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National Occupational Classification

The NOC is Canada's official career dictionary, with 40,000+ job titles organized into 500 occupational description clusters.
The coding system groups occupations with similar skill types and education/training levels.

• Choose a category then browse career clusters to explore different occupations.
• If you have a few ideas in mind, search the NOC to find them, then explore related occupations.
• When reading occupational descriptions, get more ideas by looking in View All Job Titles & Classified Elsewhere.

Idea Generator

Brief quiz asks about your career preferences then tallies up your interest codes and lists Sheridan programs which may reflect them.

• Look at your higher interest code scores; compare with Programs at Sheridan list.
• If scores are close, look up different variations of codes.

Ontario Job Futures

Job profiles and employment patterns for 190 occupation clusters common to Ontario.

• Select drop-down menu from Job by Category tab to browse broad interest groupings.

OCC Info

Profiles on 500+ occupations. Part of the Alberta Learning Information Service but most info applies Canada-wide.

• Search by Subject to browse careers by general high school or post-secondary interest areas.
• Search by Industry to browse careers by various work sectors.
• Search by NOC Code to browse careers by skill/interest category.

Work Preferences Quiz

Part of Service Canada's Career Navigator quizzes, requires registration for first-time use (free).

• Do the Work Preferences Quiz to get options related to your interests.
• Results are directly linked to the career dictionary (NOC).

Career Cruising

Canadian site with detailed information profiles on hundreds of careers, including multimedia interviews with people doing those careers.

• Do Career Matchmaker to get suggestions based on your interests. Answer all 116 questions for most accurate results.
• Click Careers button to access several ways to search & browse career options.
• When reading a career profile, always click on Related Careers to see more ideas!

Better Jobs Ontario

Better Jobs Ontario provides laid-off workers with skills training to help them find jobs in high-demand occupations in Ontario and a cost-sharing grant provided on the basis of need.