Career Planning

Career Services Near You

Programs and services that offer direct career information and career counselling, e.g., employment resource centres, school guidance counsellors, private career counselling. To research a local area, select "BC Sites" at left, then click on the relevant region.

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Career Solutions for Skilled Immigrants 
This B.C. Skills Connect program is designed for skilled immigrants and internationally trained professionals. The program helps qualified participants on Vancouver Island to gain employment in the construction, energy, tourism and hospitality, and transportation industries.
Sponsored by: Camosun College and Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA)
CareerAxis 
Immigrants and refugees in the Lower Mainland will find career planning assistance through interactive workshops and individual coaching led by experienced employment counsellors. Assessments, decision-making and goal-setting, cultural adaptation, research, skill practice and more.
Sponsored by: Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISS)
Central Okanagan Immigrant Employment Service 
Find employment information, learn about Canadian job search techniques, use the job board and other resources. Get help with career planning, resume and cover letter, interview skills, finding work and more.
Sponsored by: Vernon & District Immigrant Services Society
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society - Employment Services 
This Nanaimo-based organization provides an employment services centre, employment and career counselling, job opportunities board, labour market information and more.
Sponsored by: Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society (CVIMS)
CRAFTCentre 
This Lower Mainland service helps unemployed and underemployed clients to find jobs or training in the construction industry. Includes apprenticeships that lead to trade certification or other occupations. Career and job search, essential skills, portfolios and more. Targeted groups include youth, women, Aboriginal people and immigrants.
Sponsored by: Construction Industry Training Institute
DIVERSEcity Career Planning Services 
This Lower Mainland program provides career decision-making services to unemployed immigrants. Find professional and general career planning workshops conducted within a group setting, with individual consultation, guidance, follow-up and support available to participants. Assessments, occupational research, decision-making and more.
Sponsored by: DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society (formerly Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society)
Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society (IMSS) 
This Prince George society offers a range of services, including employment services. Find employment and career counselling, help with job search skills, resume and interview preparation, and information on educational programs and foreign educational credential evaluation. Skills Connect program
Sponsored by: Immigrant and Multicultural Services Society (IMSS)
Immigrant Services Society of BC 
This society serves immigrant and refugee communities in the Lower Mainland. The Language College and Career Services provides employment services, English language courses, skills training and pre-employment programs for skills to integrate into Canadian society and obtain employment in B.C.
Sponsored by: Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia (ISS)
MOSAIC Employment Programs 
A multilingual non-profit organization dedicated to addressing issues that affect immigrants and refugees in the course of their settlement and integration into Canadian society. Employment services include career decision-making and job search skills. Centres are located in the Lower Mainland.
Sponsored by: MOSAIC
North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society 
This non-profit society based in Vernon offers employment preparation and training, work search support and career guidance, counselling and testing. You'll also find current labour market information, a self-employment program, life skills training and IMMPowerBC program for skilled immigrants and internationally trained professionals. Drop-in employment services are also available in Armstrong, Enderby and Lumby.
Sponsored by: North Okanagan Employment Enhancement Society (NOEES)
Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society 
This Lower Mainland non-profit organization provides employment services, health education, counselling programs, youth programs, English language, immigration/settlement services, drug and alcohol counselling, a volunteer program, agricultural workers programs and senior's housing. Employment programs include job-finding club, job search modules, job mentoring, resource centre, career counselling and more.
Sponsored by: Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS)
Service Canada - Finding Education and Training Resources 
An overview of available Service Canada Programs across Canada. Appeals to a wide variety of potential users including: Aboriginals, Newcomers, Veterans, People with Disabilities, Families and Children, Youth and Students as well as all other Canadians. A generally useful and effective jumping off spot for researching related links within Service Canada's far-reaching scope of services.
Sponsored by: Service Canada
Skills Connect for Immigrants Program 
This province-wide B.C. Skills Connect program is designed for skilled immigrants and internationally trained professionals. The program helps qualified participants gain employment in the construction, transportation, energy or tourism and hospitality industries.
Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre 
This non-profit society provides a wide range of services to its target group, assisting them with settling in Victoria, finding a job, learning English, career planning and more. Project ENABLE offers services to youth immigrants and refugees. Access a variety of workshops related to job search and maintenance.
Sponsored by: Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (VIRCS)
Your Employment Services (YES) 
A comprehensive directory of Lower Mainland employment assistance providers offering a range of programs and services funded by the Government of Canada and available at no charge to anyone who is unemployed or under-employed and eligible to work in Canada.
Sponsored by: Your Employment Services