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General Info

• Halton Regional Youth Advisory Committee - The Halton Region Youth Advisory Council website has information on where you can get a Social Insurance Number, your rights as an employee and lots of other helpful information for youths living in Halton Region.

Career Centers

• Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres - Provides youth focused services such as training, employment counseling and job development.
• YMCA Career Development & Learning Centre - Get help with Job Search, Resumes & Cover Letters, check out links to helpful resources and search their job postings.

Resume-building/Interview Tips

• The Resume Tutor - Need help composing your resume? Have a look at The Resume Tutor.
• The Damn Good Resume - A good resource with examples of good resumes and lots of articles with information on how to properly construct a resume.
• Career Lab - Provides a cover letter library, articles by the Career Advisor, career advice and assistance and online resume posting.
• E-Resume Writing - Gives resume writing tips, advice on filling out job application forms, completing cover letters, doing employment tests and preparing for interviews.
• Job-interview.net - Provides a full interview library discussing topics such as "How to Answer the Tough Questions", how to dress and company guides with interview tips. Also a job interview question bank is featured.
• Monster.ca Interview Centre - Has virtual job interviews by job category and Interview Preparation: Rehearsal Archive with information such as "Phone Strategies for Getting an Interview", "Interviewing after a Job Loss" and "Business Buzzwords".
• Canada Jobs - Provides online resume posting, online job search and career resources such as links to employers with online job postings, job banks, and employment agencies.
• Canadian Job Search - Tips of creating and updating resumes, post your resume and search for jobs
• Career Exchange - Has online resume postings, online job search, and a "People Match" (jobs that match your profile criteria are e-mailed to you.
• Cool Jobs Canada - Has a "Job Detective" that shows suitable jobs are automatically e-mailed to you, as well as online resume posting and job search.
• ESC Job Puzzle - List of job postings by job category that is updated daily.
• Jobboom - Provides a directory of the top 100 employment and training sites
• Jobs etc. - Features a job search by keyword, province/territory, community; resources for summer work, ResumeBuilder and various quizzes to see what occupations you are best suited for.

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