Finding Jobs
You’ll find job advertisements in local newspapers, trade journals, and electronic sources, as well as through professional associations’ publications.
Often jobs teaching in professional college programs will not be posted but are only known through “word of mouth”. If you have a background in a specific profession, look to see which universities or colleges teach that program and contact the department head directly about possible teaching opportunities.
Finding Advertised Jobs
Local Newspapers
You can look at the Vancouver Sun and The Province at Vancouver Public Library for free. Check the job postings daily, the careers section in the Vancouver Sun on Wednesdays and Saturdays and in The Province on Sundays.
Online Job Postings & Professional Associations’ Career Resources
Identifying the Right Position
When you browse job advertisements, you’ll find a wide range of different job titles that are relevant.
Look for these and other related job titles:
- college teacher, (academic, technology, or vocational)
- college instructor
- community college teacher
- company trainer
- training officer
- language school instructor
- trainer, (vocational, computer, etc)
Creating a List of Potential Employers
You can use directories to produce lists of colleges and career training institutes in the Lower Mainland or BC. Contact them directly to find out if they’re hiring.
Instructions for using Reference Canada (see link to external resource below):
- Click on “Start Search” beside Canadian Businesses, then select the “Advanced Search” button.
- Select both “Keyword/SIC/NAICS” under Business Type and “City” under Geography.
- In the top search box enter “colleges” (OR “community colleges” OR “institutes) and click SEARCH.
- Select the appropriate headings.
- Lower down, select the Province, choose the cities, and click the “View Results” button.
NOTE: You can access this database from a Library computer. If you are using a computer from outside the Library, you will need a Vancouver Public Library card to login to this database. After clicking on the database name, you will be asked to enter your library card number and PIN (usually last four digits of your telephone number).
