Comm NS-CareerGuide 0823 - Workit Youth Apprenticeship

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A (guide) for students and parents
How to
Succeed in
Nova Scotia’s
Labour Market
Career
Guide
N O V A
S C O T I A
c a r e e r o p t i o n s . e d n e t . n s . c a
Where to find Career Options products...
Nova Scotia Career Guide is provided to schools for
distribution to all grade 9 students.
Career Options is available on-line at
careeroptions.ednet.ns.ca
Internet access is available at schools,
public libraries, and at C@P sites.
For the address of a C@P site near you,
call 1-866-569-8248.
Career(Opt)ions
An Occupational Handbook and Career Guide
for Students and Parents
2005/06
This material may be freely copied for educational
or career counselling purposes.
©
Crown Copyright Province of Nova Scotia, 2005
Department of Education
Skills and Learning Branch
ISSN 1189-4318
Career
Guide
N O V A
S C O T I A
Career Options: An Occupational Handbook for Nova Scotians
is provided to schools, libraries, and employment counsellors.
Individuals may purchase a copy for a small fee through
the Nova Scotia on-line bookstore
www.gov.ns.ca/snsmr/consumer/publications
(1-800-526-6575).
Changing the Way We Work ....................22
Letter from the Minister.............................i
New Ways to Work............................24
Self-employment
Got Any Plans? ........................................1
Things to Consider When
and Entrepreneurship.....................25
Keeping Your Balance .............................27
Choosing a Career ..............................1
What Can the Career
Why Stay in School? .................................2
Options Website Tell You? ..................28
Explore Your Options...........................5
Educational Institutions ..........................30
“Mapping Out” Your Future: Planning
Your High School Courses....................7
Paying for Your
Post-Secondary Education ...............9
Is it a Good Investment? ...................10
Going From School to Work.....................12
Gain Practical Experience and
Skills Before Leaving School ..........14
Bridging the Gap ..............................16
Nova Scotia’s Labour Market...................16
Where Do Jobs Come From? ..............18
Your Parents’ Labour Market..............18
Your Labour Market ..........................19
Where Are the Jobs? .........................20
What Kind of Work
Are People Doing? .........................20
What’s Hot! ...........................................21
Education
Office of the Minister
PO Box 578, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2S9 • Telephone 902 424-4236 Fax 902 424-0680 • www.ednet.ns.ca
Dear Grade 9 Student:
As a young Nova Scotian you can look forward to a job market full of opportunity and choice.
To benefit fully from these opportunities, however, you must be well prepared.
It is no surprise that you will need to make some very important choices. To help you make the
best choice, several tools have been developed by the Department of Education. These tools
include the family of Career Options career-planning information products, such as Career
Guide, written specifically with grade 9’s in mind.
Career Guide describes the “big picture” – an overview of the jobs available in Nova Scotia.
It will give you a general sense of where opportunity can be found, where it is increasing, and
what skills are associated with these opportunities. The booklet also discusses what should be
taken into consideration when choosing an occupation.
This booklet also introduces careeroptions.ednet.ns.ca, the new and enhanced Career Options
website. This site will help you match your skills and interests with specific careers and
education and training programs.
Dreams are reached one step at a time. I wish you every success in choosing the right path
for you.
Yours truly,
Jamie Muir
Minister of Education
How to Succeed in Nova Scotia’s Labour Market
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A Guide for Students and Parents • 2005/2006
Plans?
Got Any
Where do you see
yourself in the future?
Wouldn’t it be great if
you could spend your
life doing things
you like?
Things to
Consider When
Choosing a Career
Yourself…
What is important to you? What
The choices you make in the
next few years can make that
happen.You may be sure you
is your favourite subject? How
do you spend your free time?
What are your strengths? Your
weaknesses? How do you relate
to people? Knowing yourself is
know exactly what you want to
the first step in choosing an
do with your life, or maybe you
occupation.
You may have already done
don’t have the slightest idea of
some self-assessment activities.
what type of career would suit
There are many tools that have
you. Either way, you will find
yourself using career planning
skills again and again through
your school years and
working life.
been designed to help you to get
an idea of careers that might suit
you. Some of these can be found
at careeroptions.ednet.ns.ca.
The nature
of the work…
What kinds of jobs are out there?
What do people working in
different occupations do?
Is the work usually year-round or
seasonal? Full-time or part-time?
Are there opportunities for
self-employment? Advancement
and career growth?
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Training and
education…
It can be used in two ways:
Careeroptions.ednet.ns.ca is an
• to understand the big picture -
information tool, specifically for
How much time and money are
experts can analyze trends and
Nova Scotians, that can help you
you willing to invest in education
estimate what skills will be in
relate all the information you
and training? Which high school
demand and where the jobs
need in choosing a career:
courses will you need to enter
are likely to be. Knowing about
• opportunities in the labour
the program you want?
the big picture will help you
to recognize opportunity
and understand labour
Labour market
information...
market trends.
market
• your own interests
• the qualifications needed
• where to get training.
The labour market is made up of
• to provide information
employers and the labour force
After completing a self-assessment
(people who either have jobs or
about specific occupations.
quiz or using one of the search
are looking for one).
For example, how much do
tools, you will be provided with
nurses earn and how many
information on occupations that
answers these basic questions:
are expected to be hired in
you might like to investigate.
What kind of work will be available
the next few years.
Labour market information
when I graduate? Where are the
jobs? What skills and training
Information about specific
do I need to get hired?
occupations will help you
make better decisions
when choosing a career.
Knowing the big picture will
help you to recognize opportunity...
School ?
Why stay in
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Here’s why
The evidence shows that those
education were working. Why is
Your level of education will affect
who complete high school have a
this number so low? Without a
your ability to find a job, to keep
much better chance of finding
high school graduation diploma, it
a job, how much money you
work.
can be hard to find any work at all.
can make, and your chances
of finding satisfying work.
Don’t give up on getting
Another 6% don’t have a job but
through high school. It’s the key
are actively looking for one. Many
to your future.
become discouraged and stop
If you don’t know this already,
looking. Almost two-thirds (61%)
Education and the
Labour Force
take a look at the numbers.
do not have a job and are not even
Not that long ago, a hard-working
As we said, only 33% of Nova
looking for work. They are not
Suppose someone offered you a
young person who did not
Scotians without a Grade 12
active in the labour market.
job right now. There are days
complete high school might
when working and making money
seems a lot more attractive than
going to school every day. Why
stay in school if you can get
a job right away?
look forward to many years of
productive employment with
a good income.
But look at what’s been
happening in the last ten years.
In 2004, only 33% of Nova
Scotians with less than a Grade
12 education were working.
T
ND
E
R
The
number of
jobs filled by
people without
a high school education
has declined by almost
one-third. This trend
will become even
more pronounced
in the future.
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Nova Scotians WITHOUT a High School Diploma
Source: Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada
33.5%
6.2%
Nova Scotians WITH a High School Diploma
62.5%
60.3%
33.5% in the labour force
and working
6.5%
31%
and working
and not working
and not working
60.3% not part of the
labour force
31% not part of the
labour force
Only one-third of high school
post-secondary education or
training. This can mean a
Education and
Unemployment
to find work if you have less than a
dropouts have a job.
In contrast, 62% of high
high school education. Even if you
diploma or certificate from an
Still not convinced? If so, there is
do find work, chances are that you
school graduates were employed
apprenticeship program or college,
something else that you should
will be the first to be laid off when
and 69% were active in the
or a university degree. As you can
think about. How long can you
business slows. Will you find
labour market.
see from the chart on the right,
keep that job?
yourself without a job and without
a high school diploma?
Unemployment rates are the
The unemployment rate in Nova
highest among high-school
Only one-third of high school
dropouts have a job.
