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Career and Work Exploration

Note: This list of learning resources provides an update to the Career and Work Exploration 10, 20, 30A, 30B section of Practical and Applied Arts: A Bibliography (2003).

This section of the annual update is also available as a printable PDF version.

• The Art of Managing Your Career: A Guide for the Canadian Artist and the Self-Employed Cultural Worker
• The Canadian Job Directory: The Ultimate Guide to Canada's Hidden Job Market. 2004 ed.
• Choices Explorer
• Employability Skills Portfolio: Creating My Future. 3rd ed.
• A Good Deal for Saskatchewan
• It's Not What You Say: Mastering the Art of Communication
• Making a Good Impression: Resumes, Interviews & Appearance
• Say Magazine: Spirit of Aboriginal Youth
• See Your Choices, Choose Your Path
• Success... in Entering the Workplace: Essential Competencies for Career Transitions

The Art of Managing Your Career: A Guide for the Canadian Artist and the Self-Employed Cultural Worker (Print-Non-Fiction). Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC), 2002. 203 p. No order number is required. ($20.00 binder).

(CAN) This practical guide provides artists and cultural workers with valuable information on establishing career goals, promoting oneself, managing projects, keeping financial records, managing relations with legal advisors, and more. A chart of personal competencies and a CD-ROM about managing your career come with the package. The binder provides
a table of contents, an extensive list of references that includes organizations to contact and recommended websites.
Suggested Use: Job Search Skills
Other Use: Arts Education: Secondary Level
Initiative: Career Development

The Canadian Job Directory: The Ultimate Guide to Canada's Hidden Job Market. 2004 ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Sentor Media Inc. (UTP), 2004. 503 p. ISBN 1-896324-03-7 ($28.95 pbk.).

(CAN) It is estimated that over 80% of jobs are found through the hidden job market. Knowing how to access this potential pool of jobs can be frustrating, but this resource takes much of the guesswork out of the process. Following a general discussion about resumés, interviews, and job search strategies, the majority of the book focuses on individual firms and organizations. Each firm’s contact information is given along with a brief description of what it does. There is also a comprehensive listing of recruiters and Internet resources that can be useful during the job search. An index is included.
Suggested Use: Career Research; Job Search Skills; Teacher Reference
Other Use: Life Transitions 20/30
Initiative: Career Development

Choices Explorer (Website). Bridges Transitions Inc. (BDG), 2005. Available by subscription: http:://www.bridges.com/Explorer. [Checked for availability, 2005, July 26].
($513.00 for schools with 1001-1100 students and $363.00 for schools with 401-500 students). A complete list of the price ranges is available from the distributor.

Employability Skills Portfolio: Creating My Future. 3rd ed. (Print-Non-Fiction). Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation. Thomson Nelson (NEL), 2004. 30 p. ISBN 0-17-608683-8 ($3.50 pbk.).

(CAN) This guide to portfolio building is designed to encourage students to identify and organize their accomplishments in and out of school. The information is divided into three major categories: employability skills, creating a portfolio, and using a portfolio. Designed to be used as an independent student activity booklet, it can also be used as a model for other portfolio activities. Each of the activities has been coded to the Blueprint for Life/Work Designs.
Suggested Use: Employability Skills; Survey Course - Middle Level; Survey Course - Secondary Level
Other Use: Life Transitions 20/30
Initiative: Career Development

A Good Deal for Saskatchewan (Video). (Ready for Work Series). Saskatchewan Labour (MGR), 2001. 11 min. Dup. order no. V1238. Teacher's Guide - Order no. G1238 ($FREE booklet).

