www.jobbank.gc.ca
Job Bank contains thousands of jobs across Canada sorted by province. Sift through all job opportunities by combining various search criteria, including date posted.

Jobs, Workers, Training and Careers Cluster

www.jobsetc.ca
This cluster provides access to information related to learning, education, training, occupations, careers, labour market, and workplace issues.

Jobboom.com

www.jobboom.com
Lists job offers in multimedia and IT, engineering, accounting and finance, administrative support, sales, and customer service. Other career opportunities are grouped in a general section. Applicants can post their résumés for employers to see and receive job offers via e-mail.

Monster.ca

www.english.monster.ca
From this one site, you can access Monster's Canadian, American, or international job banks. Create your own account that will allow you to apply online, receive e-mail notifications when new and relevant offers appear on the site, and post your résumé for employers to read.

Workopolis.com

www.workopolis.com
Browse through job postings by region, by date, or with the help of an employer directory. As with other sites, you can submit your résumé for potential employers to view.

Job Shark Canada

www.jobshark.ca
"Jaws," an automated search agent, matches the skills of applicants to relevant job offers. A search engine allows them to look for employment by company, location, or category (e.g., accounting, electronics). Applicants can also query job offers directly from the descriptions.

JobBus.com

www.jobbus.com
Many Canadian companies and professional associations now have their own websites, where they post job openings. JobBus will allow you to visit hundreds of these.

Career Click

www.careerclick.com
Houses more than 300 Canadian jobs, which are also listed in the careers section of newspapers published by CanWest. You must register and create an online résumé to apply for openings on this site.

Jobs in the Public Service of Canada

www.jobs.gc.ca
The Public Service Commission, as the government's official recruiter, runs a recruitment campaign to attract new and recent university graduates.

Campus Worklink

www.campusworklink.com
Campus Worklink is Canada's biggest job site for university and college students as well as recent graduates. Students must obtain pass-codes from their campus career centres to take full advantage of the site's services.

Career Owl

www.careerowl.ca
This is still a fairly new service for Canadian job seekers and is particularly effective for recent graduates. Applicants can browse or search job listings and apply online. Job listings can be searched by occupation, industry, or location, in addition to other criteria.

Canadian Forces - Recruiting

www.forces.ca
This interactive recruitment site is found under the "Jobs in the Canadian Forces" banner on the homepage. It provides full descriptions of all the career possibilities offered by the Canadian Army, Navy, Air Force and Reserves. A questionnaire will allow you to identify those occupations that might interest you most.

University of Waterloo Career Manual Online

www.cdm.uwaterloo.ca/index2.asp
This site will guide you through the different stages of career planning and effective job hunting. You will find self-exploration exercises, information on market trends, advice on how to evaluate a job offer, tips on efficient decision making, and many other helpful hints.

WorkSearch - Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)

www.worksearch.gc.ca
Provides you with all the information you need to create your very own job-search strategy, and takes you through the different processes step by step. The site includes exercises and advice on a wide variety of important topics.

The Résumé Tutor

www1.umn.edu/ohr/careerdev/resources/resume/
After you fill in the blanks and print your workbook pages, you will have all you need to create a great résumé! The site is full of hints and advice given just as you need them.

Quintessential Careers

www.quintcareers.com
Not only will you find tips and advice on the usual issues, but there is also advice on salary negotiation, help in researching potential employers, career assessments, tests and quizzes, and much more.

The Riley Guide

www.rileyguide.com
This site is a Web classic. It contains hundreds of links to other sites with job offers, career and salary information, job-search tips, résumé advice, employer profiles, sector growth forecasts, and other relevant topics.

What Color Is Your Parachute? The Job Hunter's Bible

www.jobhuntersbible.com
Another Web classic, this site is put together by Richard Bolles, author of What Color is Your Parachute?, a bestseller on career planning and job searching. In the "Just the Links" section, Bolles uses a parachute icon to identify his favorites.

The Canadian Careers Page

www.canadiancareers.com
A Canadian virtual employment library. You will find links to pages on job hunting, résumé and cover letter writing, and links to jobs boards for a variety of occupations and career domains.

Job Searching in Canada - About.com

www.jobsearchcanada.about.com
A directory of relevant sites for job seekers in Canada. The directory is kept up to date by an expert who also answers questions and moderates a discussion group.

Wall Street Career Journal

www.careerjournal.com
This is the Web's best source of information on the job market, recruiting, and career trends. Here you will find a number of well-researched, highly informative, and timely articles.

National Web Site - Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)

www.hrsdc.gc.ca
Human Resources and Social Development Canada is one of the largest federal departments in both scope and mandate. It provides services and programs for children, families, youth, seniors, the unemployed, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal peoples, and Canadians in the workplace.

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Need Work Experience?

Youth Network

www.youth.gc.ca
If you're under 30 and making the transition from school to the world of work, this site is for you. Find out about various occupations and schools as well as where you can look for related job experience.

Career Edge - National Youth Internship Program

www.careeredge.org
Caught in the vicious cycle of "no experience, no work"? The goal of this site, aimed at university, college, and high school graduates who lack career-related work experience, is to provide 6-, 9-, or 12-month paid internships to qualified applicants.

Internships and Volunteer Work - Campus Access.com

www. campusaccess.com
Provides listings of internships and volunteer opportunities available through Canadian, American, and international organizations in eight categories, including business and trade, medicine, and technology.

Young Canada Works - Heritage Canada

www.pch.gc.ca/special/ycw-jct/html/welcome_e.htm
Young Canada Works (YCW) 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. Summer jobs and internships give young people access to unique opportunities to learn and work, whether it be to practise their second language in a museum, work in an Aboriginal friendship centre or even travel abroad.

Young Canada Works is also an opportunity for employers to benefit from innovative ideas and competitive skills. Wage subsidies are available for eligible employers.

Exchanges Canada

www.exchanges.gc.ca
This site offers information on exchange programs within Canada, and abroad. A search engine allows you to quickly find what you are looking for. You can also browse the programs by area of interest.

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Employment Services

Job Bank - Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)