
Career Choices
As youth prepare for life after high school, it can be overwhelming to search for career information and navigate between the many resources that are available to support youth. Our Career choices program aims to create online resources to support youth in planning for post-secondary – whether that is continuing in school, or venturing out to the workplace. The virtual series will cover a broad range of possibilities, both traditional and non-traditional, reflecting the diversity of opportunities in the marketplace.
The goal of this program is to help high school students navigate the many possibilities that are available to them after high school, help them sort through online resources, and to build youth’s awareness and confidence in the skills that they already possess.
WEBINARS
Over the course of the year, we will host 10 monthly webinars, covering various topics to assist participants with job readiness.
Know your skills & interests
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Your Social Media Persona
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Resumes & Cover Letters
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Job Searching & Interviewing
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Entrepreneurship
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Social Enterprise
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Gig Economy
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Trades & Apprenticeships
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Exploring the Arts
This webinar is for all the talented and creative youth that are interested in a career in the arts. In this dynamic talk, we’ll explore the wide world of art, including performance art, film, music, writing, and design. With the help of Canadian artists, youth will explore different pathways to securing a career in the arts, including post-secondary education and apprenticeships
Select the date and time below to register on zoom:
Tues June 7, 1pm EST – Live
Thurs June 9, 2022, 7pm EST
Planning for Post-Secondary Studies
This webinar will address how to prepare for life after high school by delving into topics such as post-secondary applications, planning and budgeting, and finding a work/life balance in that busy first year. We’ll talk to post-secondary educators from a variety of institutions as well as hear our youth leaders’ own perspectives on the ups and downs of adjusting to life at college or university.
Select the date and time below to register on zoom:
Tues July 5, 1pm EST – Live
Thurs July 7, 7pm EST
Online learning modules
To complement the series, we have also created a series of fee-based e-learning modules to allow youth to confidently map this next phase of life with their own customized plan. These on-demand modules provide practical step-by-step guided instruction, curated resources and worksheets covering the following topics: Identify your skills, Build your resume, Prepare for interviews, Start your enterprise, Finance post-secondary, and Post-Secondary applications.

CAREER VLOGS
At Experiences Canada, we strongly believe in the power of youth teaching youth. Our Career Choices program Youth Leaders will create a series of vlogs featuring people in a variety of promising careers. Each VLOG will run between 3-5 minutes in length and answer some basic questions about how they got into their industry, what skills and education are required, where do they see the opportunities for youth interesting in getting into this line of work today, and what are the best personalities for their position.
These vlogs will provide a starting point for youth to explore a career option that they may never would have thought of pursuing.
If you are interested in being featured in a careers VLOG, please complete this contact form.
Additional Resources
There is an abundance of information available online to assist you in mapping a career path for themselves, so much so that it can be overwhelming. Along with our Vlogs and online learning modules, we will also be collecting additional materials, that we feel will be useful for youth, and collecting them in an easy to navigate space.
If you have resources you feel might be useful for us to link to, please email communications@experiencescanada.ca
Teaching Resources
In order to support civics and coop teachers, school guidance counsellors, youth employment service agencies, and other national youth serving organizations that support youth in job readiness activities, we will also be providing lesson plans, and workshop guides to accompany each webinar.
We encourage you to view the webinars with your students, and continue the conversation in your virtual classrooms using our lesson plans and workshop facilitator guides.
Youth Leaders
Our Career Choices youth leaders are a group of dedicated young people (aged 21-30) who have been selected to act as hosts, mediators, workshop facilitators, and videographers for the duration of the series. By offering their experience, knowledge, and support skills to this online series, these youth leaders will help participants discover their unique skills and talents, and explore a variety potential career options and pathways.

Thanks to Our Sponsor
Experiences Canada is proud to partner with RBC`s Future Launch initiative – a commitment to help young Canadians prepare for a drastically changing workforce.
You can find out more about the many youth initiatives RBC supports here.
