Career Life Connections

Career Research Project

PLANNING YOUR CAREER
Step 1
Finding out what careers are available for you to explore with your personal goals and
interests.

Go to

1. Career Cruising at www.careercrusing.com (ID: Tweedsmuir Password: Careers)

2. Careerinsite www.careerinsite.alberta.ca and create your personal account.
3. My Blue Print and create a login

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Step 2
Go to the know yourself section and take ALL the self-assessment quizzes. It is
important to do all the quizzes to get a full picture of your interests and a more accurate
assessment of your interests.

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Answer all the questions to the best of your ability giving thought to your own personal
values and idea’s.

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When you have completed all the tests you will be able to go to the “my career plan
section” and see what occupations have been recommended for you. You can click on
any of the occupations in this section and explore the possibilities for each.

Once you have completed all the quizzes and have an idea of what is being suggested for
you go to Education Planner (https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/) and WorkBC
(http://www.workbc.ca/)

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RESEARCH AT LEAST 3 CAREERS.
At least 1 career must be from the suggested list at careerinsite.

The second career can be from there or any other career you may be interested in that
might not have appeared on your list.

The third career must be in the trade’s area.

Go to the ITA – Industry Trade Authority (Ihttp://www.itabc.ca/) and

Discover Skills BC (http://discoverskillsbc.ca/)

Go to http://alis.alberta.ca/videoplayer/player.aspx and view the video’s for your

suggested occupations.

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Answer the following for EACH of the three careers.

CAREER ONE
Name: Mehtab Kooner

Career Name: financial auditor and accountants

1. Education required and or recommendations: high school diploma and Auditors

require education

2. Suggested Post-Secondary Institutions: BCIT or UBC

3. Cost of training in Canadian $ (full program cost for all years): $7,615 for 1 year

4. Salary range: $36,005 - $100,006

5. Job description: Financial auditors examine and analyze the accounting and
financial records of individuals and establishments to ensure accuracy and compliance
with established accounting standards and procedures.

6. Number or people employed in this occupation (indicate whether the number refers to
BC or Canada) 470,000 BC or Canada (circle one)

7. Employment prospects: 220,000 in 2016 to 250,000 in 2025

8. Related Jobs (list at least 3):

 Accountant (CPA)
 Auditor
 Financial Controller

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9. Skills or characteristics required: Analytical skills, Communication skills, Detail oriented,

Math skills, Organizational skills

10. Disadvantages of occupation: Evidence, Harassment of staves, Unsuitable changes,

Chances of fraud, Small concerns, Problems in remedial measures, Insufficient
considerate

11. Describe how your values, skills and interests relate to this career option: My interest
are into accountant of course but of how much math it gets into. My skills are math and
being organizational.

12. What courses and grades are needed to enter this occupation? Must pass all course
with A’s or B’s

13. Working conditions: normally work about 40 hours per week in an office environment.

14. Typical hours of work: 40 per week

15. Describe what has influenced your choice of this occupation: Since am taking school
seriously now and I didn’t do well in math 9 but now I got a second chance to fix my
mistake in math. Currently I’m in Math 10 pre Cal and foundations when I pass the
course semester 2 I’m going into Math 11 Pre Cal or Foundations

16. What are the future trends of this occupation: The employment growth of accountants
and auditors is expected to be closely tied to the health of the overall economy.

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17. Go to Work BC Website (http://www.workbc.ca/) and Education Planner
(https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/) list 2 points of information you felt were important
and were not covered.

1. Every business, no matter how small, needs a financial

2. There have to be an accountants and at least a auditor

CAREER TWO
Name: Mehtab Kooner

Career Name: Information systems analyst and consultants

18. Education required and or recommendations: High school Diploma and Bachelors
degree

19. Suggested Post-Secondary Institutions: University of Victoria

20. Cost of training in Canadian $ (full program cost for all years): $6,250

21. Salary range: $ 81,058

22. Job description: Analyze and test systems requirement, develop and implement
information systems development plans policies and procedures, and provides advice on
wide range of information system issues

23. Number or people employed in this occupation (indicate whether the number refers to
BC or Canada) 2600+ BC or Canada (circle one)

24. Employment prospects: 2018 +780, 2023+840, 2028+980

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25. Related Jobs (list at least 3):

 Database Specialist
 Professional occupations in business management consulting
 Computer Engineers

26. Skills or characteristics required: Speaking, Systems analysis, Active learning, Complex
problem solving, and more

27. Disadvantages of occupation: Time Consuming, Involves Personal, Biasness and more

28. Describe how your values, skills and interests relate to this career option: this job
interests me because you are reviewing computer systems and speaking a public and
doing complex problems

29. What courses and grades are needed to enter this occupation? High grades in school
and university

30. Working conditions: office

31. Typical hours of work: 40 per week with occasional evening or weekend work to meet
project deadlines

32. Describe what has influenced your choice of this occupation: you get to analyze
computers systems and develop some too and review people works too

33. What are the future trends of this occupation: The employment growth of
information systems analyst and consultants is expected to be closely tied to the health

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of the overall economy.

34. Go to Work BC Website (http://www.workbc.ca/) or Education Planner

(https://www.educationplannerbc.ca/) and list 2 points of information you felt were
important and were not covered.

1. how much your spreading on the computer without the heath problems

2. You can get public black lash

TRADES CAREER
Name: Mehtab Kooner

Career Name: Guide

35. Education required and or recommendations: high school diploma

36. Suggested Post-Secondary Institutions: Thompson Rivers University

37. Cost of training in Canadian $ (full program cost for all years): $5,339.24

38. Salary range: 26k, 31k, 49k

39. Job description: Tour Guides are responsible for helping people to visit unfamiliar areas.
They usually make special trips with groups of tourists in order to show them important
places of cities.

40. Number or people employed in this occupation (indicate whether the number refers to
BC or Canada) 15,000 BC or Canada (circle one)

41. Employment prospects: 15,000 2016, 14,700, 2017 and 2018, 14,800 2019 2020 2021,
14,900 2022 2023 2024, 15,000 2025 2026
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42. Related Jobs (list at least 3):

 Travel agent
 Travel guide
 Host

43. Skills or characteristics required: Speaking, Active listening, Social perceptiveness,

Service orientation, Coordination

44. Disadvantages of occupation: Planning, Lack of Flexibility, big crowds,

Limited Interactions With Locals

45. Describe how your values, skills and interests relate to this career option: Being tour
guide gives me the ability to tell facts about a place. Reason why I’m interests is
because I get a travel the world on top of that.

46. What courses and grades are needed to enter this occupation? Passing grades in
High school and University

47. Working conditions: Tour Guides can work in all sorts of locations

48. Typical hours of work: 40 hours per week

49. Describe what has influenced your choice of this occupation: You get to see of sorts of
places all over the world and tell them to people as well

50. What are the future trends of this occupation: Last minute bookings are increasing. In
our 2019 Tourism Survey by 39% of our participants selected that last minute bookings
had been a common trend for their business
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51. Go to ITA http://www.itabc.ca/ or the Discover Skills BC Website
http://discoverskillsbc.ca/ and list 2 points of information you felt were important and
were not covered.

1. How responsible you should be with your tourist

2. How much research should go in

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