Are you a student who is looking to learn more about the local labour market? Are you an educator who wants to integrate labour market information into your classroom? We have resources and insights to support everyone seeking to leverage data for career planning.
Youth Employment Project
Over the past year COVID-19 has significantly impacted youth employment. This project dives deeper into these impacts and pairs available labour force data with insights from local youth, collaborators in post-secondary education, and our local school boards to support long-term career planning. Click here to see the latest data and resources related to this project.
Information for Parents and Students
For students planning their future careers, NWPB’s Career Library provides an expansive, interactive overview of all occupations and local in-demand occupations. This tool highlights the most current information on local job availability, related occupations, earning potential, and the skills needed to succeed.
The Government of Ontario’s Labour Market Portal features insights and forecasts on more than five hundred occupations.
The Federal Job Bank offers employment listings combined with detailed career paths to guide a person through every step of career planning: from required levels of education and training to the best places in Canada to find work in your field.
Finding your First Job
For those looking to get a real time local employment opportunities and career paths our job board and job map highlight real employers from Niagara who are looking to find their next co-op student or dream hire.
Resources for Educators
NWPB produces a series of tools to support educators looking to integrate labour market data into their secondary school curriculum. If you would like access to this free resource, please email info@niagaraworkforceboard.ca and someone from our team will follow up with you.
As an additional layer of support for educators and students during the COVID-19 pandemic, NWPB has produced a series of educational videos that explore how key employment and job demand trends changed during 2020. These videos can be accessed through this link.
Students and educators looking to build career plans at the local level, or beyond, can access multiple resources from the Government of Ontario and Government of Canada.