Full Range of Career Services

Career and Personality Assessments

The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) focuses on your personality; identifying and articulating your personality preferences and strengths that can be synchronized with specific career options and opportunities. The MBTI is a 90 question inventory of your preferences in communication, information gathering, decision making, and organization style that indicate the best career choices, work environments, and work style that will lead to your career satisfaction.

The Career Interest Profiler (CIP) measures six traits and suggests 20-40 top careers that fit the test taker's interests. The report includes job descriptions, links to the NOC (National Occupational Classification) database, as well as helpful information and exercises for further career exploration. Canadian information available includes region specific job opportunities, up-to-date information on job duties and skills requirements, salaries and occupational outlook, and license and certification requirements.

Professional Resumes and Support Documentation

The CareerSmarts Coach will distil the elements of your career and package a professional quality resume that markets your strengths and experiences using the current relevant language that will appeal to employers and human resource professionals. Our resumes connect with employers so that you will get noticed and get interviews. We will help you with on-line job applications.

CareerSmarts will help you to create powerful, focused cover letters that get the attention of employers and human resources. These letters will accentuate your transferable skills as they relate to the employer’s needs. In addition, we will help with thank you letters that emphasize why you are the candidate of choice.

Job Search Methods and Strategies

The CareerSmarts Coach will construct, with your hands-on participation, a personal action plan for your job search. We will show you how to search for the best jobs for you and how to apply to posted positions. You will have access to our job search engine which mines the web for all jobs that relate to the criteria that you identify, saving you time to focus on the jobs that suit you.

Interview Preparation and Negotiation

Today's behavioural and situational interviews require candidates to provide very specific answers to identified career opportunity questions. CareerSmarts’ one-on-one coaching maximizes your confidence level so you can conduct successful professional interviews. We will prepare you for every interview situation including panel interviews, PowerPoint presentations, and telephone interviews.

Our tactics for negotiating your best compensation package will enhance your salary, bonus, and benefit outcomes.

Plan for Networking

We will help you to find contacts in the industry of your choice who will help you to uncover unadvertised opportunities. Since 75% of jobs are found through networking, we will increase your confidence in locating valuable contacts and in getting the most from networking opportunities. We will optimize your social media presence to enhance both your visibility and employability.

Confidentiality

CareerSmarts coaches will keep all conversations with each and every client completely confidential. We will also keep every client's written materials, emails, and reports confidential. Your job search is of utmost importance and not to be shared with anyone unless you decide that disclosure is appropriate.