Introducing the CanWork BC youth tool!
Youth
Explore the CanWork BC youth tool, an online platform designed to support youth with disabilities aged 15 to 30 on their employment journey. Created with input from youth and employment experts, this tool provides a holistic approach to navigating employment and building life skills.
Supporting your employment journey
The CanWork BC youth tool is an online self-paced platform designed for you. It’s an engaging, interactive learning experience across five key areas called dimensions. The tool is designed to be flexible, accessible, and self-paced, helping you develop practical skills, discover your strengths, and support your personal growth.
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Youth-focused
Whether you're starting your employment journey or looking to enhance your skills, CanWork BC offers tailored resources to meet your needs.
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Get badges
Earn badges and certificates to track your progress, and explore your strengths through job readiness, personal development, and wellness practices.
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Self-paced
Start anywhere you like and complete as much as you want at your own pace. Feel free to revisit topics to deepen your understanding and reflect on your growth.
Employment essentials
Learn practical skills for job searching, applying, and succeeding at work. From resume writing to interview preparation, this dimension has the tools you need to navigate the world of work confidently.
Employment navigation
Explore your career ambitions and learn how to pursue them. This dimension focuses on decision-making and managing change, helping you set realistic goals and adapt as you move through different employment opportunities.
Creating a job search toolkit
Learn where to find job openings, assess job fit, and create a resume, cover letter, and reference list.
Applying for job opportunities
Discover how to apply for jobs and prepare for interviews.
Starting a new job
Understand how to accept a job offer, navigate onboarding, and build relationships with coworkers.
Navigating the workplace
Manage daily tasks, meet workplace expectations, grow in your role, and handle common challenges.
Moving on from a job
Know when to move on, write a resignation letter, and transition professionally to new opportunities
Understanding employment basics
Build a foundational understanding of employment, including personal views, standards, and workplace rights.
Exploring career pathways
Connect personal qualities to potential career paths and identify roles that align with career aspirations.
Planning a career path
Create a personal career plan, explore needed skills or training, and develop strategies for short- and long-term goals.
Navigating the career journey
Work toward career aspirations, stay motivated, adapt to challenges, reflect on experiences, and reassess goals.
Fostering career growth
Engage in professional development, build a network, develop career growth skills, and pursue continuous learning opportunities.
Money management
Gain financial literacy skills to help you manage your income. Whether it’s budgeting, saving, or understanding paycheques, this dimension helps you develop a healthy relationship with money.
Self Exploration
Dive into self-awareness by exploring your strengths, values, and personality. Connect these insights to your employment journey and discover how to find meaningful work that aligns with who you are.
Understanding money basics
Learn how to earn income, read a pay stub, file taxes, open a bank account, and keep finances safe.
Setting a financial foundation
Explore strategies to set a financial basis, reflect on personal views and behaviours around money, identify strengths and opportunities for growth, and review current income and cost of living.
Building money management skills
Manage money through spending, saving, credit, and debt management. Evaluate habits to set informed and realistic financial goals.
Exploring effective budgeting
Create a personal budget that fits your financial starting point and goals. Explore budgeting methods, track income and expenses, and adjust your budget to stay on track.
Fostering financial futures
Plan for the future by building long-term savings, understanding safe investing options, and seeking trustworthy financial advice.
Building a foundation for self exploration
Understand how personal traits influence interactions and decisions.
Identifying personal qualities
Explore and identify core personal qualities, including personality, interests, passions, values, and beliefs. Connect them to strengths and areas for growth.
Connecting personal and social qualities
Explore and understand identity, including how various aspects interact and shape perspectives and experiences.
Mapping community connections
Discover and map community networks. Identify strategies for meaningful engagement within communities.
Fostering the drive to thrive
Identify personal sources of motivation and purpose. Use these aspects to make meaningful contributions in the community and throughout the employment journey.
Wellness
Learn how to balance work and personal well-being. This dimension explores different strategies to support your well-being and how it contributes to long-term career success and personal growth.
Understanding wellness
Explore the fundamental concepts of wellness using the wellness wheel. Understand the balance between each aspect of the wheel and reflect on personal well-being.
Fostering wellness
Promote personal well-being by exploring thoughts, feelings, and actions. Learn strategies for fostering wellness in these areas.
Creating a wellness plan
Develop a personal wellness plan. Create and maintain healthy habits, focusing on thoughts and behaviours within your control.
Connecting wellness to employment
Maintain well-being throughout the employment journey. Foster work-life balance, manage work-related stress, and build resilience.
Seeking and offering support
Learn when and where to seek support for wellness and how to be an effective wellness ally for others.
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