Career and Job Search Help Blog

An article in today's Toronto Star lists five sectors that offer hope for job hunters:

• The trades
• Law enforcement
• Health services
• Property management
• Customer service

The author Brett Popplewell says that those who have lost manufacturing jobs may be able to reposition themselves to take advantage of openings in the trades and property management. Read both articles to see where you fit in. Then check out these resources for each of these areas. This is just some of the resources available. Check out Career Bookmarks or talk to staff in any of our 99 branches.

Trades:

Independent Learning Centre    Just about everything you need to know about apprenticeship: what it is, whether it's right for you, and what you can do right now to start a lucrative, rewarding career in the skilled trades.

The Ellis Chart is a chart of apprentice training programs across Canada produced by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

211Toronto    Find local programs and services for job seekers in Ontario, including apprenticeship and trades.

Law enforcement:

Toronto Police Service   Check out the information sessions about a career with the police.

Ontario Provincial Police   The Highway Safety Division will be at the 2009 Job Fair and Career Training Exposition at Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Drive on Friday, April 24th from 10am – 4pm.

Emergency management   George Brown College has a 2-day course as well as other continuing education programs.

For security guard jobs, try keyword searching in job posting sites.

WowJobs  keyword search for security guard

Indeed  keyword search for security guard

SimplyHired Canada  keyword search for security guard

Try Craigslist Toronto and Kijiji Toronto. These community bulletin board services are good for smaller businesses but be cautious. See this about scams: The one site that gets a lot of these fake job ads is Craigslist. I will get a reply email after applying for a position that tells me that I have to fill out a form on another page in order to prove that I am not spamming them. Usually the page is for some sort of MLM, work at home, a sales page, or something of that manner. Source: comment on Alison Doyle's blog

Health services:

Second Career offers financial help from the government for those that qualify.

Healthcare websites   Explore these websites about health care jobs and careers.

See also the George Brown College Continuing Education programs listed above.

Eluta  search for health.

Indeed search for health

Workopolis shows the huge range of healthcare occupations. Click on the job title or subscribe to the RSS feed to receive updates. For more information about RSS, see our previous post How to use news feeds to find a new job.

 Property management:

Try property manager, building superintendent, building maintenance and other terms.

Craigslist and Kijiji Also other search engines.

WowJobs search for property manager

Indeed search for property manager

SimplyHired Canada  search for building superintendent

Customer service:

Customer service is a huge area – banks, call centres, stores, insurance companies, public services and more all have customer service staff. See the International Customer Service Association for an overview.

NowToronto lists customer service jobs.

Eluta search for customer service jobs. 

Workopolis search for Toronto customer service jobs. Many search options on this site. Fine-tune the search yourself.

Check out our previous posts on job posting sites.

For more information about the occupations and to find keywords, check out the National Occupational Classification.website. Search by skill type and skill level.

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