Workforce WindsorEssex New Career Profiles – NEW CAREER PROFILES WILL HELP PEOPLE MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS
Career Profiles are available to help young people, newcomers and career-changers.
Workforce WindsorEssex, the region’s Local Employment Planning Council, has released 76 Career Profiles relating to the region’s top 76 in-demand jobs, categorized using the National Occupational Classification (NOC) code system.
“Workforce WindsorEssex continues to tackle the issue of people without jobs and jobs without people. By providing key labour market information to the public, we are making it easier for people to say yes to a career that’s in-demand locally.” – Doug Sartori, Board President and Chair, Workforce WindsorEssex
Career Profiles will contain key labour market information such as the duties, skills, wage/salary, as well as the education and career pathways that are locally unique to that job. They will be available on Workforce WindsorEssex’s website and can also be found using WEsearch.
The Career Profiles were developed using the list of in-demand jobs that was released on July 31, 2017, following extensive consultation with employers, educators and employment service providers in Windsor-Essex.
Workforce WindsorEssex is committed to maintaining the information, including the addition, amendment and removal of career profiles and changes to related training pathways.
QUICK LINKS
- The list of 76 in-demand jobs and their career profiles can found in both English and French on our website at www.workforcewindsoressex.com/top-jobs.
- To better understand what the various digits in the National Occupational Classification coding system mean, visit www.workforcewindsoressex.com/noc-help
- To learn about what jobs and job titles fall under each National Occupational Classification code, visit http://noc.esdc.gc.ca/English/home.aspx
- Employers can complete our workforce needs surveys on a quarterly basis as well as view past results by visiting www.workforcewindsoressex.com/quarterly-survey
- Parents can access our Career Toolkit in order to help their grade 7/8 child with career navigation. It is available in English, French and 9 other languages atwww.workforcewindsoressex.com/career-toolkit
- The public can use WEsearch to find business funding sources, job-seeker supports, labour marketing information, skills and education upgrading opportunities, as well as apprenticeship supports by visitingwww.workforcewindsoressex.com/wesearch
- The public can submit data requests for local labour market information to Workforce WindsorEssex by visiting www.workforcewindsoressex.com/data-request
- The public can sign up to receive information by email about job postings, job fairs and training opportuntities by visiting: www.workforcewindsoressex.com/wejobs
Workforce WindsorEssex (legally Workforce Development Board Windsor Essex) was created as an independent, community-based board in October 2008 as a result of significant foundation work by the City of Windsor, County of Essex, WindsorEssex Economic Development Commission and Province of Ontario.
Our mandate is to plan, facilitate and advocate for regional workforce development, defined as the development, retention, and recruitment of a wide range of skilled workers to meet the current and future economic and social development needs of Windsor-Essex.
Workforce WindsorEssex currently receives funding under three projects: Windsor Essex Local Immigration Partnership, Local Employment Planning Council and WEskills. Learn more at www.workforcewindsoressex.com.
