Civic Holiday
Centre for Skills will be closed on Monday, August 4th, 2025 for Civic Holiday, except for our employment services which will provide service remotely.
Our regular operation will resume on Tuesday, August 5th, 2025.
Do you want to change your career or need re-training to grow your career?
Our Employment Specialists offer career planning assistance to help you define your career goals and explore career paths that align with your values and interests.
We can also help determine if you qualify for funding to return to school through the Better Jobs Ontario program or suggest other programs that may be suitable for you.
Changing Careers
- Sometimes we change careers by choice and sometimes the change is imposed on us when our old occupation or sector no longer exists or we can no longer do the job physically or mentally.
- Change can be challenging but it can also be exciting! It’s an opportunity to take stock of your interests, values, skills and personal preferences.
- We can help you determine if your new career is something you’ll need formal training or upgrading for, or leverage your transferable skills by training on-the-job. Some careers also provide options to learn through apprenticeship.
- Our trained Employment Specialists can help guide you on the path of exploring new careers. We have an array of assessments to help you narrow down the choices in occupations and how to research those occupations for best fit. We can also guide you on the labour market to see what jobs are hot now and what types of jobs may be prevalent in future years.
- Book an appointment with one of our Employment Specialists to start exploring your options today!
Assessments for Career Exploration
- COPSystem – All in one assessment that assesses your abilities, interests and values and helps you line up which careers could be a good match based on this
- Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI ®) – Identifies your personality type out of 16 different possibilities. This is helpful in identifying natural strengths and work environment preferences.
- Personality Dimensions® – This assessment is often done in a group workshop setting. It identifies 4 different personality types, their strengths and blind spots and how this can translate into work preferences.
- Strong Interest Inventory® – Assess how your interests align with different occupations
- Career Cruising – Assessments that you can do independently which look at your interests as well as your learning style
