Jobs & Careers
Find practical tips and advice to help you land that dream job and achieve greater career satisfaction. Learn how to write strong resumés and cover letters, hone your interviewing skills and network effectively. If you're thinking about a career change or need a little inspiration to dust yourself off after a job loss there are books to walk you through that too.
Find a Local Group or Organization
Suggested Reading Lists
- Choosing Your Career (Print PDF)
- The Hidden Job Market (Print PDF)
- Preparing for Your Interview (Print PDF)
- Voluntary Sector Resource Collection
Searchable Databases
Use databases to find articles on companies and organizations and to research the latest trends in your field.
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CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals)
Find articles on Canadian companies and industries from magazines like Maclean, Report on Business Magazine, and Canadian Business. Includes a comprehensive list of Canadian and international journals, magazines, selected sections of the Globe and Mail, Canadian biographies, and other reference content from Gale Group, all with a Canadian focus. Content starts from 1980. -
Canada Employment Weekly
(Online subscription available through the Spring Garden Road Library) -
General Reference Centre
General Reference Centre contains a wide variety of business magazines.. This database contains primarily U.S. content, from 1980. -
Proquest Databases
Canadian newspapers, journals, and other media (such as news wires, broadcast transcripts and new book announcements). Includes some French language and bilingual sources. Full-text coverage of Halifax Daily News from 1990 on. -
Eureka.cc (Formerly Newscan.com)
Do you have an job interview with a local business? Use Newscan to get the information to help you prepare. Full-text access to The Halifax Herald, The Halifax Daily News, The Cape Breton Post, The New Glasgow Evening News, The Truro Daily News and more. You can only access this resource from the Spring Garden Road library.
Helpful Links
- Beginning the Search
- Youth Resource Network
Provides assistance at each step of the job hunt - Citizenship & Immigration Canada
Assistance for newcomers to Canada including temporary work and permits - Working in Canada
Government of Canada labour market information - About Job Searching in Canada
Advice on how to write rsumes, ocver leters, and to prepare for interviews - Job Junction
Job searching and career assistance through Employment Nova Scotia
- Youth Resource Network
- Jobs in Nova Scotia
- Career Options Nova Scotia
Includes job postings and provincial labour market information - Nova Scotia Labour Market
Accessible thorugh Service Canada - Kijiji Halifax
Great resource for local employment, especially labour and customer service - Nova Scotia Government Employment Opportunities
Available positions within the provincial government
- Career Options Nova Scotia
- Jobs in Canada
- Canada Careers
Jobs database and web links from across Canada; especially good for hi-tech jobs - Canada Employment Weekly Database
Online subscription; available at Spring Garden Road Library - Canada Public Service Commission
Positions within the Canadian federal government - AllStarJobs
Includes regional information, a job search bank, and resume posting - Human Resources Development Canada
National job bank of Canada - Monster Board
Browse the posted jobs, post your resume, or find work abroad - Workopolis
Good for both student and professional employment - JobBoom
Online recruiter for the Canadian job market - WowJobs
Search over 100 000 jobs from thousands of job sites, classified and company sites across Canada - Jobzilla
Search for jobs in Canada, apply online, post your resume and find career resources
- Canada Careers
- Career Assistance
- Service Canada's Job Bank Career Page
Training, career and work information - LinkedIn
Connects professionals and employers, locally and internationally
- Service Canada's Job Bank Career Page
- Volunteerism
- MyHRM
Effect change through many different kinds of volunteer involvement with HRM
- MyHRM




