Module 3: Ground Work

Section 1: Exploring Support Networks

Ways that People Get Jobs
Play the Game: Networking
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1031a1a001.html

Practice: Guessing Job Search Percentages
Job Search Strategies
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1031a2a001.html

Practice: Who Is in My Personal Network?
Making Decisions
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl106/pl1061---h001.html

Section 2: Exploring the Labour Market

Practice: Job Lingo
Job Lingo Quiz
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1032a1a001.html

Practice: Knowing Yourself
Service Canada Job Bank
http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/report_skillknowledge-eng.do?action=search_form

Practice: Future Trends Sources
Canadian Occupational Projection System
http://www23.hrsdc.gc.ca/.4cc.5p.1t.3.4nd.1t.1s.2.1rch@-eng.jsp?sbmt=Search
WorkBC: Guide to using Labour Market Information
http://www.workbc.ca/Statistics/Labour-Market/Guide-to-using-Labour-Market-Information.aspx

Section 3: Preparing for an Employment Search

Where Do You Start?
Playing the Game: Workplace Trends
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033a1a001.html
Work Search: Solving the Puzzle
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033a2a001.html

Practice: Where's the Match?
Job Search Techniques
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033a3a001.html

Practice: Importance of a Resumé
Playing the Game: Resumés
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033b2a001.html
Work Search: Solving the Puzzle: 80,000 Resumés
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033b3a001.html

Practice: Collecting All Your Information
Resumé Guide
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033b1h001.html

Practice: The Practice Round
Cover Letter Guide
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033c1a001.html

Practice: Apply a Little Pressure
Interview Skills
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033e1a001.html

What Employers Want
Playing the Game: What Employers Want
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033e3a001.html
Work Search: Interview Here I Come
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1033e2a001.html

Section 4: Keeping that Job

Employment Standards Act
Employment Standards
http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/

3.4 Assign: Are They Allowed to Do That?
Employment Standards
http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/

Workplace Injuries and Youth
Worksafe BC
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/YoungWorker/Statistics.asp

Practice: Lost Youth
Lost Youth
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1034c1a001.html

Workplace Safety
WorkSafe BC Young Worker
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/YoungWorker/Home.asp?_from=youngworker.healthandsafetycentre.org

Practice: Rights and Responsibilities
Rights and Responsibilities
http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/pl10/pl103/pl1034d1h001.html

Summary
WorkSafe BC Injury Prevention
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Topics/YoungWorker/Resources-Speakers.asp?_from=youngworker.healthandsafetycentre.org