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Finding Jobs

You’ll find job advertisements in local newspapers, electronic sources, and through professional associations.

Local Newspapers

You can look at the Vancouver Sun & 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

Find jobs posted on a multitude of company career sites and job boards
Canada’s leading web site for employment in the journalism, media, and communications industry
Site for media-related jobs across Canada
**must have permanent resident number** newcomers can post their skills, education and work experience to BC employers looking for workers

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.

For journalists look for these and other related job titles (from NOC 5123)

  • Book reviewer
  • Content provider
  • Broadcast journalist
  • Columnist
  • Correspondent
  • Cyberjournalist / cyberreporter
  • Investigative reporter
  • News commentator
  • Reporter
  • Television news anchorperson
  • News correspondent

Creating a List of Potential Employers

You can use directories to produce lists of companies in the Lower Mainland or BC in the journalism sector.
Contact them directly to find out if they’re hiring.

Instructions for using Reference Canada (see link to external resource listed 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 “newspaper” or “magazine” or “television stations” or “radio stations” 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).

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Provides information on more than 2 million businesses throughout Canada. Tutorial available.

Access:
Everywhere for VPL cardholders
Call Number
808.02 G65c11

Periodical Writers Association of Canada

Call Number
808.0205 P445pa