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You got the job. Now learn how to keep it, and maybe even get a promotion. Discover what it takes to stand out at work, how to handle challenges and how to be safe in your workplace.
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Find valuable resources to help you inspire your clients, students, children and the people in your community when planning for their career in Alberta. Support them as they discover their skills, interests and passions, they explore educational and training options, or find helpful job search tools.
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The better you can describe your skills and accomplishments, the stronger the impression you’ll make on potential employers.
Essential skills profiles describe how workers in various occupations use each of the key essential skills.
Practising personal management, communication and teamwork employability skills at school will prepare you to use them at work.
Employers usually screen job applications based on whether or not the applicants have the right skills to do the job.
If you are a post-secondary student working toward a general degree such as a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science, or if you have completed your degree, you have important skills employers need.
Knowing how to market your employability skills will help you impress potential employers and improve your chances of landing the job you want.
The first step in planning your career is to know what you value, your interests and the things you’re good at. It's time to get to know yourself.
This work-related guide uses stories and exercises to help Albertans with low literacy skills keep their job. Easy Reading Keep Your Job covers important topics such as: what employers want, building good work skills and attitudes, workplace rights and responsibilities and making sure their job is a good fit. Readers are encouraged to contact their career advisor or tutor for help when using this book.