More and more, the people finding
employment rates are higher
jobs are those who have
for those with some form of
completed at least a high school
post-secondary training.
education. The number of jobs
filled by graduates of post-second-
increased by about 16% between
ary education has increased by
1993 and 2004.
44%.
Post-secondary education
employer that you can do the job
knowledge you need to succeed
and help make his/her business a
in life.
success. Even if you want to be
High school dropouts had the
education you have, the better your
highest rate of unemployment at
chances of finding a job. It’s hard
over 15%.
Employment Rate by Education Level
Nova Scotia 2004
100%
80%
68%
60%
These credentials tell an
provides you with the skills and
Employers are looking for
You now know that the more
Since 1993, the number of jobs
filled by high school graduates has
Scotia averaged 8.8% in 2004.
dropouts.
76%
62%
40%
20%
33%
independent and run your own
people with specialized skills and
business, the skills and knowledge
knowledge and often want more
that you get from further studies
than a high school diploma. They
will help you on your way.
0%
LESS THAN
HIGH SCHOOL
are looking for employees with
HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA
POST-SECONDARY
CERTIFICATE OR
DIPLOMA
UNIVERSITY
DEGREE
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The Earnings Gap
give up all that money, you will
Still not convinced? If you’re tired
also be giving up the nice house,
of never having money and think
the sports car, world travel, or
you want to start working full-time
whatever else you dream of for
right now, there is something else
your future.
you will want to consider:
A good education pays.
Full-time/Full-year Average Income
by Education Level
Nova Scotia 2000
$53,000
Nova Scotia Average Income $37,800
Education
and Income
$35,000
$32,000
$29,000
Women who never finished high
When you have a chance to earn
school earn the least. In 2000,
money now, it can be hard to pass
their average income was $12,302,
it up and stay in school. But think
less than one-third of the
about this. In Nova Scotia, as in the
provincial average.
rest of Canada, the higher your
On average, high school
level of education, the higher your
graduates earn more than
yearly income is likely to be. By
drop-outs and those with some
dropping out of school to get a job
post-secondary education earn
today, you will in fact be losing a
even more.
lot of money, likely hundreds of
LESS THAN
GRADE 9
HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA
LESS THAN
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
UNIVERSITY
DEGREE
Source: Census of Canada, Statistics Canada
In 2000, university graduates
Make the
Right Choices
can ever get a job, whether you
can work on a regular basis, and
thousands of dollars over the
earned the highest average yearly
By now, you understand the
how much money you will be able
course of your working life! If you
income.
importance of making the right
to earn. And, of course, you want
decisions about your education.
to get paid for doing work that you
These choices affect whether you
like to do, even if you’re not yet
sure what that might be.
Options
Explore your
Your first step will be to
finish high school.
Personal problems, family
The library and the Internet are also
problems, lack of interest, feeling
good places to find study guides
overwhelmed, health problems, and
with tips on study skills and
that there is support in your own
poor organizational or study skills
managing stress.
community. You can discuss your
are all factors that can affect
If you are struggling with school
right now, you should be aware
your school performance.
situation with school counselling
If you feel overwhelmed by
staff, a health professional,
or any other supportive adult.
Once you have your high school
graduation diploma, there are lots
of choices for further education
schoolwork, talk to a trusted
and training that will help you
teacher.
get started on the road to a
successful career.
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Googoo
Jason
“I’ve got a dream job.
I’m very fortunate.
I found something
I wanted to do
for a career.”
Jason was just three credits shy of a
university degree in sociology when he realized
this was not what he wanted to do. He decided to
experiment and take some courses that interested
him personally.
College...
Two of those courses were computer programming and GIS
Programs offered by the Nova Scotia Community College, Cape Breton
(Geographic Information Systems). He decided to enroll in
University, Université Sainte-Anne, and a variety of private career
a course at Nova Scotia Community College’s Centre
colleges provide skills needed to fill entry-level jobs in specific
occupations. These programs are typically one or two years in
of Geographics Sciences (COGS). He was advised
length and lead to a certificate or diploma.
“The programs are really hard, but you might really
enjoy it because you seem to be a natural.”
University...
Even though many jobs require a degree, as a rule, university under-
“I never really enjoyed school until I went to COGS,” Jason
graduate degree programs do not focus on training for specific
said, “I hated to leave because I loved learning the new
occupations. They aim to develop your intellectual skills and provide a
broad understanding of a particular subject. These programs are typically
technologies all the time.” Jason rocketed into the top
three or four years in length and lead to a bachelor’s degree.
percentage of his class and got hired at Dymaxion Research
Some people who complete their undergraduate degrees continue
Limited the same month he graduated. “I got hired one
on to earn higher degrees.
hour into the interview.”
Not all post-secondary training requires sitting in a classroom.
Today Jason has found another thing he loves, working for his
Apprenticeship...
community. “Membertou called me up and said they were
Consider learning a trade by becoming a registered apprentice.
starting a GIS company and would I be interested in
Apprenticeship programs typically last for three or four years and
managing it. I said yes!”
also require that you complete a number of industry-approved
technical training courses. Your work as a paid apprentice and your
technical training will prepare you for the certification exam.
“I’ve got a dream job. I’m very fortunate,” he says.
Contact the Apprenticeship Training Division, Nova Scotia Department
“I found something I wanted to do for a career and
of Education, at 1-800-494-5651 for further information.
I’m working with my community, which is a bonus.”
story and photo courtesy NSCC
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King
Laura
Laura King likes to take things apart and put
them back together. When in school, she
spent much of her spare time helping her
family and friends work on their cars.
She left school at a young age and, a few years
later, realized the first step to the life she wanted
was to complete an adult high school program.
While she was deciding about her future, Laura filled out
interest questionnaires and the results suggested a career in
the skilled trades. This made sense to her. She identified that
she had practical, hands-on experience with cars and good
problem-solving skills. After graduating with her high
school diploma, she completed a certificate in Motor Vehicle
Repair at Nova Scotia Community College and is now a
third-year Automotive Service Technician apprentice.
Apprenticeship suits Laura. She likes the hands-on, practical
learning and appreciates the support of a mentor who is willing
to share his experience and expertise. “Carl retains so much
knowledge, it’s amazing. He’s always willing to help me.” If she
had been able to explore this trade in high school, she believes
that she would have stayed until she graduated and by now,
would have been working as a technician for several years.
“Go for it if you
want to do it.
Don’t let anything
stop you.”
Out
Mapping
Your Future
Planning Your
High School
Courses
It is essential that you coordinate
your educational plans with your
career and life goals. Even though
you may be just leaving Grade 9
and moving into Grade 10, you
One of the most important
That’s why she volunteers to get the message out to young
people about careers in the trades. “I want to open people’s
minds, especially for women but also for men, that this is a
thriving career and is getting much more technical.”
things you can do to help you
reach the career or occupation
that you want is to ensure that
you plan and select the right
She tells other young women who are thinking about
apprenticeship, “Go for it if you want to do it. Don’t let
anything stop you.” When she completes her apprenticeship,
Laura plans to open her own shop and train apprentices
in her turn.
courses in high school.
need to pay particular attention
to the learning paths for your
possible career choices.
It’s wise to “map out” the next
three years (Grades 10, 11, 12)
and plan which courses you will
need. School counsellors, parents,
and other adults can provide
helpful advice and suggestions.
Your course “map” should be
flexible enough to accommodate
changes in your planning. You also
want to be able to take advantage
of courses or programs that may
For information on youth apprenticeship, go to www.workit.ca
not be directly related to your
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career goal, but which might help
you develop important skills or
abilities. Choose your high school
courses wisely and you will be
able to make the transition to
post-secondary learning easily.
As you develop your course
“map,” keep in mind the following
requirements and considerations:
• Be certain that your course plan
first includes the compulsory
credits that you will need to
graduate from high school.
It’s also wise to have a fallback
plan to use in case you happen
• Take the credits that are
• Consider your own interests
• Consider courses that develop
required or will prepare you for
and abilities when selecting
important employability skills.
your chosen career pathway.
courses.