(SK) This video and guide are part of Saskatchewan Labour's Ready for Work resource series. Senior high teachers and post-secondary instructors who are preparing their students for the workforce will find this video resource informative and useful. Young people need to know their rights as well as their responsibilities for fair and equitable workplaces. This video resource examines The Labour Standards Act and the role it plays in helping to maintain and promote fair workplace practices in Saskatchewan. This act sets the minimum standards in Saskatchewan workplaces for overtime, work schedules, meal breaks, minimum wage, holiday pay, and terminating employees. It is important to young people as it defines the workplace practices under which many of them will work (or employ others) as they enter the workforce for the first time.
Suggested Use: Labour Standards
Other Use: All PAA Curricula
Initiative: Career Development

It's Not What You Say: Mastering the Art of Communication (Video). Kinetic Inc. (KIN), 2003. VHS - Order no. 6146/1280 ($399.95 set). DVD - Order no. 7880/1280 ($455.95 set).

Videos in this series include the following titles:

Mastering Basic Communication (26 min)
Mastering Goals (20 min)
Mastering the Interview (20 min)

Based on the book of the same title, this three-part video series provides a good overview to students who wish to improve their career development prospects. Each of the programs provides background information and uses scenarios to explore effective communication skills, the ins and outs of interviewing, and how to set and achieve realistic goals.
Suggested Use: Employability Skills; Job Search Skills
Other Use: English Language Arts 20
Initiative: Career Development

Making a Good Impression: Resumes, Interviews & Appearance (Video). Human Relations Media/HRM Video (MCI), 2003. 21 min. Order no. 600302-61 ($199.00).

This video does a very good job of providing tips on how to acquire jobs that students really want. Resumes, interviews, and the importance of proper dress are focused on as well as topics such as company research and dealing with co-workers.

The teacher’s guide provides several practical activities and fact sheets to reinforce the concepts in the video.
Suggested Use: Job Search Skills
Other Use: Career Guidance: Middle Level; Life Transitions 20/30
Initiative: Career Development

Say Magazine: Spirit of Aboriginal Youth (Periodical). Spirit of Youth Enterprises Inc. (SYE). Published 3 times a year - ISSN 1707-3045 ($42.95). Classroom kit - No order number is required. ($89.95).

(CAN) Published three times per year, this magazine celebrates the achievements of Aboriginal youth in all fields. The format is appealing to teenagers, and the articles focus on several areas where Aboriginal youth have excelled - such as sports, culture, entertainment, economic ventures, and social activism.
Suggested Use: Career Research; Employability Skills
Other Use: Entrepreneurship
Initiatives: Career Development; Indian, Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives

See Your Choices, Choose Your Path (Kit). Provincial Aboriginal Representative Workforce Council (PRV), n.d. No order number is required.

(SK) Put together by the Aboriginal Representative Workforce Council, this kit contains a wealth of career development information of interest to students. In addition to the inclusion of resources such as the Blueprint for Life/Work Designs, there are pamphlets and brochures from various provincial and federal agencies outlining educational opportunities, employability skills, entrepreneurship, and job search skills. The main focus of the kit is the teacher facilitator’s guide that provides lesson ideas related to several role model posters included with the kit. The activities were written to meet Saskatchewan Learning curriculum objectives from K to 12 in most subject areas.

Copies of this kit were distributed to band and community schools. The kit is not available for purchase, but schools may borrow a copy from the distributor.
Suggested Use: General
Other Use: All PAA Curricula; Canadian Studies
Initiatives: Career Development; Indian, Inuit, and Métis Content and Perspectives

Success... in Entering the Workplace: Essential Competencies for Career Transitions (Print-Non-Fiction). Moody, Mary and Standeven, Lisa. Concepts Inc. (COE), 1997. Order numbers follow.

Recommended titles in this series include the following:

(CAN) Divided into five modules, this resource examines job preparation, job maintenance, and personal safety. Planning and proactivity projects are also included. This comprehensive package is aimed at developing core career competencies. These competencies include the knowledge, skills, concepts, attitudes, and behaviours necessary to be successful in acquiring and maintaining a job. The modules have been designed in Alberta with the requirements of individuals with learning difficulties in mind. Teachers in Saskatchewan will be able to use portions of the resource to support certain aspects of the curriculum.

The first three modules were recommended and listed in the Career and Work Exploration section of the Practical and Applied Arts Bibliography in 2003.
Suggested Use: General
Other Use: Career Guidance: Middle Level

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