Personal Knowledge and Management Skills
Analyze their personal characteristics, strengths, interests, skills, and competencies to determine career-related goals
- How to find work you love : the ethical careers guide (Book)
- Career tests: 25 revealing self-tests to help you find and succeed at the perfect career (Book)
- Career, aptitude & selection tests : match your IQ, personality & abilities to your ideal career : intermediate level (Book)
- This Is How to Get Your Next Job [electronic resource] : An Inside Look at What Employers Really Want (CloudLibrary eBook)
- Essential Skills (Website)
- Skillszone (Website)
Maintain a portfolio for use in career planning that provides up-to-date evidence of knowledge, skills, interests, and experience
- Guide to portfolios : creating and using portfolios for academic, career, and personal success (Book)
Demonstrate an understanding of the personal-management skills, habits, and characteristics that could contribute to success in their selected postsecondary destinations and independent adult life
- Professionalism : real skills for workplace success (Book)
- How to succeed at university (and get a great job!) : mastering the critical skills you need for school, work, and life (Book)
- Successful time management for dummies (Book)
- Anger management for dummies (Book)
- The first 2 hours : make better use of your most valuable time (Book)
- Fighting invisible tigers : stress management for teens (Book)
Interpersonal Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrate interpersonal and teamwork skills required for success in their school, work, and community activities
- The power of teamwork : how we can all work better together (Book)
- Revolutionize teamwork : how to create and lead accountable teams (Book)
- Human relations : interpersonal job-oriented skills (Book)
- lick : ten truths for building extraordinary relationships (Book)
- The Ultimate Guide to Expert Interpersonal Skills (YouTube)
Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of group dynamics in a variety of settings
- Conflict resolution skills for teens(Book)
- Say this, not that : a foolproof guide to effective interpersonal communication (Book)
- The Coward’s Guide to Conflict (Hoopla eBook)
- Millennials & Management (Hoopla eBook)
- Working with Difficult Personalities (Hoopla eBook)
Explain ways in which they can make a contribution to their communities and ways in which the community can assist them with career planning
- Workforce WindsorEssex (Website)
- Employment Services – City of Windsor (Website)
- Unemployed Help Centre of Windsor (Website)
- Volunteers & Employment: Volunteering at Huron Lodge (Website)
- Cost Effective Way To Give Back To The Community (YouTube)
Exploration of Opportunities
Use research skills and strategies to gather and interpret relevant information about work and learning opportunities
- How to find out anything : from extreme Google searches to scouring government documents, a guide to uncovering anything about everyone and everything (Book)
- Informational Interviewing (Website)
Analyse emerging social and economic trends and their impact on individuals, workplaces, and career opportunities
- The Shift: The Future of Work is Already Here (Book)
- The profit paradox : how thriving firms threaten the future of work (Book)
- The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization (Book)
- Government of Canada: Future of Work (Website)
Describe, on the basis of research, opportunities in various occupational sectors and explain the requirements and challenges of selected occupations
- Mayor’s Youth Leadership Team (Website)
- Occupations and Workplaces (Website)
- Government of Canada: Job Bank Trend Analysis (Website)
Demonstrate an understanding of types of workplaces, their related workplace issues, and legislation governing the workplace.
- A new kind of union : Unifor and the birth of the modern Canadian union (Book)
- Intentional integrity : how smart companies can lead an ethical revolution (Book)
- Windsor Public Library eResources – LEGAL (Database)
- Guide To Understanding the Public and Private Sector (Website)
Preparation for Transitions and Change
Demonstrate an understanding of the transition process and the strategies used to facilitate change
- Career development all-in-one for dummies (Book)
- What Next (Book)
Demonstrate effective use of a variety of strategies and resources for finding work and creating work
- How to find a job in Canada : common problems and effective solutions (Book)
- Motivated resumes and LinkedIn profiles : (including cover letters and other important job search topics) (Book)
- Get the interview every time : Fortune 500 hiring professionals’ tips for writing winning resumes, cover letters and landing the job (Book)
- Job interviews, resume writing and body language : learn how to compose a professional, winning resume and how to go into job interview confidently by knowing how to answer the most common questions (Book)
- Ultimate job search : master the art of finding your ideal job, getting an interview and networking (Book)
- Online Job Applications: How to win at the screening game in Canada (Website)
Apply goal-setting and action-planning processes to prepare for the transition from secondary school to their first postsecondary destination and for future transitions in their career
- Ontario college guide. (Book)
- The Maclean’s guide to Canadian universities (Book)
- Follow your interests to find the right college (Book)
- What’s wrong with university : and how to make it work for you anyway (Book)
- Ontario scholarships : a handbook of scholarships, awards, & financial assistance for high school students entering first year of a university in Ontario (Book)
- How to Finance Your Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Getting Started (YouTube)
- Financing Post-Secondary Education in Canada: FAQ (YouTube)
- Financial tips for post secondary students (YouTube)