Community-based education
To succeed in your chosen
For example, have you enjoyed
courses like Co-operative
career you will need the right
and succeeded in a hands-on,
Education and courses like
training or education.
practical, technology-related
Workplace Health and Safety
Admission to many training and
course? If so, then you may
and LifeWork Transitions often
education programs requires
want to take additional
include work experiences
certain high school courses.
technology-related courses.
and the chance to develop
Do some research and find out
important employability skills
• Select your mathematics
which courses are required for
and credentials (like First Aid)
your chosen career pathway.
courses wisely.
Choose each course for the
Not all occupations will require
right reasons…because you
the same level of mathematics
need it or because it interests
proficiency or knowledge.
directly to certain careers and
you.
Choose the courses that match
occupations.
your interest and talents and
Business Education, Tourism,
will meet the requirements of
Film and Video Production, and
your career pathway. There are
other technology courses can
a number of mathematics
provide you with other ideas on
options in high school,
possible career choices as well
developed to meet each
to help develop some of the
student’s learning requirements.
skills necessary in those
For example, if your career
occupations.
to miss one of the compulsory
credits or if you can’t obtain
these credits in the order that
you planned.
in actual job placements.
• Consider courses that relate
choices don’t involve
technology or science, and
• Consider Youth Apprenticeship.
math has always been a
Youth Apprenticeship is a
struggle for you, don’t feel
learning program that combines
pressured to sign up for
on-the job learning with
academic mathematics courses.
in-school education. If you have
a strong interest in the skilled
trades and technology, you
may want to consider Youth
Apprenticeship as a way to link
your high school education
with a future career.
Consider your own
interests and abilities
when selecting
courses.
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AN
IMPORTANT
REMINDER !
No matter what choices you make,
it is essential that you complete high school.
Planning your high school program carefully
and selecting your courses wisely will
help you succeed in your studies
and graduate from
high school.
• Consider possible second
language requirements.
If you know your career field
requires that you be bilingual,
or that opportunities will be
enhanced by fluency in a
second language, make sure
that you take courses that will
help develop your skills in the
second language.
Finally !
Your
Paying for
Post-secondary Education
There are many ways to pay for your
education. Most students use a combination
of resources and strategies...
➤ Personal savings
Stay flexible.
➤ Registered Education Savings Plans
It is very possible that you may become
interested in other career pathways as
➤ Bank student loans
you proceed through high school.
➤ Bursaries
Be certain that your course plan and
➤ Family contributions
your high school credit selections
are flexible enough to allow you to
➤ Part-time work/full-time study
pursue any options that are likely
➤ Government student loans
to interest you.
➤ Scholarships
➤ Full-time work/part-time study
For more information on financing your education:
studentloans.ednet.ns.ca
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Is it a good investment?
If you’re like many students,
the only way you can get a post-
Keep in mind that people in some
computer programming or
occupations earn incomes that are
business, have many different
much higher than the average for
training options.
secondary education will be to
post-secondary graduates, and
borrow a lot of money. You can
others earn a lot less. Some
and money in any program, it is
Before investing your time
diploma training can lead to a
essential to make sure that the
earn a little money working
higher income than the average
program will provide you with the
part-time and summers, but you
for university graduates. You may
education and training that meets
find you need both a degree and
both your expectations and those
a diploma for some occupations.
of your future employers.
still face graduating with a large
debt. Would you be better off
financially if you started working
full-time right after high school?
Don’t feel pressured to make
If you plan to borrow to pay for
your education, you must consider
a choice if you’re not ready.
Post-secondary education is
your career goals and training
paths with care. Not every
a major investment, not only of
occupation provides the same
money, but of your time and
Post-secondary education is
opportunities. If you borrow a lot
energy. It will pay off if you make
expensive. In the past few years,
of money to train for an occupation
the right choices. But you also
it has become even more so. The
with high unemployment, few
need the interest and commitment
average cost of attending college
new job openings, and/or a low
to complete your program. There
or university has been going up.
starting salary, you could struggle
can be a lot of pressure to enter a
The only post-secondary training
financially for years after
program right after high school.
that doesn’t cost a lot of money is
graduation.
However, you may decide that
apprenticeship training, where you
spending a year or two
can earn while you work as an
working or volunteering
Making Your
Choice...
is a better choice for you.
people owing a lot of money when
In addition to the many degree
working world may help
they graduate. Is it worthwhile?
apprentice.
You’ve heard about young
Your experience in the
programs offered by provincial
you to better understand
If you choose to invest in
universities and the certificate and
yourself and your strengths
training for an occupation with
diploma programs offered through
before making a career choice.
good employment opportunities,
the community college system,
your additional earnings (over
Nova Scotia has dozens of private
what you could have made
career colleges and trade schools.
without the training) will ensure
There are literally hundreds of
that training will pay for itself
choices of certificate, diploma and
within a few years.
degree programs. Which one is
Post-secondary education will
pay off if you make the right
choices.
right for you?
Deciding on an occupation may
answer this question for you. Some
types of training, like dentistry, are
only available at one school in
Nova Scotia. Other fields, such as
Post-secondary education will pay off if you make the right ch
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Knowlton
Tyler
My interests in
high school were
skateboarding,
music, art and
video production.
After high school, I
enrolled in the King’s
College Foundation Year
Program, which is an intensive
introduction to all things philosophy.
After completing my year at King’s
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do.
I worked at various jobs
around Halifax.
I decided to start a portfolio
application to the Nova Scotia
College of Art and Design.
I continued to work while I painted
and drew to meet the portfolio
requirements. I drew a LOT of
cabbages. It took three attempts,
but I was finally accepted into the
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program.
A scholarship from the Atlantic
Provinces Special Education
Authority helped keep my costs
down. I qualified for this scholarship
because I am hard of hearing. The
school had so much to offer and
I wanted to try everything, so my
BFA ended up taking me one year
longer than I had originally planned.
Finally, I graduated with a Bachelor
of Fine Arts with an interdisciplinary
major. Then I realized that I had no
direction. I wanted a job I could love
and to make me some money, but
first, I needed a plan. I had to think
about how to pull everything I
had learned at NSCAD and Kings
together into an employable
package.
Public relations is a diverse field
that will let me use an array of my
artistic skills. Now I am enrolled full
time in the Public Relations program
at Mount St. Vincent University.
Although I work full-time as a
free-lance graphic designer to help
pay the bills, I participate in the
program’s work terms to gain
experience in the field. My end goal
is to work in the public relations
industry for several years and then
open my own consulting company.
Career guidance at an earlier age
would have helped me realize how
to match my skills and interests to
an occupation. Although I am happy
that I have had the chance to
pursue a diverse education, better
planning would have helped
me reach my goals sooner.
ght choices.
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School
Going from
to Work.
As young people acquired
When your parents, and many of your teachers, were in high school, it was
What Can You Do ?
experience and new skills, it was
assumed that most students would complete their education and then head
expected they would progress
Two Things !
out into the working world. Within a few months after graduation they would
steadily along their career paths,
1. Develop a Future Career Plan
find their first “real” job, an entry-level position where they could learn to
moving into positions with
to investigate and achieve your
increasing responsibilities.
career goals.
You know differently. You hear
apply what they had learned and to get along in the workplace.
of young people who graduate and
2. Accumulate practical
don’t find work for a long time.
experiences and develop
You know that some people have
important skills while still
trouble finding jobs that match
in high school.
their career goals. New graduates
are often competing with
Having concrete career goals and a
experienced workers for jobs.
plan to reach these goals will ease
No one is surprised if it takes
your transition into the workforce.
a few years for a graduate to get
settled in the working world.
You’ve heard
the complaint
Can’t get a job without
Your Future
Career Plan
You should start working on a
Future Career Plan by early in high
school. This will be an essential
experience, can’t get experience
component of your LifeWork
without a job.
