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WorkScene:
BC Work Futures for Youth
Work Futures:
British Columbia
Occupational Outlooks
What’s it like to be a plumber? What kind of
training does it take to be an insurance adjuster? Work Futures provides information
about BC occupations. Work Futures, formerly called Job Futures BC, includes information on working conditions, educational
requirements and employment outlooks. It
also contains a Guide to Public Post Secondary Education in BC.
MN1249
Presents nearly 200 occupational profiles in
a quick reference, easy-to-use format designed for young people. Each profile includes detailed descriptions of the occupation as well as data on annual growth of job
openings, average full-time earnings, and
employment by region. The book also includes photos and information on individuals working in each occupation.
M100667
$28.00
$24.95
Facilitator’s Guide to:
A Guide to the BC Economy
and Labour Market
If you plan to work in BC you must know
which industries are hiring and where your
skills best fit. This guide provides an overview of how industries have changed as well
as what is expected in the future. It includes
information on common industry occupations, potential earnings, job locations, and
a job outlook to the year 2005.
MN1440
$6.50
A Guide to the BC Economy and Labour
Market and Work Futures: British
Columbia Occupational Outlooks
Gives facilitators strategies to navigate these
two documents which show connections
between economic trends and occupations.
The Guide contains learning outcomes, instructional strategies, suggested time frames
and additional learning resources.
Facilitators adapt units to suit participants’
skill levels and experience, and develop lesson plans for group or individual instruction.
MN1450
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$7.20
Career & Labour Market Resources
Learning Resources available from OLA
The Job Guide:
A Tool for Career
Planning in BC
Making Career
Sense of Labour
Market Information
This guide contains information
on twenty-six job groupings
which help people to match
their interests and strengths with
the occupations listed. It offers
information on education and
experience needed, profiles available jobs, and covers job market
information.
Describes the changing labour
market and what career practitioners need to know about it.
Provides overview of the labour
market; how it affects career decision makers; case studies; and
examples using this information
in career decision making.
MN1149
$7.25
The Adult Back to
School Book: Making
a New Beginning
Will I like it? How will I fit in? This
practical guide for adult learners
discusses the challenges, opportunities and barriers encountered in returning to school and
suggests ways for coping with
problems facing adult learners.
MN1441
$6.50
The Job Loss
Workbook:
Creating a New Future
What happened to job security?
This guide deals with such topics as negotiating a severance
package, financial planning, applying for employment insurance, the impact of job loss, and
moving forward.
MN1442
$6.75
The Job Seeker’s
Handbook:
Marketing Your Skills
In today’s job market promoting
your skills is essential.This workbook provides tips, exercises,
sample letters and resumes that
lead the reader through the basics of job search. It offers advice
on how to research jobs and tap
the hidden job market.
MN1443
$7.00
MN1148
Making Career
Sense of Labour
Market Information:
Facilitator’s Guide
For delivery of information and
training to career practitioners.
MN1225
Building Bridges:
A Guide to
Facilitating Groups in
Employment Transition
$20.00
$20.00
Career Tech
For facilitators to use in conjunction with Creating a New Future, The Job Guide, Marketing
Your Skills, and Making a New
Beginning. Covers how groups
work, how adults learn, how to
help participants succeed. Outlines self-management skills and
attitudes for leaders; interpersonal and conflict resolution
skills for facilitators. Begins with
the dynamics of job loss and transition, moving on to working directly with the four manuals. Lists
resources/sources; a glossary;
masters of handouts/slides.
This guide focuses on the nontechnical, or ‘soft’ skills, technical
students need for employment
success. Explores motivation and
attitude; issues relevant to a satisfying work life; reflection on
work experience; business principals and the labour market;
frameworks for planning; personal profile; and business plans.
Examines skills such as networking; job market research; resumes
and letters; and interpersonal
communication. Eight modules
take 2–3 hours to complete. Includes learning objectives, lesson
plans, mini-lectures and student
handouts.
MN1445
MN1178
2
$15.20
$16.75
Video resources available from OLA
(1997)
30 minutes
Work Search Video
Series (1997)
An honest and accurate look at
who is working, who is hiring,
and what kinds of attitudes they
have. Young people talk about
the need for career planning and
provide realistic starting points
for a job search. Employers and
employees discuss what they
look for in an applicant and what
strategies have worked for them.
