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Exploring Careers that Match Your Skills

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Once you have identified your transferable skills, how do you find careers that require these skills? There are a number of resources that can help you match skills to careers.

Tip:

If you already have a potential career in mind, try searching a selection of job postings to see what skills are consistently highlighted by employers.

A good starting place is a general job site such as Indeed.ca

The tools below can help you explore possible career options:

Useful Websites

General job search site
By taking each quiz, you'll be able to identify your strengths, work preferences and interests and then see which careers might suit you best.
The Skills Search function helps you use your skills to identify occupations for exploration.