Portfolio.
This doesn’t have to
happen to you.
The first step in developing a
career plan is to get to know
yourself...the second is to
identify education and
training you would need,
for your chosen career.
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The first step in developing a
the website. This information will
career plan is to get to know
be very valuable to you and should
yourself. What are your interests,
be recorded in your LifeWork
abilities, skills and values? What
Portfolio so that you can easily
kind of careers would best fit your
refer to it at a later time.
personality? What do you need to
my personality?
Career planning involves asking
know and to do to reach your
a number of key questions that you
career goals?
will continually re-visit throughout
The second step is to identify
your high school years and beyond.
the education and training you
This is why it is so important
would need for the careers that
to keep a good record of the
interest you.
information that you collect in
Careeroptions.ednet.ns.ca
can help you make some of
these decisions.
Try the suggested activity and
learn how to “navigate” through
• Who am I?
• What are my interests?
• What things do I do well?
• How would I describe
• What special talents, skills, or
abilities do I have?
• What careers or occupations
best match my strengths
and my interests?
• What careers or occupations
interest me the most?
your LifeWork Portfolio.
We know that people in the
workforce often change their
careers as their interests, skills,
and abilities change and develop.
As you move through high school,
your interests and skills may
develop in different directions
than you had originally planned.
Be prepared to revise and re-visit
your plan often to see if you are on
track and are still as interested in
the careers you first selected.
• How do I get there?
• What will I need to do?
• What are my plans for next
Here’s some suggested
questions to consider when
completing your Future
year? During high school?
Career Plan.
After high school?
Trythis...
Careeroptions.ednet.ns.ca
are a number of different
•
includes information on
search possibilities or
interested in learning more
and see what careers/
hundreds of different jobs and
categories to use. Many have
about becoming a medical
occupations are matched
occupations and can help you
drop-down lists to help you
radiation technologist.
with these attributes. Try
match occupations with your
focus or narrow your search.
Highlight “medical radiation
these keywords: “like outdoor
interests, aptitudes, and skills.
For example, the Occupational
technologist”, click “SEARCH”
work; able to meet deadlines;
For every job/occupation, a
Grouping lists will give you all
and you will discover all the
leadership skills; want to help
range of valuable information
the typical jobs/occupations in
information available on
people; good at detailed and
is provided: the nature of
a particular field or category.
this career.
precise work; or Mathematics
Now suppose you are
the work, educational and
useful. Enter your keywords
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training requirements,
•
potential earnings, and the
in a career related to health
sure what career pathway
employment opportunities.
professions. Find and highlight
you should pursue. But you
Here’s a quick activity to help
the category of “Health
do know that you have
you learn to use the site.
Occupations” under
certain interests and abilities
“Occupations,” click on
and want to see what careers
Open up the site and click on
“GO” and you will find all the
might match with those.
the “search career profiles”
possible careers/occupations
Here’s where the “keyword”
option. You will find that there
in the health-related field.
search option becomes very
Suppose you are interested
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•
Suppose you are not quite
phrase at a time.
Now trying
researching
some careers
that interest
you.
Experience Sk
Gain Practical
and
What are
transferable skills?
EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS 2000+
your chances of getting and
certain jobs and will enable you
describes the skills, attitudes, and
holding on to that first job and will
to demonstrate your skills to
behaviours that are needed to
help you move closer to your future
prospective employers. One of
enter, stay in, and get ahead in
career goals. It’s important to
the most helpful and useful things
the world of work.
document and keep track of these
that you can include in your career
skills as you develop them. You
planning section of your portfolio
identify the skills and aptitudes
often referred to as transferable
should keep a detailed
is the listing of the Essential Skills,
needed to succeed in the
skills – meaning that these
record of these skills and abilities
developed by Human Resources
workplace. Two of the most widely
skills are important in many job
in your LifeWork Portfolio. Go to
Skills Development Canada, at
used lists are Essential Skills and
situations and are useful and
lifework.ednet.ns.ca. for more
www15.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca and
Employability Skills 2000+.
necessary in many different
information on how to build a
Employability Skills 2000+,
occupations and circumstances.
portfolio. Reflecting on your
developed by the Conference
fundamental skills that make it
These are the kinds of skills and
accomplishments will allow you to
possible to learn all other skills
experiences that employers will
understand what skills you have
and that enable people to
want to see when you apply for
and which skills you need to
participate fully and successfully in
your first job. You can begin to
further develop. This will give you
the workplace and community.
develop and improve upon these
confidence in your ability to do
Essential Skills include reading,
transferable skills while still in
writing, working with numbers,
school. This will greatly improve
Employers have been asked to
ESSENTIAL SKILLS are
The skills from both lists are
communicating and working
with others.
Work provides an opportunity to develop
“soft skills” such as teamwork, customer service,
and self-discipline. It also is a chance
to show that you are a
responsible person...
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Skills
Before Leaving School.
Making the best of this chance can
match your personal skills with
Developing
transferable skills
those described on these lists.
In school…
graduate.
Board of Canada, at www.confer-
These will allow you to track and
enceboard.ca/education/learningtools/employability-skills.htm.
Your high school courses will help
give you a head start when you
According to a report from
you to develop important skills
the Canadian Council on Social
like reading and writing, speaking
Development, high school students
and listening, working with
can work up to 15–20 hours per
mathematics, and working
week and still do as well as, or
independently and with others.
better than, students who don’t
Certain high school courses, like
have a job. The key is to decide
cooperative education, allow
how much free time you are willing
to you to acquire actual work
to give up to hold a job. It can be
experience in community or work
tricky balancing school, homework,
placements and through job
extra-curricular activities, and a
shadowing.
social life with a part-time job.
At work…
Participate…
Part-time jobs can provide very
Don’t forget that you can learn
valuable experiences as well. Once
important things from your
you are old enough, age 16 for
extra-curricular and co-curricular
most jobs, you can apply for
activities. Being a peer mediator or
summer jobs or even part-time
math tutor, working in the school
work during the school year. You
canteen, assisting with student
might want to even start your
government, participating on
own part-time business.
a sports team or in the school
Work provides an opportunity
to develop “soft skills” such as
teamwork, customer
drama production all provide
very important experiences that
many employers like to see.
service, and selfdiscipline. It is
Volunteer…
also a chance
Volunteering in the community
to show that
with youth groups, environmental
you are a
projects, or service organizations
responsible
is another great way to develop
person and
very valuable skills.
can take
the initiative.
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Gap
Bridging the
There are some skills that are needed
in almost every job.
The key to your future is to develop and
maintain a portfolio of transferable skills.
➤
Read text
➤
Use numbers
➤
Communicate orally
➤
Work with others
➤
Solve problems
➤
Learn continuously
➤
Think positively
And after high school…
Co-operative education in university and college alternates classroom study with paid work-terms and is part of many community college and university
programs. It may take a little longer to complete your program, but you will graduate with real-world learning experience and contacts with employers.
Labour
Nova Scotia’s
Market
The number of Nova Scotians of
working age (15 or older) was
around 756,900 in 2004, and
about 484,300 of these people
were in the labour force.
Around 441,600 of those in the
map, most job opportunities are in
labour force had jobs during
the Halifax region, which accounts
this period, while about 42,700
for about 45% of the jobs in Nova
(8.8% of the labour force)
Scotia. Labour market conditions
were unemployed.
vary significantly across the
Over the past few years, the
province. Unemployment rates
number of people in the labour
are quite high in Cape Breton,
force has increased and, at the
low in the Halifax region,
same time, the unemployment
and in between these two
rate has decreased.
extremes in other parts of
This world-wide trend is
the province.
