• Student Employment Experience (SEE) - Student Employment Experience is a year-round program designed to connect students to career-quality part-time and full-time employment.
• Youth Friendly Workplace
  The Youth Friendly Workplace Designation program will promote workplace opportunities and help engage young people in the workplace in Saskatchewan. The program will help to connect the designated workplaces looking for employees with the young people of the province looking for employment.

Career/Job

• Career Edge (Graduates) - Career Edge works with employers, prospective interns, career centres and community agencies to provide graduates with career-launching internships.
• YOUTHink - WORKink's section for youth. In this section, you'll find a whole host of information about finding a job, writing a resume and succeeding at that all-important interview.

Aboriginal Careers Website

 www.aboriginalcareers.ca

"Powered by Aboriginal Link, this highly specialized employment portal is fully-dedicated to assisting Aboriginal Job Seekers in researching and acquiring opportunities to develop their careers."

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