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Career assessments

Career assessments can be a helpful tool to spark ideas and identify strengths.

Try these FREE career assessments.

RDIEC has not tested these assessments and encourages teachers, guidance counsellors, and practitioners to evaluate the career inventories.

CareerExplorer

CareerExplorer is a 30-minute career assessment that provides users with detailed career matches and insights and personality and trait reports based on their workplace preferences, interests and personality. The assessment uses psychometrics and machine learning to give individuals real-time insights about their results.

CareerFitter

This 10-minute, 60-question career test highlights personality strengths and potential career matches in a free report. A premium report, available for purchase, delves into greater detail on personality facets, ideal business environment and more.

Career Quizzes and Tests (Government of Canada)

The federal government’s Job Bank website offers short (5-10 minute) career quizzes to assess interests, abilities and work activities, as well as personality tests on multiple intelligences, learning style and work values. Jobseekers will need to create a profile and sign in if they want to save their results.

Career Quizzes (WorkBC)

WorkBC’s Career Compass offers three Career Quizzes: The Abilities Quiz assesses the individual’s talents and helps match them to careers; the Work Preferences Quiz identifies how the individual likes to work; and the Interests Quiz analyzes the test taker’s interests and aligned careers.

Charity Village Career Assessment Questionnaire

This multidimensional assessment offers guiding questions for clients around job/career satisfaction, career path/options, attitude/motivation and the role of their family in career change/job search. It also offers definitions for terminology used in the assessment, which could be helpful for clients who are using it independently.

Entrepreneurial Potential Self-assessment (Business Development Bank of Canada)

This questionnaire has users rate a series of statements (e.g. “I want to build something that will be recognized publicly”) to help evaluate entrepreneurial traits in regard to their motivations, aptitudes and attitudes. It takes about 10 minutes to complete.

Essential Skills Indicator (Government of Canada)

This assessment from Employment and Social Development Canada aims to help individuals gain a better understanding of their essential skills levels. It contains a series of short quizzes that analyze strengths and areas that may require improvement.

Holland Code Career Test (Truity)

This career assessment is based on psychologist John Holland’s RIASEC model of career choice. It follows the theory that careers can be classified into six broad areas. This 60-question assessment generates a brief report outlining the assessment taker’s primary career interest area and a list of possible careers; a premium report is available for a fee.

InSight™ Values / Work Characteristics Inventory (Career Perfect)

The InSight assessment helps clients clarify and prioritize their values in relation to their working life. It evaluates responses in 10 categories, including structure and pace, challenge, environment and creativity. CareerPerfect also offers a Work Preference Inventory, a quick assessment of preferences in regard to work assignments.

Interest Assessment (CareerOneStop)

CareerOneStop is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labour. This assessment takes people through 30 short questions to generate an Interest Profile, which is linked to potential career matches. The information and formula for matching interests to careers come from O*NET Web Services.

Keirsey Assessment

This assessment aims to help individuals better understand their temperament, which can influence their communication patterns, contributions they make in the workplace and roles they play in society. It identifies four temperaments: Artisan, Guardian, Idealist and Rational. Estimated time for completion is 10-15 minutes.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (16 Personalities)

The 16 Personalities’ Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test aims to provide individuals a framework to understand their leadership, communication and teamwork styles, by uncovering their natural strengths. Individuals can learn about career paths aligning with their personality type. 16 Personalities also offer specialized career tests at a cost.

Motivational Appraisal Personal Potential (MAPP) Career Assessment (ASSESSMENT.com)

The MAPP test comprises 71 questions exploring likes and dislikes and is meant to be done quickly, taking approximately 22 minutes to complete. Users must register to take the free sample assessment. Paid packages are also available, which offer different assessments and career matching opportunities.

O*NET Interest Profiler (My Next Move)

This test aims to help people find out what their interests are and how they relate to the world of work. The O*NET is an American job classification system, so results may need re-interpretation in the Canadian context.

Self-assessment package (University of Toronto Scarborough)

This assessment consists of four exercises that will take between 15 and 30 minutes to complete. They analyze skills, personal qualities, interests and values. The website notes that this package aims to help start career planning and recommends that individuals review their results with a career counsellor.

VIA Survey of Character Strengths

This free self-assessment takes fewer than 15 minutes and aims to help individuals understand the positive parts of their personality that make them feel authentic and engaged. VIA Reports provide personalized, in-depth analysis of the free results.

Free Certifications

WorkSafe Saskatchewan

As a Saskatchewan resident, you have access to free online health and safety education courtesy of WorkSafe Saskatchewan. Choose from a number of courses covering a range of workplace health and safety topics. These courses are being delivered, in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.

How this offer works: Register as an individual. If you are registering as an individual, you must be resident of Saskatchewan. Courses are available in English only.

Register at WorkSafe Saskatchewan’s Free Workplace Health and Safety Courses. Use your legal name as it will be appear on your certificates.
Choose Register from the drop down option to view the list of available courses below and register by adding certifications to your cart. Add the number 1 in the blank box beside each certification listed.
Click the Add to Cart button. You will now see the total amount that you would have to pay if you are not a Saskatchewan resident. During the “checkout” process, once you have confirmed that you are a Saskatchewan resident, the amount you see will be reduced to $0.
Proceed to Checkout and Create you Shopping Account. You will be able to login to your account after this initial registration. You are now leaving the WorkSafe Saskatchewan website and joining the CCOHS website to complete the registration process. You will provide an email address, create a password, and your demographic information.
Now it’s time to add your courses to a training account. Select: Create a new training account, I am the learner (your name appears), and Review Your Order. Note: your order will show over $600 in charges that will be credited because you are a Saskatchewan resident. Your order will have a $0 balance.
Select Continue. All courses are now available in your CCOHS account.
A confirmation email will be sent to you. Save this email as there is a direct link to access your My Courses button. Note that single-seat courses expire 90 days after registration; however, you can re-enroll by following the steps above.
Access to My Courses is also available by clicking this link CCOHS: Login to your shopping account and entering your email and password.
The following courses and certifications are available:

Saskatchewan Safety Council

Safety Training Modules can be accessed on the Saskatchewan Safety Council website.