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The Labour Force
N
RE
D
People
and jobs
continue
to shift to
major urban
areas.
reflected in Nova Scotia’s labour
market. As you can see from the
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2004 Provincial Statistics
Population...130,300
Employment...71,900
Unemployment Rate...10%
y
Employment...51,700
Unemployment Rate...15.5%
Population...98,800
Employment...58,000
Nova Scotia
Employment...203,200
Employment...56,800
Population [15 years +] • 756,900
Labour Force • 484,300
Employment •441,600
Unemployment Rate • 8.8%
The Nova Scotia Labour Market
58.3%
5.6%
36%
58.3% in the labour force and working
5.6% in the labour force and not working
36% not part of the labour force
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jobs
Where do
come from?
in another occupation,
return to school, or focus on
family responsibilities.
Your Parents’
Labour Market
The early 1980s and 1990s
Jobs become
available in
two ways.
were tough times for many
Nova Scotians. Each decade
saw a recession that had a
significant impact on employment
Employment growth…
opportunities. For example, after
New jobs are more likely to be
peaking at 385,000 in 1990, the
created when the economy is
number of people with a job
growing, new businesses are
dropped by 20,000 over the
starting up, and old businesses
next three years as economic
are expanding. When growth
growth slowed.
slows, there are fewer new
It took four more years for
businesses and existing businesses
employment to return to the 1990
reduce their workforce.
level. During these times, there
was very little job creation.
Turnover…
As well as a drop in
Employment growth is not the
employment growth, graduates
only source of job openings. Most
in the 80s and 90s had to
job openings occur as a result of
contend with unusually low levels
turnover. Turnover refers to existing
of employee turnover in desirable
jobs that become vacant due to
occupations. Most workplaces
death and retirement, or because
were well-staffed with baby
the previous employee left to work
boomers who had many years
to go before retirement.
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Even those with a good education
and valuable skills faced significant
challenges in finding their place
The post-secondary education
Job Openings in Nova Scotia from Employment
Growth and Turnover Due to Death and
Retirements
program chosen according to
your interests and career goals
in a difficult job market. Many
graduates had a very hard time
(whether university, college,
finding their first job.
Because so many young
people were poorly prepared
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
apprenticeship training, specialized
12,100
DEATHS AND RETIREMENTS
courses, or a combination of these)
will prepare you to take advantage
2600
of these opportunities.
There will be jobs for those
to take advantage of the few
opportunities available, some
who have the right skills.
ANNUAL JOB OPENINGS
mistaken assumptions about
how to prepare for a career
are now getting ready to retire.
employment growth and turnover
became accepted. You may have
This turnover, likely averaging
due to deaths and retirements.
heard some of these...”You must
about 12,100 openings annually,
Since many people leave their
have a university degree to get
will result in a more job
jobs voluntarily, this is an
a good job and make a decent
opportunities for new labour
underestimate of those actually
living;” “To find well-paid work,
market entrants in almost all
available.)
you have to move from Nova
occupations.
Even more jobs will become
or professional degrees can
available as people change jobs or
guarantee a good job when
leave the labour market for other
you graduate.”
reasons. In fact, more than 7,500
Luckily, you
can expect more
choice than that.
Your labour
market
You can expect to enter a very
to find jobs in any given month.
(Note: Career Options estimates
of job openings only include
expected vacancies resulting from
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that experienced by your parent’s
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The labour market has grown
strongly over the past decade.
In 2005, over 58% of Nova
The
number of
jobs filled by
graduates of
post-secondary
education will
continue to
increase.
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140
130
120
110
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working, compared to just 52%
90
80
70
rates have fallen from over 12%
60
to about 8%.
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Economists are expecting
ND
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Scotians 15 years and over were
in 1995. As a result, unemployment
Employment
opportunities
look good, with a
likely average of
almost 15,000
openings per
year.
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different labour market than
generation.
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Nova Scotians might be expected
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30
employment growth to slow over
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the next few years, with an
10
0
average of 2,600 new jobs
being created each year. However,
1994
1995
the baby boomers, hired in large
numbers in the 1960s and 1970s,
1996
1997
1998
LESS THAN HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
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1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
POST-SECONDARY CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA
UNIVERSITY DEGREE
Where are the Jobs?
Most Nova Scotians
are employed
in service
industries...
About 16% of Nova Scotians are
Many of us think of our traditional
services to individuals and
employed in these industries.
businesses. These include the
forestry and mining industries) as
services provided by government
the most important part of our
including health and education;
economy. These resources are an
services provided by our stores,
important part of Nova Scotia’s
restaurants, and hotels; financial
prosperity, but account for a
services provided by banks and
smaller and smaller part of
insurance companies; and various
employment. A century ago,
services provided to business.
& SPORT
SALES AND SERVICE
Nova Scotians work, provide
resource sector (agriculture, fishing,
ART, CULTURE, RECREATION
OCCUPATIONS UNIQUE TO
PRIMARY INDUSTRY
Service industries, where most
PROCESSING,
MANUFACTURING
& UTILITIES
400
600
3500
700
NATURAL
& APPLIED
SCIENCES
HEALTH
900
1400
2900
1600
more than half of Nova Scotians
MANAGEMENT
were employed in the resource
sector. Today, less than 5%
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work in farming, fishing,
forestry or mining.
Our goods-producing industries
(manufacturing, pulp and paper,
and construction) are also vital
to our economic well-being.
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Today,
about threequarters of all
employment
opportunities for
Nova Scotians are
in the service
sector.
RESOURCES
As you can see from the chart,
to grow, unemployment
it is expected that there will be
is low, and there will be
more job openings in certain
a substantial number of
types of occupations.
job openings.
Nova Scotia 2004
16.1%
What’s Hot! Provides you
prospects? Take a look at
with a starting point to find
What’s Hot!
where the jobs are. But there
These are just some of
78.9%
SERVICES
SOCIAL SERVICES,
EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT
SERVICE, RELIGION
What kind of work are people doing?
So what jobs are hot
Employment Share by Sector
BUSINESS,
FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION
1800
TRADES,
TRANSPORT
& EQUIPMENT
OPERATORS
For
twenty years
now, most
employment
growth has taken
place in small
businesses.
MANUFACTURING
AND
CONSTRUCTION
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are other good opportunities!
the occupations where
Career Options can help you
employment is expected
find them.
Many new jobs
are created in
smaller firms...
In 2002, four out of ten
When looking for a job, many
20 employees. Employment
people tend to limit their efforts
opportunities in workplaces that
to large, well-known firms. In
employ a small number of workers
recent years, however, people
are especially important for young
have experienced more success in
people. Almost half (47%) of
finding work with smaller firms.
employees aged 15 to 24 years
Nova Scotian workers worked
in businesses with less than
were working in these small
4.9%
establishments.
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hot
What’s
Health Occupations
➤
Family Physicians
➤ Continuing Care
Assistants
➤ Registered Nurses
Sales and Service
Occupations
➤
Managers in Retail
Trade, Tourism, and
Other Service
Industries (e.g.
Restaurant Manager)
➤ Retail Salespersons
and Sales Clerks
➤ Technical Sales
Specialists
➤ Sales Representatives,
Wholesale Trade
(e.g., Communications
Sales Specialists)
Business, Finance,
and Administration
➤
Personnel and
Recruitment
Officers
➤ Advertising,
Management,
and Promotion
Consultants
Trades, Transport,
and Equipment
Operators
Occupations
➤
Heavy-duty Equipment
Mechanics
➤ Motor Vehicle
Mechanics
Occupations in
Social Sciences,
Education,
Government
Services, and
Religion
Other Occupations
➤
Engineers
➤ Technical Occupations
in Electronics and
Electrical Engineering
(e.g., Aircraft Electrical
Technician)
➤
College and Other
Vocational Instructors
➤ School Teachers and
School Counsellors
➤ Social Workers
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Work
Changing the way
We live in a time of tremendous
change in the world economy. The
world is becoming a smaller place.
