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Budgeting

Your child may be going back to school, getting a job or both. As a parent, you know that they will need to learn how to track their spending, manage loans and credit, budget properly and find other sources of funding like scholarships, bursaries and student aid. These resources can help.

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Financial Literacy for Students: Invest in Your Future

Explore these articles, resources, interactive tools, and simulation games to build your financial literacy. With some budgeting basics under your belt, you'll be better equipped to make the most of your education and employment.

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Figuring out how much your post-secondary education will cost is the first step in planning how to pay for it.

Budget for Student Life

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Setting up a spending plan before you start school can help you manage your money and save you a lot of stress.

Create a Student Spending Plan

Free financial education programs give you the tools to get out of debt, become financially stable, and live a stress-free life. Topics include budgeting, credit/debt, saving, planning for retirement, and more.

Money Mentors Financial Education

This program, developed by the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, helps parents, guardians, and teachers discuss financial literacy with youth.

Talk With Our Kids About Money

Look for Work

You may have mixed feelings about your child getting that first job and launching their career. But it's all a part of helping them make that journey to becoming an adult. Along the way, you can help them build their work search skills, understand what employers are looking for, stay safe on the job and find a fulfilling, successful career you can both be proud of.

You may be good at the specific tasks your work requires. But without job smarts, you may not be working for long. Find out how developing and using job smarts will help you succeed at work.

Develop Your Job Smarts

A positive attitude will help you find a good job. And it will help you hold on to your work in a competitive market.

Get and Keep the Work You Want

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Look for Work

Work Search Basics

Whether you're a first-time job seeker, a newcomer to Canada, or a long-time veteran of the workforce, this article can give you the knowledge and resources to find work in Alberta.

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Be Safe at Work

Stay healthy and safe on the job. Learn how to spot danger, use safety equipment, report injuries, and share health and safety concerns with employers.

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It’s a skills-based world out there, and many employers are specific about the skills they want. Start building your skills when you’re still in high school—or even in junior high. You’ll soon be able to show employers you’ve got the skills you need for the job.

Start Now to Build the Skills Employers Want

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Tools and Resources

How to Help Your Teen Get a Job

If your teen is looking for a job, there’s a lot you can do to help—and some things not to do. Here’s how to get involved without overstepping.

Single Parents

Tools and Resources

Single Parents: Finding Work that Meets Your Needs

If you’re a single parent looking for work, your needs are different than other job seekers’. You may need to find a job that allows you to balance your life between work and home.

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When you start to feel overwhelmed, it's time to pick up some organizational tools and create the time and space you need to focus on the things that are important to you.

Time-Saving Tools for Busy Lives

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Balancing work at a paying job with providing care to loved ones can be tough. Here’s some information and resources to help you manage competing priorities.

Advice for Working Caregivers

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Finding quality child care will give you the peace of mind to help you succeed in school.

Mature Students: Finding Child Care for Your Kids

Financial assistance and services for seniors, children, people with disabilities, and individuals and families in crisis.

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