Career Safety Education programs are now available to everyone in Saskatchewan. New programs have been added, and the processes for registration and participation has been streamlined.

For youth prior to their entry into the workforce, new workers starting in a new job or industry, or new Canadians just having moved to Saskatchewan, the Career Safety Education (CSE) series of free workplace safety training programs builds a foundation of knowledge for any new worker by increasing the participants’ awareness of hazards and providing a baseline understanding of how to manage the risks present in a broad variety of industries.

To complete Career Safety Education, four foundation-building safety courses must be completed.

The 4 Foundation Courses are: (durations are approximate)

New Worker Readiness (3.5 – 4 hours)
Mental Health Wellness Resiliency (2.5 – 3 hours)
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS 2015) (1-hour)
Hearing Protection (2 – 2.5 hours)

After which, participants choose one or more industry courses from the list below.

Completing additional courses is encouraged.

Fall Protection Training (6 – 7 hours)
Ground Disturbance for Saskatchewan Workers (4-hours)
Respiratory Protection Training (2.5 hours)
Retail Safety Training (1.5 hours)
Safe Gravel Travel (1.5 hours) *New
Safe Trailering (1.5 hours)
Healthcare: WAVE (Workplace Assessment and Violence Education)
Construction and Trades: SCOT (Safety Construction Orientation Training)
Agriculture: OATS (Online Agriculture Training System) Currently Unavailable

Ready to get started? Click on the Individual sign up button on the Saskatchewan Safety Council website.

Resume

A resume is a concise document highlighting your skills, experience, and education to potential employers.

Create a resume using the template available with your MyBlueprint school account.

Sign in. Regina Public students, go to myBlueprint, select your school, and provide your Sask Learner ID to register.
In the top left corner, choose from the drop down menu >Work >Resume
Select + Create Resume. Title your resume – suggestion: include Month & Year.
Use the edit button to add or change information.
Complete all sections. You can add, change, or delete the section categories.
Your resume will automatically be generated with proper resume formats. You can change the design, save, and share your resume.
Proofread your resume. Use the edit button to change or add additional information as you attain certifications and experiences.
NOTE: If you are graduating, be sure to change your school email address to a personal one so that you have access to your MyBlueprint account.

Resume templates are also available via Google Docs, Microsoft Word 365, and Generative AI (CoPilot, ChatGPT).

Pro-tip:

Search out a job listing.
Copy the URL job listing.
Paste URL into Generative AI (CoPilot, ChatGPT).
Prompt Generative AI: please create a resume for this job listing
Customize the results with your specific details, certifications, education, and experience.

Cover Letter

A cover letter is a formal document that accompanies your resume. It serves to introduce yourself and convince a potential employer that you are the ideal candidate for the job.

What to Include in Your Cover Letter

Introduction: Introduce yourself, specify the position you are applying for, and mention how you found out about the job.
Qualifications: Explain why you are qualified for the position and why you would be a great fit.
Closing: Thank the employer for their consideration and request an interview to discuss your qualifications further.

Useful Cover Letter Tips

Keep it Brief: Limit your cover letter to one page.
Tailor Your Letter: Customize the letter to match the job requirements. For example, “You mentioned needing Microsoft Office skills. I have extensive experience with MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and MS Excel from my summer job.”
Highlight Your Value: Emphasize how you will contribute to the organization.
Be Specific: Focus on three key qualities that define you (e.g., hardworking, eager to learn, organized).
Project Confidence: Be positive and confident in your tone.
Personalize: Address the letter to the hiring manager by name and ensure correct spelling.
Proofread: Check for spelling and grammatical errors.
Show Personality: Demonstrate your personality, curiosity, and interest in the field rather than just repeating your resume.
Research the Company: Tailor your cover letter to the company and job to show you are a good fit.

Create a cover letter using the template available with your MyBlueprint school account.

Sign in. Regina Public students, go to myBlueprint, select your school, and provide your Sask Learner ID to register.
In the top left corner, choose from the drop down menu >Work >Cover Letter
Click here to access the Cover Letter builder and start writing your very own cover letter. Select + Create Cover Letter. Title your cover letter – suggestion: include Month & Year.
Use the edit button to add or change information.
Complete all sections. You can add, change, or delete the section categories. Sample Cover Letters are available in the Need Help? Box on the Cover Letter Home Page.
Your resume will automatically be generated with proper resume formats. You can change the design, save, and share your resume.
Proofread your resume. Use the edit button to change or add additional information as you attain certifications and experiences.
NOTE: If you are graduating, be sure to change your school email address to a personal one so that you have access to your MyBlueprint account.

For more information on writing a cover letter, sample cover letters, and helpful tips, visit the Government of Canada’s Services for Youth website or the Youth Central website

Cover letter templates are also available via Google Docs, Microsoft Word 365, and Generative AI (CoPilot, ChatGPT).