M100669
$34.95
4 Video Set w/ Student/
Teacher Activity Guide.
Each 25 minute video
includes a Viewers Guide
The First Steps
Specifically geared to young people, this program shows the challenges they face seeking work. It
offers realistic suggestions for
overcoming barriers and developing work search skills.
M100615
$39.95
Transitions
Explores the challenges of being
unemployed and looking for
work.View effective approaches
to making transitions and improving work search skills.
M100616
$39.95
Solving the Puzzle
Presendts work search techniques useful for all job hunters:
identifying skills, writing a
resume, networking, cold calling,
getting job leads and meeting
employers.
M100617
$39.95
I Want Your Job! (1997)
Dotto’s Data Cafe
Back to Basics:
Getting Started on
the Internet (1998)
6-30 minute programs
Steve Dotto, host of the Knowledge Network’s popular series,
Dotto’s Data Café, has produced
this series covering many of the
basics needed to get online. Designed for both Macintosh and
PC users. Public performance
rights included.
Back To Basics Tape 1
Programs 1–3:
Co
s: History of the Internet and World Wide
Covv er
ers:
Web (WWW); Modems; Configuring Software &
Connecting to Internet Service; Configuring a
Browser for WWW; Netscape Navigator;
Internet Explorer; Configuring Email Programs;
Attachments, Filters, Address Books; Netiquette
M100655
$29.99
M100662 Student/Teacher Activity
Guide
$18
M100663 — Tape 1—Finding Your
Passionw/Guide
$75
M100664 — Tape 2—Applying
Back To Basics Tape 2
Programs 4–6:
Your Skills w/Guide
Co
Covv er
erss: Search Engines; Secrets & Tips for
Efficient Searches; Creating a Web Page;Tools
and Tips; The future of the rapidly changing
Net;Acronyms—JAVA, CGI,VRML
M100656
Each video includes a series of
short, career-related vignettes
profiling an interesting person
and his or her unique career.
From mountain bike engineers
to web masters, each has created
an innovative and exciting niche
in the new marketplace. We
glimpse into their work environments to learn what they do,
how they got there, and about
the climate and opportunities in
their respective industries. This
BC production offers practical,
specific information about beginning a career path.
$29.99
$75
M100665 — Tape 3—Getting Your
Foot in the Door w/Guide
$75
M100666 — Tape 4—Creating
Your Own Job w/Guide
$75
IWYJ001M 4 Videos w/ Student/
Teacher Activity Guide
$249
M100614 Set of 3 Work Search
Videos w/Viewers Guides $99.95
3
Career & Labour Market Videos
Playing the Game
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MN1249
$24.95
WorkScene for Youth
M100667
$28.00
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A Guide to the BC Economy and Labour Market
MN1440
$6.50
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Facilitators Guide: Work Futures & A Guide to the BC Economy
MN1450
$7.20
X
= $
The Job Guide
MN1149
$7.25
X
= $
Adult Back to School Book
MN1441
$6.50
X
= $
The Job Loss Workbook
MN1442
$6.75
X
= $
The Job Seeker’s Handbook
MN1443
$7.00
X
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Facilitator’s Guide: Building Bridges
MN1445
$15.20
X
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Making Career Sense of LMI
MN1225
$20.00
X
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Facilitator’s Guide: Making Career Sense of LMI
MN1148
$20.00
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Career Tech
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Work Futures
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MN1178
$16.75
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M100614
$99.95
X
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1) The First Steps
M100615
$39.95
X
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2) Transitions
M100616
$39.95
X
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3) Solving the Puzzle
M100617
$39.95
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$249.00
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Work Search Video Series-set
I Want Your Job Video Series
IWYJ001M
I Want Your Job Activity Guide
M100662
$18.00
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1) Finding Your Passion
M100663
$75.00
X
= $
2) Applying Your Skills
M100664
$75.00
X
= $
3) Getting Your Foot in Door
M100665
$75.00
X
= $
4) Creating Your Own Job
M100666
$75.00
X
= $
Playing the Game - video
M100669
$34.95
X
= $
Dotto Back to Basics 1- video
M100655
$29.99
X
= $
Dotto Back to Basics 2- video
M100656
$29.99
X
= $
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