Think About Your Future: Get Your CAREER in GEAR!
The Work Experience Program provides an opportunity for students to experience working outside the classroom in a community or professional environment for skill building, career exploration, and development of valuable employability skills. Students are matched to an approved work site with an experienced mentor. They receive 1 credit for every 25 hours of time at work that has been signed off and evaluated.
Students can choose to find out more about the "real world" while earning high school credit at the same time!
Locations and Hours
Career Center
Main Library Exchequer Room
8 am – 3:45 pm (Mon. – Thurs.)
8 am – 2 pm (Fri.)
Work Experience Office
Beside the Main Office Near Stairwell "A"
8 am – 4 pm (Mon. – Thurs.)
8 am – 2 pm (Fri.)
Services Include
The Work Experience / Career Services team delivers and provides the following services for students:
- Career Self-Assessment: Interests, values & skills inventory
- Occupational Profiles: Research possible career paths
- Job Search strategies
- Resumes
- Cover Letters
- Job Applications
- Interview Skills
- Employability Skills
- Labour Market Trends
- Portfolio Development
- Access Free Resources
- Career exploration
- Career search tools
- Volunteer opportunities
- Student job postings
Students may visit these services before school, during spares, at noon, and after school, or with a class if arranged by their course instructor.
Useful Website information
Web Sites:
www.alis.gov.ab.ca
occupational profiles, labour market information, educational links
www.careercruising.com
career interest assessment & occupational information
Contact Mrs. Radder in the Career Center for username and password
Careers Virtual Tour
If you want a short cut to start your future in the world of work, this is the course for you. Want to know more? Check out the Virtual Tour to the left. Find out if this is the career path you want to begin after high school or develop employment skills to help prepare you for the next step after high school.