Finding Jobs
You’ll find job advertisements in local newspapers, trade journals, and electronic sources, as well as through professional associations’ publications.
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
Professional Associations’ Career Resources
Identifying the Right Position
When you browse job advertisements, you’ll find a range of different job titles that are relevant.
For urban and land use planners, look for these related job titles (from NOC):
- City or Municipal Planner
- Community and Urban Planner
- Community Recreation Planner
- Environmental Planner
- Heritage Planner – Land Use
- Land Use Specialist or Planner
- City or Municipal Park Planner
- Neighbourhood Planner
- Planner, Community Recreation
- Planner, Urban and Regional
- Transportation Planner
- Zoning Officer
Creating a List of Potential Employers
You can use directories to produce lists of employers who work in the urban and land use planning sector in British Columbia or Canada. 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 “urban planning” 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).