We can communicate in an instant
with people around the world, and
it is becoming easier and cheaper
to exchange goods and services
with people in other countries.
As part of this process of
The 9 to 5, 40-hour, Monday to
The world wide web connects
today, workers must have some
Friday job is fast becoming a thing
business throughout the world,
knowledge of computers and
of the past. The workplace and
making information and data
their application to the job
ways of working have changed
important commodities and
at hand.
dramatically. The two key words for
products. This has led to the
today’s employers and workers are
creation of well-paying jobs for
flexibility and adaptability. Rapid
those who control and manage
and tremendous changes require
these information and data
both employers and employees be
systems. In almost every job
globalization, our provincial
more creative, imaginative and
or occupation
economy is becoming more
responsive. These changes often
include innovative ideas on how
and more connected and
to work, when to work, and
interdependent with other
where to work.
economies across North America
and throughout the world.
Let’s consider some of the
trends that are affecting how
the workplace is changing.
These trends include:
The Impact of
New Technology
New technologies, especially
computer and new communication
systems, are changing the
workplace in ways that we
couldn’t imagine only a few
years ago. These new technologies
create many new jobs but also
make others obsolete. Who heard
of a web designer a few years
ago? What does a key-punch
operator do today? In many
factories and on assembly lines,
robots now routinely do many of
the jobs that humans performed
only months before.
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An Aging Population
A More Diverse
Workforce
segment of our population, are
More Women in the
Workforce
getting older. This aging population
More women participate in the
aware of the value of a diverse
Career and
Occupation Changes
and Re-locations
means several things. Firstly, these
workforce than ever before. Many
workforce. Hiring staff with a
As the workplace continues to
aging baby boomers are retiring in
of these women have young
variety of cultures, backgrounds,
change, workers must be prepared
increasingly large numbers creating
children. This trend has required
and experience leads to increased
to respond as new jobs are created
more career opportunities for
employers to be more flexible with
innovation, adaptability, and
and older jobs are changed or
younger people. Secondly, an aging
work schedules to allow parents
responsiveness to the needs of
phased out. As workers acquire
population will mean increased
to accommodate both work and
a diverse client base.
new skills and training, they may
opportunities for jobs in those
family obligations. There is also an
service occupations that provide
increased demand for occupations
health care and leisure time
that provide services to families
The Growth in Service
Jobs and Occupations
activities for older persons.
where both parents work, for
Today the majority of new jobs
example, child care.
are in the service sector and this
The baby boomers, the largest
More employers are becoming
choose to seek new careers or
occupations or re-locate to
other jobs.
trend is expected to continue. This
has placed a great demand for
employees who have strong people
skills–good communication skills,
problem-solving skills, and the
ability to work as a member
of a team.
The two key words for today’s employers and
workers are flexibility and adaptability.
An Emphasis on More
Training and Better
Education
More and more jobs require
both specialized training and
strong literacy, mathematics,
and communication skills. Workers
are expected to continue to
upgrade their skills, training,
and education as an on-going
function of their employment.
On-the-job training and continuing
education is a reality of many
jobs today. Workers need to be
continuous learners.
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New Ways to Work
In a competitive world, businesses
Work Schedules
Part-time Employment
Working from Home
and organizations try to provide
Not every job opportunity comes
Many people have working
More employees now spend all
as a full-time, Monday-to-Friday,
arrangements that are different
or part of their time working
the products and services that
permanent position. Not everyone
than traditional full-time employ-
from their homes: this is called
their customers want, when and
considers this the best working
ment. For example, part-time
tele-working. Sometimes this
arrangement. There is a range of
employment in Nova Scotia
allows for greater flexibility for
alternative work arrangements
has been increasing over the
the employee. They may not need
being considered by employers
past two decades.
to live within easy commuting
where they want it. They explore
innovative ways of doing this and
often seek employees who are
One in five workers works
and employees. There are two
part-time.
important reasons to think about
distance of their employers and
they may have the freedom to
willing to work under different
this. As you consider possible
arrangements. Since not everyone
careers, you will want to consider
Around 45% of employed youth
some people, however, this means
the usual working arrangements
aged 15 to 24 have part-time
that their workday isn’t over when
wants to work the standard 9 to
for that occupation. If you want to
jobs. They account for more than
they leave the workplace. With this
5 day and five-day week, it is
work regular daytime hours, you
one-third of all part-time workers.
arrangement, it is important to
possible to create alternative
work arrangements that are
beneficial to both the employer
and the employee.
set their own working hours. For
About two-thirds of part-time
should think twice before training
maintain a balance between work
for a career where shift-work is
workers say they prefer to work
the norm. If security is important to
part-time. Working part-time
you, you might not want to find
provides enough money for their
Flex-Time
yourself in a profession where a
needs along with the opportunity
Employees arrange their working
common work arrangement is
to do other things: attend school,
day with flexible starting and
short-time contract work. If your
look after their children, or
ending times within limits set
career is not your only priority,
pursue hobbies.
by their employer.
Contract Work
working arrangements often
Temporary
Employment
provide opportunities for young
Temporary employment is another
specific task or job in a specific
people as they start their careers.
work arrangement that is becom-
time and specific way for a
Only two-thirds of workers in
ing increasingly common. Almost
specified amount of money.
and other life priorities.
you may prefer a job with flexible
working hours. And, alternative
Workers are hired to complete a
Nova Scotia have regular daytime
18% of Nova Scotians work in jobs
schedules. About one in five works
that aren’t considered permanent.
Multiple Jobs
in shifts, and one in seven has
This is especially common among
Employees hold several different
irregular daytime schedules.
youth, of whom 35% work in
jobs at the same time or perform
short-term jobs.
different jobs over a specified
About one-third of temporary
work span.
jobs are seasonal. Many of these
...it is possible to create
alternative work arrangements
that are beneficial to both the
employer and the employee.
are found in agriculture, fishing
Work Sharing
and forestry.
In larger companies, employees
The rest are summer jobs
may agreed to share the work
for students, contract or casual
rather be subject to lay-offs or
positions associated with short-
forced retirements.
term projects, and work with
temporary employment agencies.
Temporary and part-time jobs
can help launch your career.
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Job Sharing
Two persons share the duties,
salary, and job benefits of one
job by splitting the time.
Permanent Part-Time
The employee may work only at
certain peak demand times for
the company, during less desirable
Self
Employment
and
Entrepreneurship
times, or during seasonal periods,
but still be considered a permanent
employee of the company.
Compressed Work
Schedules
Employees may work longer but
fewer days during the work week.
Are you an
opportunity-taker?
Motivated and
enthusiastic?
Looking for a
challenge?
Got an idea for a
product or service?
Phased out retirements
Do you dream
about running
your own business?
Employees are permitted to
gradually decrease their work
Consider joining
the ranks of the
self-employed.
Nova Scotia has a long tradition
of self-employed farmers, fishermen
and merchants. Today, there are
commitments to the company
even more opportunities to work
without retiring fully.
independently or to start your
Leave Time
own business.
Leave time allows the employee
to be absent from the workplace
Small business continues to be an
without loss of employee benefits
important source of job creation in
for such reasons as educational
Nova Scotia. One of the best ways
leave, family leave, maternity
to create new jobs is to support
leave, or other personal reasons.
new entrepreneurs. Business and
Often employees will “spread”
government leaders, opinion
the salary earned during the
makers, and others interested
actual working time over the
in the development of Atlantic
entire time, e.g., four years
Canada’s economy emphasize
over five, to ensure the employee
the need to develop a stronger
has income over the leave time.
entrepreneurial base within our
economy–small business is
big business in Atlantic Canada.
Since 1990, the number of
self-employed workers in Nova
Scotia has increased overall by
5,500 (an 11% increase).
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Why choose
self-employment?
What is an
entrepreneur?
