"There is no area in the lives of most Canadians, other than the choice of a life partner, which affects us as much as the choices made or not made in education, training and career."
                                                                    Canadian Guidance and Counselling Foundation

Career Planning Links

CareerCruising
for Username and Password see a Counsellor
MyBlueprint.ca
 
Canlearn Interactive

Career Directions

Canada Prospects

Work Preferences Profile

Apprenticeable Trades and Apprenticeship
Mazemaster: one stop shop for jobs

 

The Guidance and Career Education Program assists students to develop the skills needed to obtain the best possible education during their stay at Cawthra Park. Counsellors help students make informed, realistic decisions about their education and their career. Career/life planning is based on two fundamental principles:    
  • It is an ongoing, life-long process        
  • A career is the sum total of all life experiences and roles, including paid and unpaid work, and  community, volunteer and family activities.

The Career Centre has a wide range of computer, video and print resources necessary for students to research and develop a successful career plan. Information about volunteer work, resumes and job interviews, study, work and travel abroad and post-secondary education is available.

CAREER CRUISING

Career Cruising has been designed with one goal in mind: to help your students plan their future. With exceptional assessment tools, detailed occupation profiles, and comprehensive post-secondary education information, students move seamlessly through the career exploration and planning process. At the same time, you have access to the real-time information and statistics you need to track your students' progress and achievement.

Fun, easy-to-use, and powerful, Career Cruising
is the complete career guidance system!

Take Our Kids To Work

Take Our Kids To Work is a day where students have an opportunity to see their parent, friend, relative or volunteer host in different roles and responsibilities. This enhances the students’ understanding of individual jobs in the context of the working community. Take Our Kids To Work is sponsored by The Learning Partnership, a non-profit organization of business people, educators, labour and community leaders. During the previous years of our involvement in this program, almost every Grade 9 student at Cawthra Park was able to participate and benefit from this program.

Feedback from last year’s students showed they gained insights into the realities and demands of the workplace and the importance of continuous learning in pursuing career opportunities. The following are just a few of the many settings and experiences of Grade 9 Cawthra students:

  • Helped to manage a grocery store
  • Observed an airline ground crew    
  • Observed a stockbroker
  • Participated in open heart surgery     
  • Investigated career armed forces
  • Investigated careers highway construction

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