Career Counselling
Career Counselling is a confidential service for students seeking help and guidance regarding vocational choices. It provides career and educational information and supports students in university admissions and related application processes. It also provides guidance to help students transition into the workforce.
General Information
Employment Advising services available to the Champlain Community
- Resume, cover letter, interview prep coaching
- Effective job search
- Help with transitioning into the workplace
Career Counselling Services available to the Champlain Community
- Help with choosing a career and a program related to it
- Help with defining a career path
- Support with university admissions, help in decision-making
Resources
Self-Awareness
Looking to explore your needs, your interest, and your skills in order to choose a career path that will suit you? Need to define the best program that will meet your job criteria? To help you to explore different career paths, there are different tools for you to use:
Career Cruising
For login information, please contact Marlène Canuel at mcanuel@crcmail.net.
Discover the academic domains that interest you:
- Explore by Cursus Domaine
- Explore by your RIASEC code (interests)
- Explore your interests, your skills, your personality (F/E)
Readings
Explore Programs
This section will help you explore different programs, their prerequisites and admission requirements.
Program Information
- Monemploi.com: MonEmploi.com
- Career Cruising: Career Cruising – English – Home
- For login information, please contact Marlène Canuel at mcanuel@crcmail.net.
- Vocational training centers – DEP: Nos formations professionnelles au Québec | Québec métiers d’avenir (quebecmetiersdavenir.com)
- Inforoutefpt.org: Home – FPT Infoway (inforoutefpt.org)
- AdmissionFP: Accueil | AdmissionFP
- Cegep – Technical DEC: List of private CEGEPs and colleges in Quebec| Government of Quebec
- Universities – BAC, master’s degree, doctorate: Destination universités Québec | Planifiez vos études (destinationuniversites.ca)
- Quebec Government: Exploring Training Programs | Gouvernement du Québec (quebec.ca)
- Understanding the Quebec educational system: www.systemescolairequebecois.com
- Étudiant/Campus France: Studying in France
Studying in the USA
- Education USA : EducationUSA – EducationUSA Canada
- SAT Test: College Board – SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools
- Free SAT test prep: Official Digital SAT® Prep | Khan Academy
- ACT Test: ACT | College and Career Readiness Solutions
- Free ACT test prep: Free ACT Test Prep | The ACT Test | ACT
- Other tools to help you: Flashcards, learning tools and textbook solutions | Quizlet
Documentation Center
- Quebec Educational System, understanding the R score, university studies, and more!
- Admissions in Medicine
- Admissions to Law School
- Careers in Sciences
- Careers in Counselling and Social Services
- Program possibilities after completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology
- Careers in Social Sciences
- University programs and careers in ALC and Visual Arts
- Program exploration with Cursus domains:
Labour Market
This section is to help you to explore occupations as their descriptions, the tasks required, the employment rate, the salary, etc.
Careers and Occupations – General Information
- MonEmploi.com
- Information sur le marché du travail (IMT) en ligne
- National Occupation Classification (NOC)
- Discover the jobs of the future
- Websites of professional orders (list of professional orders in Quebec)
- Patners Network (comités sectoriels de main-d’œuvre)
- Trouve ton métier
Careers in Business Administration
- Jeunes Entrepreneurs
- Evaluation of your Entrepreneurships profile
- Different possibilities in Business Administration
- Different occupations in accounting
- CPA (Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés)
- Financial planning
- CRHA (Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés)
- List of programs in Management (Mon Emploi.com)
Careers in Counselling
- Métiers et profession en santé et services sociaux
- What do to with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology
- List of programs in counselling (Mon Emploi.com)
- (EN)Quête de criminologie – Balado (UQTR)
Careers in Engineering / Information Technology / Computing / Video Games
- A place for you in engineering (Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec)
- Disciplines et carrières en informatique
- Navigating Computing Career Pathways
- List of programs in Computer Sciences (Mon Emploi.com)
- La Guilde
- ITJobsCanada
- ExpressoJobs
Careers in the Health Sector
- Avenir en santé
- Careers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry
- List of programs in Health (Mon Emploi.com)
- Careers in Sport Therapy (English version coming soon)
Careers in Safety
- GRC
- Forces Armées canadiennes
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Canada Border Services Agency
- École nationale de police du Québec
- Canadian Coast Guard
- Air Traffic Controller
- List of programs related with law (Mon Emploi.com)
Careers in Tourism
Exploration programs for youth
- Mentors program Academos
- Jeunes explorateurs (field exploration)
Career in Arts, Design and Culture
Employment Tools
In this section, you will find different tools to help you in your job research.
Resume guides:
- English: Microsoft Word – ResumeforWebsiteReviewed.docx (ubishops.ca)
- French: Microsoft Word – Guide_ CV_ lettre mars2011.doc (ubishops.ca)
- Templates:
Cover letter guide:
Microsoft Word – CoverLetterforWebsiteReviewed.docx (ubishops.ca)
Job Search Sites:
- Outcome Campus Connect: Outcome Campus Connect
- Employeur de choix en Estrie : Employeurs engagés pour la réussite éducative en Estrie (jechoisismonemployeur.com)
- Talent Egg: Find Entry Level, Student Jobs, Internships, Summer Jobs
- Jobillico: Job search: The most extensive job network
- Boomrank : Un écosystème au service de l’employabilité | Trouve un stage
- Monster: Find Jobs. Build a Better Career. Find Your Calling
- Jobboom : Offres d’emploi – Site de recherche d’emploi au Québec
- Job Bank (Canada): Job Bank
- Emploi Québec: Offres d’emploi (gouv.qc.ca)
- Glassdoor: Glassdoor Job Search | You deserve a job that loves you back
Programs for youths:
- FSWEP: Youth and student employment – Canada.ca
- Place aux Jeunes en region: https://www.placeauxjeunes.qc.ca/
- Katimavik: NATIONAL EXPERIENCE – Katimavik
Associations and other services in the Townships:
- Townshippers Association: https://townshippers.org/
- Carrefours Jeunesse Emploi: https://www.rcjeq.org/
- Job Link: http://joblinks.etsb.qc.ca/
International/Exchange Programs for Youth
- SUCO: Solidarité Union Coopération | SUCO
- Environment: Environmental Jobs, Green Jobs, Conservation Jobs | GoodWork.ca
- Work abroad with GC: Work and travel abroad with International Experience Canada
- LOJIQ: Projets clés en main | LOJIQ
- OFQJ : OFQJ France : Office franco-québécois pour la jeunesse
- Québec sans frontière : Nouveau Québec sans frontières | Gouvernement du Québec
- SWAP: Work And Travel | Explore World | Working Holidays | SWAP
- Explore: Programmes d’immersion en anglais | Apprendre l’anglais | OLP-PLO Explore
Parents
If you are looking to better support your child in their educational and career exploration, we invite you to visit espaceparents.org for valuable resources.