Some people choose an
occupation that offers the option
of self-employment. The selfemployed may be professionals,
such as accountants or lawyers;
studios, gas stations, restaurants,
skills, and problem-solving skills.
fast food outlets, and small
You will need basic business skills.
manufacturing firms.
Entrepreneurs may need to
More than one-third of
If you were a
carpenter, which
description would
fit you?
convince banks, partners, or share-
entrepreneurs in Nova Scotia
holders to invest the money to
are women.
develop or expand their businesses.
Not content with
To do this, you require a business
operating traditional businesses,
plan and the ability to explain
carpenter who does small jobs
entrepreneurs may develop
clearly and persuasively how you
to business, such as bookkeepers
for home-owners on a word-of-
products at the cutting edge
expect your business to develop.
or consultants, or artists and
mouth basis. You work hard
of technology; contribute to the
A positive attitude is one of
craftpersons who produce artwork
and take pride in what you do,
growth of Nova Scotia’s culture
the most important assets you
for sale in their home studio. This
but have no interest in taking
industries; export to foreign
can have.
can be done in addition to regular
on more work than you can
markets; and/or identify and
employment, or to support yourself
do yourself.
fill a new or previously unmet
Training
need of consumers or businesses.
Much is being done to support
tradespersons, such as carpenters
or plumbers; providers of services
when job opportunities are limited.
During the economic downturn
1. You are a self-employed
2. You began your career as a
and encourage entrepreneurs in
self-employed carpenter, but
of the 1990s, self-employment
you sought out and took on
increased at a rate three times
bigger jobs, hiring employees
faster than that of job creation
to help with the work. You keep
and there were up to 10,000
on top of changes in the
Entrepreneurs
see change as an
opportunity.
Nova Scotia. Entrepreneurship
education is offered in the public
school system and through the
Nova Scotia Community College.
more self-employed in Nova Scotia.
construction industry in Nova
Clearly, many people use self-
Scotia and are always prepared
Where are the
opportunities?
employment as a means to gain
to compete for a contract.
Most self-employed people run
counsellors has been developed.
experience in the workforce or
Now your company has clients
businesses in retail trade and con-
Self-employment and entrepreneur-
to keep working when jobs are
throughout the Maritimes,
struction. There are opportunities in
ship are promoted and supported
scarce. Others are self-employed
dozens of employees, and
transportation and warehousing,
as career options. There are a
business continues to grow.
science and technology, agriculture,
number of resources and
If you choose “2”,
forestry and fishing, and manufac-
support networks which offer
balance work with other
congratulations… you’re an
turing. Accommodation and food
entrepreneurial training and
priorities in their life.
entrepreneur at heart.
service, finance, insurance, real
development to youth.
entirely by choice. For many people,
self-employment allows them to
Although many start working
A provincial network of small
business and entrepreneurship
estate and leasing, and business
Entrepreneurs are people who
run their own businesses, from
management and administrative
Centre for Entrepreneurship
the workforce, another path to
small, home-based craft businesses
services are other common choices
Education and Development
self-employment is to work for an
to multimillion dollar computer
for owner-run businesses.
1521 Grafton Street
for themselves as soon they enter
What does it take to become
PO Box 578
established employer at the start of
companies. One of the primary
your career and go into business
goals of entrepreneurs is to ensure
a successful entrepreneur?
Halifax, NS B3J 2S9
on your own once you have
the continued success of their
A positive attitude is one of the
Phone: 1-800-590-8481
established a reputation.
business. To do this, entrepreneurs
most important assets you can
www.ceed.info
must be constantly looking for
have. Determination, self-discipline
new ways to make their business
and a willingness to work hard are
Junior Achievement of Nova Scotia
the best it can be.
the keys to survival. Entrepreneurs
Corridor 4, Upper Level
typically demonstrate some of
West End Mall
almost endless. Examples include
these traits: creativity, initiative,
6960 Mumford Rd., Suite 17
retail stores, software development
independence, a need to achieve,
Halifax, NS B3L 4P1
firms, bed and breakfast
self-confidence, resourcefulness,
www.jacan.org/charters/
establishments, hair-dressing
and a willingness to take calculat-
mainlandnovascotia
salons, publishers, repair shops,
ed risks. Successful entrepreneurs
employment agencies, recording
develop their leadership skills,
Students in Business Program
communication skills, interpersonal
www.studentsinbusiness.ca
A
positive attitude
is one of the
most important
assets you can
have.
The variety of opportunities is
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Story and photo: Courtesy Amy Barkhouse and ACSBE
Amy
My name is Amy Barkhouse
and I am a young entrepreneur.
Good health is a passion of mine and,
even as a student, I felt that there should
be other choices than pills and surgery to
treat sickness and stay well. After grade
10, I lived in Quebec for many years,
as a student at a CEGEP community
college and later as a science student
at Concordia University. Montreal is an
exciting, multicultural city with a large
Chinese population. It was quite a
change from small town Nova Scotia.
Specialists in acupuncture and other
alternatives to western medicine
were commonplace. I began studying
acupressure and continued my training
in alternative healing techniques
when I returned to Nova Scotia.
I realized that conforming to a
set work schedule and having little
responsibility or input into my career
was not the path I wanted to take.
I wanted to spread my wings and
create my own business. With the help
of the Acadia Centre for Small Business
and Entrepreneurship (ACSBE) in
Bridgewater and some hard work,
my dream came true. I am now
the proud owner of Amy’s Healing
Touch Wholistic Health and Wellness.
In my business as a traditional Chinese
acupressure massage therapist and
addiction detoxification specialist, I have
the satisfaction of helping people with
physical problems. At the same time, I
have the freedom to control all aspects
of my business; schedule, income, and
future business growth.
I have found my choice to be a small
business owner very rewarding and
would recommend it as a viable option
for any young person with the drive,
ambition, and creativity to make it
happen.
Balance
Keeping your
As you have seen, the choice you
make about your education will
affect your ability to do the kind
of work you want; your chances
You can look forward to plenty
to these programs requires that
a different career. Your success and
of changes in your life. If you’re
you complete certain high school
happiness could very well depend
prepared, however, changes
courses. Choose your high school
on your ability to respond to these
can be an opportunity.
courses wisely and you can
types of changes. It helps to be
easily make the transition to
flexible and adaptable, but to meet
post-secondary training.
life’s challenges you will require a
Right now, you can inform
yourself about different jobs and
of getting and keeping a job; how
careers and narrow down a few
much money you can earn; and,
that appeal to you.
in the end, the way you live
your life.
There will be changes you
don’t expect.
basic education that will allow
you to upgrade your skills.
Be sure to coordinate your
Nova Scotia’s labour market
plans for your education with
is changing. Technology and the
provides the foundation to help
your career and life goals.
workplace are evolving. Ongoing
you adapt to change and succeed
technological change will require
in Nova Scotia’s labour market.
Once you reach high school,
pay particular attention to the
that you regularly upgrade your
learning paths for your career
skills. On a personal level, you can
choices. To succeed in your chosen
expect that your priorities will shift
career you will need the right
over the years and you may want
training or education. Admission
to consider applying your skills to
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Completing high school
What can the
Career
(opt)ions
N O V A
S C O T I A
website tell you?
Career Options has valuable information
on over 300 occupations.
For example,
let’s see what it
tells you about
“Physiotherapists”
What is the work like?
Physiotherapists plan and carry out
individually designed programs of
physical treatment to help patients
move with greater ease and less
pain.
They assess patients’ physical
abilities and dysfunctions to
Physiotherapists may choose to
imagination are needed to adapt
discover what they can do and
focus their practice on neurology,
activities to individual needs. You
What are the
qualifications?
where they have problems.
pediatrics, orthopedics, and
should be patient, self-disciplined,
A university degree in
Next, they plan a program for
geriatrics, or in the treatment
and resourceful. The ability to
physiotherapy and a period of
each patient that may include
of patients with cardiovascular
inspire confidence and to motivate
supervised practical training are
therapeutic exercise, acupuncture,
disorders, burns, or sports injuries.
clients is important. A strong sense
required. A master’s degree may
massage, and other therapies.
of responsibility, good judgement,
be preferred. Starting in 2006,
Physiotherapists also maintain
and communication skills are also
only master’s degree programs
necessary. Physical stamina may
will be available.
and develop health promotion
What are the
workers like?
programs.
To work in this field, you should
licensed by the Nova Scotia
have an interest in health and in
College of Physiotherapists and
caring for the special needs of
are required to pass the National
people. Ingenuity, initiative, and
Physiotherapy Competence
clinical and statistical records
be needed.
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Physiotherapists must be
Physiotherapists
Will I be able to find
work after I graduate?
Estimated employment in 2005
Work Prospects: GOOD
Estimated change in employment
Demand for this occupation will
between 2005 and 2010
600
Average age
Gender
Highest level of education
increase due to service delivery
39.7 years
Female – 88%
Bachelor’s degree – 74%
shifts to the community level; the
Estimated average annual number
Male – 12%
Post-graduate degree – 17%
greater health care requirements
of job openings
Other – 9%
of our aging population; the trend
Examination administered by the
Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy
Regulators. Membership in
As you will be required to complete
the Canadian Physiotherapy
a number of university science
Association is not mandatory
courses before applying to the
but may increase your chances
physiotherapy program, a grade
of finding a job.
12 course in physics, biology,
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toward more health prevention
Estimated rate of unemployment
and promotion, and heightened
in 2004
consumer expectations. Across
What high school
courses will I need?
Growing
Canada, an increasing number
Significantly below
average
of physiotherapists are moving
Estimated Earnings in 2002
into employment in the private
(hourly)
sector; almost half (45%) of all
Average
$15
physiotherapists in Nova Scotia
Minimum
$10
work in the private sector.
Maximum
$30
This is due to an increase by
or chemistry and Mathematics
private insurance coverage for
12 are recommended.
physiotherapy services.
There has been a trend toward
Where will I
likely work?
the professionalization of this
Industry of employment
occupation. By 2010 Canadian
Health care and social
universities will offer entry level
assistance
100%
programs in physiotherapy only at
Where employed
the masters degree level. However,
Cape Breton
9%
this will not impact the number of
North Shore
7%
graduates in Nova Scotia.
Annapolis Valley
12%
Southern NS
5%
Halifax and area
67%
Finally, as many occupations
have moved from manual to seated
labour, this will increase the need
to treat and prevent the harmful
side effects of prolonged computer
Related Occupations
work. Overall, it is anticipated that
• Managers in Health,Education,
there will continue to be a strong
Where is the
training offered?
demand for physiotherapy services.
Technicians
Physiotherapy will be offering a
starting in September 2006.
Admission requires the completion
of a four-year undergraduate
degree in any field of study,
as well as courses specified by
the School of Physiotherapy.
• Massage Therapists
and Other Non-Medical Health
Dalhousie University School of
Master of Science in Physiotherapy,
Social and Community Services
To work in this field, you
should have an interest in health
and in caring for the
special needs of people.
Where can I get
more information?
• Canadian Physiotherapy
Association
• Dalhousie University School
of Physiotherapy
• Nova Scotia College of
Physiotherapists
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Institutions
Educational
Universities
and Colleges
Acadia University
Wolfville, NS
www.acadiau.ca
Atlantic School of Theology
Halifax, NS
www.astheology.ns.ca
Cape Breton University
Sydney, NS
www.capebretonu.ca
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS
www.dal.ca
Mount Saint
Vincent University
Halifax, NS
www.msvu.ca
Nova Scotia
Agricultural College
Truro, NS
www.nsac.ns.ca
Registered Private
Career Colleges in
Nova Scotia 2005-2006
NSCAD University
Halifax, NS
www.nscad.ns.ca
Academy of Cosmetology
Dartmouth, NS
www.academyofcosmetology.com
Saint Francis
Xavier University
Antigonish, NS
www.stfx.ca
Academy of Learning
Dartmouth, NS
Halifax, NS
www.aoldartmouth.com
Saint Mary’s University
Halifax, NS
www.smu.ca
Acadia Centre for
Small Business &
Entrepreneurship (ACSBE)
Wolfville, NS
http://acsbe.acadiau.ca
University of Kings College
Halifax, NS
www.ukings.ns.ca
Atlantic Flight
Attendant Academy
Halifax, NS
www.flightattend.com
Université Sainte-Anne
www.usainteanne.ca
Campuses:
Pointe-de-l’Église
Halifax
Petit-de-Grat
Saint-Joseph-du-Moine
Tusket
Atlantic Media Institute
Halifax, NS
www.theami.com
Atlantic Petroleum
Training College
Dartmouth, NS
www.oilrigtraining.com
Nova Scotia
Community College
www.nscc.ca
Campuses:
Bridgewater
Dartmouth
Halifax
Kentville
Lawrencetown
Port Hawkesbury
Shelburne
Springhill
Stellarton
Sydney
Truro
Yarmouth
Breton Beauty College
Sydney, NS
www.bretonbeautycollege.com
Bridgewater Institute of
Cosmetology & Salon
Bridgewater, NS
Phone 902 543 8990
CDI College of Business,
Technology and Health Care
Halifax, NS
www.cdicollege.com
CSI
North Sydney, NS
www.techease.org
Canadian College of
Massage and Hydrotherapy
Bedford, NS
www.collegeofmassage.com/halifax
Cape Breton Business
College
Sydney, NS
www.cbbc.ns.ca
Centre for Arts
and Technology
Halifax, NS
www.digitalartschool.com
Centre for Distance
Education
Sydney, NS
www.cd-ed.com
Commercial Safety College
Truro, NS
www.safetycollege.ca
CompuCollege of Business
(Halifax)
Halifax, NS
www.compucollegeatlantic.ca
Concepts School of
Cosmetology
Halifax, NS
www.concepts.ns.ca
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Consolidated Fluid
Power Training Tech
Dartmouth, NS
www.cfp.ns.ca
McKenzie College
Sydney Campus
Sydney, NS
www.mckenziecollege.com
Counsellor Training Institute
Halifax, NS
www.ctihalifax.com
Millennium Safety and
Driving Academy Ltd.
Dartmouth, NS
http://ca.geocities.com/
msdacademy/
Hair Design Centre
Halifax, NS
www.hairdesigncentre.com
Hair Masters
North Sydney, NS
Phone 902 794 2460
Highland Resources Limited
Sydney, NS
www.hightraining.ns.ca
ICT Northumberland College
Halifax, NS
www.ictschools.com
(The) Institute for Human
Services Education
Truro, NS
www.inst-hse.ca
Island Career Academy
Sydney, NS
www.islandcareeracademy.ns.ca
MacTech Distance Education
Sydney, NS
www.homeed.com
Maritime Art Institute
of Holistic Esthetics
North Sydney, NS
www.maritimeartinstitute.com
Nova Scotia
Firefighters School
Waverley, NS
www.nsfs.ns.ca
Operating
Engineers
Investment Limited
Dartmouth, NS
www.operatingengineer
straining721.ns.ca
Patrick’s Business College
Sydney, NS
Phone 902 567 1234
Red Arrow
Digital College
Halifax, NS
www.redarrowdigitalcollege.com
St. Joseph’s College of Early
Childhood Education Society
Halifax, NS
www.stjosephsece.ns.ca
Success College of Applied
Arts & Technology –
Sackville
Lower Sackville, NS
Truro, NS
www.thinksuccess.ca
Maritime Business College
(Dartmouth)
Dartmouth, NS
www.maritimebusinesscollege.ca
Maritime Environmental
Training Institute
Glace Bay, NS
www.metiatlantic.com
Maritime School of
Paramedicine
Dartmouth, NS
www.msop.ca
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